I have a Basic MSI project that installs a service that requires the VC++ libraries, so I included the Visual C++ 9.0 CRT (x86) WinSxS merge module and its corresponding policy merge module (version 9.0.30729.1). However, when I run my installer, I get a 1920 error that my service failed to start. Before I clicked OK to quit and rollback the installation, I checked to see if the VC++ libraries/manifests/policies got installed. I found them in C:\Windows\winsxs\InstallTemp. So it seems that the service is failing to start because they're not in their final location yet (e.g., C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests). I tried moving the StartServices action to after the MsiPublishAssemblies action, but that didn't help. Running vcredist_x86.exe before running my installer fixes the problem, but that's just a workaround for now. This is happening on all flavors of Win Server 2008, but not on Vista or Server 2003. This happens on both physical and virtual machines. The strange thing is that I see this happening on one virtual machine, but not on another. Neither of the VMs have the VC libs pre-installed or anything, and the VMs are pretty much identical, but I'm running them on two different machines. Someone please help me! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, loralynne ... View more

Hi, In my Basic MSI project, I created a new dialog in which a Read Me is displayed in a scrollable text control. I want to force the user to scroll to the bottom of the Read Me before the Next button enabled. So, I created the WatchScroll CA, modified the conditions for the Next button, and added an event for the scrollable text. I also had to rename my dialog to LicenseAgreement for the WatchScroll CA to work. In testing this, scrolling does enable the Next button, but the default button is the Back button even though I specified Next to be the default. The only way I can get the Next button to be the default is if I add a radio button group with the options to either accept or decline (as in the license agreement dialog). But I don't want to include this in my Read Me dialog. I just need to force the user to scroll to the bottom. Also, on some machines, at least on Win Server 2003 Japanese, the Next button doesn't become enabled unless you click Back and then Next. On Win Server 2008 Server Core, the Next button doesn't become enabled at all after scrolling to the bottom. I tried tabbing through the controls, clicking Back to the previous dialog and then back to the Read Me dialog, and clicking Cancel. I really need to get this to work. Can someone help me please? I also tried using the IsLicenseViewed code from http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/ca.htm, but that doesn't work for me either. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, loralynne ... View more

Hi, I have a setup prerequisite included in my Basic MSI project. Is there a way to make the name of the prerequisite localizable so that in the Setup Prerequisite dialog, it shows up in the language that is chosen in the Choose Setup Language dialog? Or am I going to have to create a different prq file with the prq file name localized for each language I want it in? I also want to have the installer of the prerequisite run in the language chosen in the Choose Setup Language dialog. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, loralynne ... View more