Re: installation problem

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From: Bala (Bala_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:55:14 -0700

Thanks Chris. i searched installshield support site. but i didnt get any.
thanks for the link and the problem solved.
bala

"Veign" wrote:

> From The InstallShield Website:
> http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/bugs_iswi.htm
> Error 1911 "Could not Register Type Library"
> Description:
> Error 1911 "Could not register type library for file [2]. Contact your
> support personnel." during installation of one or more components on the
> target system. All dependencies are installed correctly, and the components
> that raise the 1911 error register properly when you use regsvr32 (dll/ocx)
> or the /regserver command-line switch (EXE). The components are set up
> correctly in Installshield.
> The components that cause the error message are configured to use "extract
> at build" for their COM registration information. The problem only seems to
> occur after binary compatibility has been broken (as it often is, during
> development), and when you are using the same machine for compilation of the
> application object files and creation of the install set..
> Cause:
> The "extract at build" functionality appears to be using the registry
> information for the wrong (old) versions, and is using the wrong interface
> identifier information/registry information. This is what generates the 1911
> error.
> Note: Error 1911 can also be caused by missing dependencies,
> locale-specific components, corrupted object files, and several other
> causes. It is a bit of a catch-all message for COM registration problems.
> Workarounds:
> To avoid the problem unregister the components before you build the new
> version that is not binary compatible. If you already have outdated
> information in the registry of your development machine, run RegClean from
> Microsoft or a similar tool to remove the incorrect registry entries.
> Alternatively, create the install set from a machine with a fresh OS
> installation. RegClean can be downloaded from these locations:
> ftp://ftp.uakom.sk/pub/mirrors/sac/utilmisc/regcln41.exe or
> ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/msdos/mirrors/stuba/pc/utilmisc/regcln41.exe
> Status:
> This problem das been reported for ISWI 1.x, IPWI 2.x and ISD 7.00.
>
> --
> Chris Hanscom - Microsoft MVP (VB)
> http://www.veign.com
> --
>
> "Bala" <Bala@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3131FFC1-186D-495C-9D48-286355C81D75@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > In my project i have included the another activex Exe. after that thru
> > installshield i am building the setup file.
> >
> > when installing that time i got this error.
> >
> > "Error 1911. Could not register type library for file c:\program
> > files\project path\activex.exe" contact your support personnel.
> >
> > Do you have any idea why i am getting this error?
> >
> > thanks
> > bala
>
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