I trigger an c# application by an custom action:
On failing condition, my application tells Install Shield to abort the installation process using an exit code:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if(false)
{
Environment.ExitCode = 1;
}
}
Using this approach, Install shield´s setup displays an error message like expected:
How can I overwrite that error message by a custom text?
Reading between the lines here, it appears your custom action launches an EXE. If that is so, there is no way to do what you ask. You could show a message from your EXE before returning a non-zero exit code, but then Windows Installer would still show the Error 1722 message.
If you can instead run a function from a DLL, you have more options. Instead of returning errors, you'd be able to set properties (assuming this is an immediate mode action), and could use those properties to do further things, such as show another dialog, or exit the installation without the Error 1722 message. I don't think all the necessary configuration options are available in the limited edition - you certainly cannot edit dialogs in LE - so to do all of that, you would have to change to a more capable tool (including the Professional edition, or options from other vendors).
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I implemented an installscript file of my own that will allow the installer to register dll's. I combined this with a custom action to actually run the function I created. I had to make this script because the dlls were failing to register with setting the property to self register. So I am stuck on how to resolve this problem with the custom action failing so that I can test my script.
Below is my script:
#include "Ifx.h"
export prototype RegisterComponents(HWND);
function RegisterComponents(hMSI)
STRING sRunStr;
begin
sRunStr = WINSYSDIR ^ "regsvr32.exe";
LongPathToQuote(sRunStr, TRUE);
//change the directory to target directory
ChangeDirectory(TARGETDIR);
//register dll
if(LaunchAppAndWait(sRunStr, "/s " +
"C:\NCRUniEmulatorService\NCRUniEmulatorSO.dll",
WAIT)) < 0) then
MessageBox("NCRUniEmulatorSO.dll", SEVERE);
else
endif;
end;
Below is my custom actions:
FunctionName: RegisterComponents
Return Processing: Synchronous
In-Script Execution: Deferred Execution
Install Exec Sequence: After PublishProduct
All other sequence settings are set to Absent from sequence.
log file
InstallShield 14:17:18: Invoking script function RegisterComponents
InstallShield 14:17:18: Failed to run script function, error
0x80020006 InstallShield 14:17:18: CallScriptFunctionFromMsiCA() ends,
result 0x643 CustomAction RegisterComponents returned actual error
code 1603 but will be translated to success due to continue marking
Is this an MSI project? I would not use self-registration, instead enable COM Extract at Build in the property page for the component in question:
If this extraction does not work, then you might have dependencies that are not met for the file to load. For example a missing resource dll or something like that. The extraction process for "COM Extract at Build" will populate a number of MSI-specific COM tables that take care of all COM registration details for you (including rollback support).
InstallShield Self-Registration: Additionally you can enable self-registration for a file in Installshield and not run via custom action code at all. I think it is in the property page for each file.
I'm writing what I think should be a simple add-in for Visual Studio 2012 to pin a tab upon opening a file. I have the event being handled with this:
_documentEvents.DocumentOpened += DocumentEvents_DocumentOpened;
But within the method handling the event, the error message "Command "Window.PinTab" is not available." is being thrown. It happens for either line below (calling from ActiveWindow or calling from the document itself).
public void DocumentEvents_DocumentOpened(Document document)
{
//document.DTE.ExecuteCommand("Window.PinTab");
document.ActiveWindow.DTE.ExecuteCommand("Window.PinTab");
}
I see that that command returns false for IsAvailable, but how do I get it to be available? Or how do I call Window.PinTab such that it will be successfully executed?
So it turns out that the pin tab command has to be executed from the Window, not the Document object. Apparently all panes within the main Visual Studio windows are also windows.
This worked:
window.DTE.ExecuteCommand("Window.PinTab");
I am running my application in VS2012 and I am getting a runtime error;
When I look in the "Original Location" I see mscorlib.dll, but not mscorlib.pdb.
Why is this happening and how do I fix it?
Goto Tools, Options, Debugging, General, Enable Just My Code
This will prevent the debugger from trying to launch on a Internal .NET Framework Assembly.
Goto Tools, Options, Debugging, Symbols and set a cache location. Then hit load in the above and it will fetch the necesary symbols for you and store them in the cache location you provide.
Microsoft's compiler tools create symbols in separate files with a .pdb extension (program database). This allows them to create detached symbols for release binaries. With a symbol server, your IDE can fetch the symbol file matching the specific version of the DLL during debugging. You can configure this system for your own product binaries as well which can be very useful for post-mortem debugging any crashes on end-user machines.
See Microsoft's documentation for more details about using their public symbols.
I had this issue when I was using a static variable, whose value is assigned off a static method.
So, whenever I ran the application, this line of code threw exception. If you place a debug point on this (like I did), you will notice the exception being thrown.
The best Solution to solve this error is:
1: Open App.config file.
2: Paste this useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true" code in the startup tag.
3: Save it.
Now the error would disappear.
Moreover see Image. I have done this for you.
This happened to me for a different reason: I had referenced an old version of NLog (2.0) and needed to reference version 4.0, instead.
In a VB console app, in my case it was none of the above.
Just doing a string calculation in the Dim declarations before my subs.
The offending code:
Dim FylPrefix$ = Fyl.Substring(0, Fyl.LastIndexOf("."))
Moving this calculation into the sub it was needed in fixed it! GERONIMO!!
This can happen when you initialize a variable in your class declarations and that initialization throws an exception:
class Program
{
static OracleConnection ora = getOracleConnection();
}
static void main(string[] args)
{
ora.Open();
}
static OracleConnection getOracleConnection()
{
OracleConnection orax = new OracleConnection(description=(host=myHost)
(port=1521)(protocol=tcp))(connect_data=(sid=mySid)));user id=user;password=pw;
}
If an exception is thrown by getOracleConnection() you can get this error. Move your assignment (but not necessarily your declaration) inside of main (where it belongs anyway), and you will get the actual exception that is causing the error instead of the mscorlib error.
In my case the exception began to appear after I changed the "Assembly name" in the "Application" tab of the properties window. If that's the case with you try reverting to the original name and see if the exception disappears.
Perhaps the reason for this was that the new name did not match the AssemblyTitle in AssemblyInfo.cs.
if you have this type of project runtime error in visualstudio
Answer:Cntr+Alt+E open Exception window Uncheck All chechboxes
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I notice Debug.Assert does not trigger in Metro apps, however, if the project is a traditional one like Console or WinForm, it does trigger. And yes, I am in Debug mode.
Is it a setting not properly set in Visual Studio (11 Beta)? Or Debug.Assert is intended to be disabled in metro apps?
I know many exceptions are swallowed during the execution of Metro apps, but Debug.Assert is so handy that I can't think of a reason why it should be disabled.
Seems like a bug. I would roll out my own assert method. Something like:
[Conditional("DEBUG")]
public static void Assert(bool condition)
{
if (!condition)
System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
}
It does trigger, look in the Output window. It just doesn't automatically prompt you to ask if you want a debugger break and thus just keeps motoring.
The DefaultTraceListener.AssertUIEnabled property is false. That's an implementation problem, can't display a message box on top of Metro UI. Which does actually work but the monitor switches to the desktop, pretty undesirable when you would have liked to click No. Hard to solve and no doubt on the todo list. You can't easily get to the property to set it to true, it is inaccessible from the metadata. Filip's workaround sounds half-decent.
There is the same problem with F# in WinRT, in VS2013. The assert statement, which is an alias for System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert, does not raise an exception, so unless you are watching the Output window then your assertions can fail without being noticed. Even if you are watching, it is hard to find the spot where the assertion was raised.
I followed Filip's suggestion and wrote a short utility, as follows:
namespace MyProj.Infrastructure
module Diagnostics =
let Assert condition = if not condition then
System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break()
I chose Debugger.Break over raising an exception because it stops the debugger at the place the assertion fails. However, raising an exception is an acceptable alternative.
I didn't have any suitable global projects or modules already in my solution, so I had to create them just for this, which was quite annoying.
I'm using Visual C++ 6.0. I'm not sure of the service pack level of the visual studio installation, but the OS is Win 2K SP4. The failing code is part of a DLL.
Here's the code:
EIO::OpenConnection()
{
m_Client = new CSocket();
if(m_Client->Create() == 0) {
delete m_Client;
m_Client = NULL;
return CAsyncSocket::GetLastError();
}
if (!m_Client->Connect((LPCTSTR)m_IPAddress, 7)) {
delete m_Client;
m_Client = NULL;
return CAsyncSocket::GetLastError();
}
...<stuff>...
}
This compiles without error on my build system and executes without either of the calls to m_Client methods failing. When I move this DLL to the production system (Win 2K, not sure of service pack level yet), the call to m_Client->Connect() returns an error, so it goes into the IF block. CAsyncSocket::GetLastError() then the debugger to open and report an 0xC0000005 access violation. I don't understand this stuff enough to get anything out of the disassembly.
I've also tried CSocket::GetLastError() and m_Client->GetLastError() with the same results.
I'm fairly certain that m_Client->Connect() fails because of some security policy that's on the production machine that's absent on the development system, but I'd like to get the actual error code so I can help the IT guy narrow his search.
I haven't yet tried forcing a call to GetLastError() on my build system to see if I get an access violation there.
The GetLastError() method most likely calls WSAGetLastError().
But for WSAGetLastError() to work, WSACleanup() must not have been called yet.
I'm guessing that when you delete m_Client that exactly this happens.
Try calling GetLastError() before you delete the m_Client object.