Custom Action DLL created with Visual Studio 2008 crashing...

After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
2008. When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
calling to the dll.

Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. I'm wondering what is different with
2008?

Anyone have any ideas??

On Mar 2, 12:47*pm, "Wilson, Phil" <ph...@wonderware.nospam.com>
wrote:
> You should post your message once to all the relevant groups.
> --
> Phil Wilson
> The Definitive Guide to Windows Installerhttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972
>
> "Superfreak3" <mawa...@rcn.com> wrote in message
>
> news:b52c1239-fa1b-47cc-a043-2102b3f33c37@m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 1, 11:58 am, Rob Hamflett <r...@snsys.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Are you statically linking the runtime? By default I think the project
> > settings use dynamic
> > linking, so it would fail if you didn't already have the runtime on the
> > computer. If it's crashing
> > on the machine you built the DLL on, then this obviously doesn't apply.
>
> > Rob
>
> > On 01/03/2010 16:08, Superfreak3 wrote:
>
> > > After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
> > > dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
> > > 2008. When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
> > > calling to the dll.
>
> > > Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
> > > the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. I'm wondering what is different with
> > > 2008?
>
> > > Anyone have any ideas??- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> That was it I think!- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

I'm not quite sure what that means. I try to find the relevant groups
and post to them.

How does one get around duplicate posting as I don't know who
frequents what groups?

I am guessing that hardcore originals are using a newsgroup client such as
Outlook Express, Windows Mail, or any number of other 3rd party usenet
tools. In those cases you'd write one messqage and post it to
microsoft.public.windows.msi and microsoft.public.platformsdk.msi exactly
like sending an email to multiple people. However I think that a lot of
messages in these groups are created indirectly through some 3rd party
web-based interfaces who take your message and post it in a newsgroup. I
don't know if any of those offer a way to post to more than one group with
one post. If they don't then they don't add any value at all, and in fact
they subtract value!

http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost

--
Phil Wilson
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972


"Superfreak3" <mawa316@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:81f15633-6506-49a6-aad8-adec06932d5d@33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 2, 12:47 pm, "Wilson, Phil" <ph...@wonderware.nospam.com>
wrote:
> You should post your message once to all the relevant groups.
> --
> Phil Wilson
> The Definitive Guide to Windows
> Installerhttp://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972
>
> "Superfreak3" <mawa...@rcn.com> wrote in message
>
> news:b52c1239-fa1b-47cc-a043-2102b3f33c37@m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 1, 11:58 am, Rob Hamflett <r...@snsys.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Are you statically linking the runtime? By default I think the project
> > settings use dynamic
> > linking, so it would fail if you didn't already have the runtime on the
> > computer. If it's crashing
> > on the machine you built the DLL on, then this obviously doesn't apply.
>
> > Rob
>
> > On 01/03/2010 16:08, Superfreak3 wrote:
>
> > > After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
> > > dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
> > > 2008. When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
> > > calling to the dll.
>
> > > Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
> > > the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. I'm wondering what is different with
> > > 2008?
>
> > > Anyone have any ideas??- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> That was it I think!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'm not quite sure what that means. I try to find the relevant groups
and post to them.

How does one get around duplicate posting as I don't know who
frequents what groups?

You should post your message once to all the relevant groups.
--
Phil Wilson
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590592972


"Superfreak3" <mawa316@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:b52c1239-fa1b-47cc-a043-2102b3f33c37@m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 1, 11:58 am, Rob Hamflett <r...@snsys.com> wrote:
> Are you statically linking the runtime? By default I think the project
> settings use dynamic
> linking, so it would fail if you didn't already have the runtime on the
> computer. If it's crashing
> on the machine you built the DLL on, then this obviously doesn't apply.
>
> Rob
>
> On 01/03/2010 16:08, Superfreak3 wrote:
>
>
>
> > After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
> > dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
> > 2008. When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
> > calling to the dll.
>
> > Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
> > the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. I'm wondering what is different with
> > 2008?
>
> > Anyone have any ideas??- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That was it I think!

Are you statically linking the runtime? By default I think the project settings use dynamic
linking, so it would fail if you didn't already have the runtime on the computer. If it's crashing
on the machine you built the DLL on, then this obviously doesn't apply.

Rob

On 01/03/2010 16:08, Superfreak3 wrote:
> After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
> dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
> 2008. When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
> calling to the dll.
>
> Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
> the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. I'm wondering what is different with
> 2008?
>
> Anyone have any ideas??

On Mar 1, 11:58*am, Rob Hamflett <r...@snsys.com> wrote:
> Are you statically linking the runtime? *By default I think the projectsettings use dynamic
> linking, so it would fail if you didn't already have the runtime on the computer. *If it's crashing
> on the machine you built the DLL on, then this obviously doesn't apply.
>
> Rob
>
> On 01/03/2010 16:08, Superfreak3 wrote:
>
>
>
> > After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
> > dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
> > 2008. *When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
> > calling to the dll.
>
> > Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
> > the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. *I'm wondering what is different with
> > 2008?
>
> > Anyone have any ideas??- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That was it I think!

Service Pack #1 of any of the working operating systems will fix it
entirely. And it must the first one to do such an exam.

"Superfreak3" <mawa316@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:10950916-76f7-43a3-93ec-fb8c47152cec@t23g2000yqt.googlegroups.com...
> After searching the web for instruction and creating a Custom Action
> dll with 2005 successfully, I tried to do the same with Visual Studio
> 2008. When I run my install, I get a fatal error on the Custom Action
> calling to the dll.
>
> Most of the documentation online that I have found has people creating
> the .dlls with 2003 or 2005. I'm wondering what is different with
> 2008?
>
> Anyone have any ideas??