See below. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:09 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] can't eliminate Error 2343 for InstallDirDlg.wxs in Toolset 3.5
Nope, first email. Can you share the log? === Logging started: 7/12/2011 10:30:23 === Action 10:30:23: INSTALL. Action start 10:30:23: INSTALL. Action 10:30:23: PrepareDlg. Action start 10:30:23: PrepareDlg. Info 2898. For WixUI_Font_Normal textstyle, the system created a 'Tahoma' font, in 0 character set, of 13 pixels height. Info 2898. For WixUI_Font_Bigger textstyle, the system created a 'Tahoma' font, in 0 character set, of 19 pixels height. Action 10:30:23: PrepareDlg. Dialog created Action ended 10:30:23: PrepareDlg. Return value 1. Action 10:30:23: AppSearch. Searching for installed applications Action start 10:30:23: AppSearch. Action ended 10:30:23: AppSearch. Return value 0. Action 10:30:23: ValidateProductID. Action start 10:30:23: ValidateProductID. Action ended 10:30:23: ValidateProductID. Return value 1. Action 10:30:23: CostInitialize. Computing space requirements Action start 10:30:23: CostInitialize. Action ended 10:30:23: CostInitialize. Return value 1. Action 10:30:23: FileCost. Computing space requirements Action start 10:30:23: FileCost. Action ended 10:30:23: FileCost. Return value 1. Action 10:30:23: CostFinalize. Computing space requirements Action start 10:30:23: CostFinalize. Action ended 10:30:23: CostFinalize. Return value 1. Action 10:30:23: InstallDirDlg. Action start 10:30:23: InstallDirDlg. Info 2898. For WixUI_Font_Title textstyle, the system created a 'Tahoma' font, in 0 character set, of 14 pixels height. DEBUG: Error 2343: Specified path is empty. The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2343. The arguments are: , , MSI (c) (58:BC) [10:30:29:493]: Product: xyz -- The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2343. The arguments are: , , Action ended 10:30:29: InstallDirDlg. Return value 3. Action 10:30:29: FatalError. Action start 10:30:29: FatalError. Action 10:30:29: FatalError. Dialog created Action ended 10:30:30: FatalError. Return value 2. Action ended 10:30:30: INSTALL. Return value 3. Only thing I saw that might be minutely related is: http://www.appdeploy.com/msierrors/detail.asp?id=134 It's possible something really strange is going on in your Directory tree (like maybe it isn't rooted in TARGETDIR/SourceDir?). [PS] - I don't think so here's the directory structure: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTEC" Name="INSTEC"> <Directory Id="APPLICATIONFOLDER" Name="InterfaceManager.NET"> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Peter Stein <pst...@instec-corp.com> wrote: > I apologize if this email appears to be a duplicate. Although I'm > registered my previous email was deleted. > > It seems I can't get rid of this 2343 Error no matter how I set the > WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property. As an experiment I created an installer > that only contains a Product.wxs which only loads the InstallDirDlg. > It too fails with Error 2343. The offending line in all cases is: > > <Control Id="Folder" Type="PathEdit" X="20" Y="100" Width="320" Height="18" > Property="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Indirect="yes" /> > > Even when the msi.log shows that the WIXUI_INSTALLDIR property is set > correctly it still fails. Could this be OS related? In my case I'm > trying to install onto XP. The Windows event log is only showing the 2343 > error. > > FYI, I'm using the WiX Developer's Guide by Nick Ramirez as a > reference. If I'm tripping across a well known bug I'd be grateful if someone > clued me in. > Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is > seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. 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