Re: [WiX-users] What can cause WcaInitialize to fail?

[Tim K. <tim...@sh...>]

Yes it is being called in DllMain

switch (ul_reason_for_call)
{
case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
::WcaGlobalInitialize(hModule);
break;

case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
::WcaGlobalFinalize();
break;
}

Thanks,

Tim



On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Rob Mensching <ro...@ro...> wrote:

> Did you call WcaGlobalInitialize() in your DllMain()?
>
> /********************************************************************
>  WcaGlobalInitialize() - initializes the Wca library, should be
>                         called once per custom action Dll during
>                         DllMain on DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
>
> ********************************************************************/
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Fangren <tim...@sh...> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hoping someone can shed some light on WcaInitialize.
> >
> > I have a WiX based installer that works on hundreds of different
> machines,
> > but on a couple it appears that WcaInitialize is failing.  The log entry
> > after WcaInitialize is not written to the logs even with verbose logging.
> > What conditions can cause this call to fail?  I've been unable to dig up
> > documentation on what this call does exactly or expected return values.
> >
> > Code example:
> >
> > HRESULT hr = ::WcaInitialize(install, "MyCA");
> > if (FAILED(hr))
> > {
> >        return ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE;
> > }
> >
> > ::WcaLog(LOGMSG_STANDARD, "Working on MyCA");
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim
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