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Ayan
Ayan

Reputation: 77

Wix Installer - "DLL required for this install to complete" error

When I'm running the installer, I'm getting this error: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Any clue?

Code snippet:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">
  <Product Id="*" Name="SetupProject1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="GoGo" UpgradeCode="9bfe9221-2d7d-46ee-b483-88f00e14b4b3">
    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />

    <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
    <MediaTemplate />

    <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="SetupProject1" Level="1">
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents"/>
    </Feature>

    <!--<Binary Id="WixCA" SourceFile="WixCA.dll" />-->

    <Property Id="QtExecDeferredExample" Value="InstallManager.exe"/>
    <CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferredExample" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixQuietExec"
                Execute="immediate" Return="check" Impersonate="no"/>

    <InstallExecuteSequence>
      <Custom Action="QtExecDeferredExample" Before="InstallFinalize">NOT Installed</Custom>
    </InstallExecuteSequence>
  </Product>

  <Fragment>
    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
        <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="SetupProject1" >
          <Component Id='MainExecutable'>
            <File Id='InstallManagerEXE'
                  Name='InstallManager.exe'
                  DiskId='1'
                  Source='InstallManager.exe'
                  KeyPath='yes'/>
          </Component>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>
  </Fragment>

  <Fragment>
    <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
      <ComponentRef Id='MainExecutable' />
    </ComponentGroup>
  </Fragment>


</Wix>

Upvotes: 4

Views: 7143

Answers (4)

Pramod B R
Pramod B R

Reputation: 652

For any one facing this issue when developing the custom action using C#, I suggest to ensure that

  1. The BinaryKey is referring to the generated *.CA.dll and not the actual dll file.
  2. Ensure that the method being called is decorated with the [CustomAction] attribute.

Upvotes: 1

Rudolf Dvoracek
Rudolf Dvoracek

Reputation: 901

I confronted the same issue (error 1157) when I switched from using CAQuietExec extension to WixQuietExec. I used Wix Toolset 3.9 when error occured.

I solved this problem installing Wix Toolset 3.10.1 (it is last stable version now) and WixQuietExec extension works as expected.

Upvotes: 1

James
James

Reputation: 11

Try change DllEntry from WixQuietExec to CAQuietExec and property use QtExecCmdLine

please reference to https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/standard-libraries/silence-please/

Upvotes: 1

Marlos
Marlos

Reputation: 1965

Your question has two answers.

First answer: Generic DLL

When you set your custom action, there is an attribute DllEntry="WixQuietExec". You need to include the DLL in the package with this code:

<Binary Id="WixCA" SourceFile="WixQuietExec.dll" />

This tag should be created inside the Product.

So your code would be like this:

...
<Binary Id="WixCA" SourceFile="WixQuietExec.dll" />
<CustomAction Id="QtExecDeferredExample" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="WixQuietExec"
              Execute="deferred" Return="check" Impersonate="no" />
...

Don't forget to match the CustomAction[BinaryKey] and Binary[Id].

Second answer: WixUtilExtension

Particularly for a standard custom action like QtExec, you need only to include a reference to the extension.

  1. In Solution Explorer, expand the References in your project
  2. Right-click over it and select Add Reference
  3. Browse for the folder where the WiX Toolset is installed. Then select bin folder. In my case, the full path is C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.8\bin
  4. Select WixUtilExtension.dll and press Add and then OK

Change the Wix tag adding xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension". For example, your tag will be:

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">

Upvotes: 3

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