If the VDir already exists, wix 3.5 will throw this error. Make sure the Virtual Directory you are creating doesn't already exist.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 8:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WriteIIS7ConfigChanges - Stuck with 1603 error codes??? What version of WiX v3.5 are you using? On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:50 AM, kim <contactme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Receving following error when trying to create a website from msi. > Target machine is Windows 7-32 bit machine. To my surprise, this same > code has work numerous times before on different hadrware without any > issues. > > Snippet from log file: > Action 12:34:42: StartIIS7ConfigTransaction. Starting IIS Config > Transaction Action 12:34:42: RollbackIIS7ConfigTransaction. Rolling > back IIS Config Transaction Action 12:34:42: > CommitIIS7ConfigTransaction. Committing IIS Config Transaction Action > 12:34:42: ConfigureIIs7Exec. > Action 12:34:43: WriteIIS7ConfigChanges. Installing Config Keys and > Values CustomAction WriteIIS7ConfigChanges returned actual error code > 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened > inside sandbox) Action ended 12:34:43: InstallFinalize. Return value 3. > > Following is code I am using to create website: > <Component Id="IISConfiguration" > Guid="{E2CF0EE0-DBBE-4905-B860-07CCCAB4E3B6}" KeyPath="yes"> > <iis:WebVirtualDir Id="WebSiteVirtualDir" Alias="[WEBSITENAME]" > Directory="INSTALLDIR" > WebSite= "DefaultWebSite"> > <iis:WebApplication Id="WebSiteApp" Name="[WEBSITENAME]App" > Isolation="medium" /> > <iis:WebDirProperties Id="WebDir" AnonymousAccess="yes" > WindowsAuthentication="yes" /> > </iis:WebVirtualDir> > </Component> > > Any suggestions why I am receving this error all of sudden? I am using > WIX 3.5. > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WriteIIS > 7ConfigChanges-Stuck-with-1603-error-codes-tp6001526p6001526.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) > Parallel Studio XE: > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
