On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > This is the registry key used to populate the > NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENTINSTALLROOTDIR property. Can you verify that the > registry key is set propertly on the XP box? > > HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client > InstallPath > > Yep, that's set correctly
> Also in your verbose installation log you should see the property being set > during the AppSearch action. Can you confirm? > > I see NETFRAMEWORK40, but not NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENTINSTALLROOTDIR Also, you should have a PropertyRef for that property in your authoring > (i.e. adjacent to your Component include this element: <PropertyRef > Id="NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENTINSTALLROOTDIR" />) to ensure that the property > will > be setup in your MSI. > > I had NETFRAMEWORK40 set, but not NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENTINSTALLROOTDIR Doh! Had this right in another project, but neglected to bring forward both PropertyRef. I am now seeing the right setting in the Registry. Thanks for your help! --Dirk Blair > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dirk Herr-Hoyman [mailto:hoym...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:53 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Problem with EventSource on XP > > I'm having a problem with getting an EventSource to work correctly on XP, > the same install works fine on Win7. > > <Component Id="ApplicationExe" Guid="*"> > <File Id="mergefarms.exe" > Source="$(var.MergeFarms.TargetDir)$(var.MergeFarms.TargetFileName)" /> > <util:EventSource Log="SnapPlus" Name="SnapPlus" > > EventMessageFile="[NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENTINSTALLROOTDIR]EventLogMessages.dll"/ > > > </Component> > > Is how I have it setup. The problem on XP is that the registry entry for > the eventmessagefile comes out as plain old "EventLogMessages.dll". It's > supposed to tack on the .NET 4 path and be > C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\EventLogMessages.dll. On > Win7 it does come > out with the full path. This is causing the annoying message about a > missing event messages. > > The rest of the WiX install looks to be working. I do have the > WixNetFxExtension and WixUtilExtension > on my setup project and the xmlns: set at the top. I did go back to my > clean XP build and installed > .NET 4. > > Is this a problem on XP or am I missing something? Thanks --Dirk > > > > -- > Dirk Herr-Hoyman > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is > just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro > Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Dirk Herr-Hoyman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
