Re: ServiceInstall table
- From: "Phil Wilson" <pdjwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:36:05 -0700
You've probably discovered this already, but just leave the Dependencies
entry empty if there are no dependencies. Null is a separator between
dependencies - that documentation says the list ends with a double null, so
maybe that would work as no dependencies.
--
Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
"PeterW" <nspw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4A72E85E-890D-47A2-A0E8-BF211163CB61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Phil
>
> Now the ServiceInstall table adds the record without any trouble.
>
> I am still stumped at the next hurdle though. I run the installer and it
> returns Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been
> marked
> for deletion. This when I have cleaned up the Services by removing the
> service from the Services list and uninstalling as necessary before
> starting.
>
> The documentation states to enter [~] in the dependencies field for no
> dependencies. This is verified by the fact that if the service were
> installed using installutil it shows no dependencies and runs correctly.
> By
> adding the value [~] to the record using orca, it seems to act as if there
> were dependencies defined in the serviceInstall table. That makes me
> think
> that maybe [~] does not mean null at all!
>
> To recap: the values I enter into the row for serviceInstall table are as
> follows
>
> Name=svcDOILoad
> DisplayName = DOILoad Service
> ServiceName = svcDOILoad
> ServiceType=0x00000010
> StartType=0x00000002
> ErrorControl=0x00000001
> LoadOrderGroup=null
> Dependencies=[~]
> StartName=DOIServiceUser
> Password=aPassword
> Args=left empty
> Component_ = C__74F292ECB195409A816A47141D790DF2
>
> cheers
> --
> PeterW
>
>
> "Phil Wilson" wrote:
>
>> It means that the Component column in the ServiceInstall table is column
>> 1
>> of the entry in the Component table whose KeyPath column points to the
>> File
>> table with your Service executable. It might help to just look at the
>> File
>> table - the entry there for your Service exe has a Component column -
>> that's
>> the same one you need in the ServiceInstall table.
>>
>> [[The Component table is a list of components (most often containing only
>> one file) and each Component table entry usually has a KeyPath entry
>> pointing to a File table or Registry table entry. ]]
>>
>> --
>> Phil Wilson
>> [Microsoft MVP-Windows Installer]
>> Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
>> http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=280
>>
>> "PeterW" <nspw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:80A1A31E-E13A-4CD7-82F0-50A9AFACCCA5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I am using orca to edit a Windows Service Install msi.
>> >
>> > The ServiceInstall table is giving me grief in that adding a row fails
>> > repeatedly.
>> >
>> > I think the Component_ category is the one that is the cause. The
>> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/serviceinstall_table.asp
>> > file states that this is "External key to column one of the Component
>> > Table."
>> >
>> > What on earth does this statement mean? Is it the value in the
>> > Component
>> > column which is column one? and how do you identify which row should
>> > be
>> > used? And where do you get the External key?
>> >
>> > cheers
>> >
>> > Peter
>> > --
>> > PeterW
>>
>>
>>
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