I actually just encountered this today! Haven't determined it with certainty but I believe the issue arose because the user attempted to install on windows XP sp2 and .net 4.0 requires sp3. Not easy to diagnose with certainty though.
Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Rob Mensching<mailto:r...@robmensching.com> Sent: 6/14/2013 7:26 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.<mailto:wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error The wixstdba doesn't provide such a mechanism today. You could write a custom BA to do it, or work with wix-devs to enhance the wixstdba to handle the scenario. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Simon Stevenson <redw...@gmail.com> wrote: > 5100 is "General setup block", commonly we see it for a missing > prerequisite ( > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2006/11/28/return-codes-for-net-framework-3-0-setup.aspx > ) > > The problem is that at some point it re-maps the exit code to a HRESULT, > which gives a nonsensical error: http://imgur.com/L4UPcDO > > So my question is, why/how is the exit code being remapped? > > I first thought that maybe it was because I wasn't using the netfx4 > protocol, but changing that had no effect. My package is as follows: > <PackageGroup Id="NetFx40ClientRedist"> > <ExePackage DisplayName="Microsoft .Net 4 Client Framework" > InstallCommand="/q /norestart /ChainingPackage "[WixBundleName]"" > RepairCommand="/q /norestart /repair /ChainingPackage > "[WixBundleName]"" > PerMachine="yes" > DetectCondition="NETFRAMEWORK40CLIENT" > Id="NetFx40ClientRedist" > Vital="yes" > Permanent="yes" > Protocol="netfx4" > Name="embed\SupportFiles\dotNetFx40_Client_x86_x64.exe"> > <ExitCode Value="0" Behavior="success"/> > <ExitCode Value="1641" Behavior="forceReboot"/> > <ExitCode Value="3010" Behavior="forceReboot"/> > <ExitCode Behavior="error" /> > </ExePackage> > </PackageGroup> > > It seems for the other values, they correctly map to HRESULTS that have > strings of the same meaning. But wouldn't any program that uses custom exit > codes mean that the error messages wouldn't match either? > > Is there any way I can specify the string for the error myself? > > > > On 13 June 2013 21:24, Ogrodowski, Sabine (ehem. Frauenhoffer) < > sabine.ogrodow...@haufe-lexware.com> wrote: > > > I usually received this message on windows server 2003 when the windows > > imaging component is missing... > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013 16:19 > > An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] "Asia" error > > > > IIRC, 5100 was their return code for restart required or something? They > > had some very strange return codes for a while. They are documented > > somewhere on MSDN, IIRC... but never easy to find. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Simon Stevenson <redw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > We are getting an error in some cases where we are installing .net 4, > > > and the user is presented with the message "Asia". After some > > > investigation it seems that the .net installer is returning exit code > > > 5100, but it is somehow being interpreted as a HRESULT which happens > > > to be the string "Asia". > > > > > > Has anyone seen this behaviour or have any idea why this is happening? > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
