Re: Problems with MCxAP (moved from UKHA_D)

["Keith Finnett" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart,

I've tried a couple of things over the weekend. One of the key
requirements of MCE is that the assembly to be installed is strongly
named, so i built a test assembly and installed with
RegisterMCEApp.exe but didn't write it to the global assembly cache
(with gacutil.exe). The results were that the application looked
like it was installed but did nothing.

Therefore, perhaps MCxAP has been installed into MCE but the gacutil
step failed? I'll do some more checking, but this seems a likely
reason.

k


--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, Stuart Booth <lists@x> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:59:16 +0100, "Keith Finnett"
<keith@f...>
> wrote:
>
> >> That one is probably a red herring and may not actually be
used. I use
> >> it for debug trace output. But I'll send you a copy offlist
just in
> >> case. I assume the email address above is okay?
> >
> >I've downloaded the NSpring files, but send it over and we'll be
on the same
> >version, etc.. That address is good.
>
> No need, they're all the same. It hasn't changed in a looong while
> now.
>
> >> Is there anything odd about your MCE version that you know
of?
It's
> >> the 2005 version I assume for instance?
> >
> >Nope - MCE 2005, downloaded from my MSDN Universal subscription.
It has SP2
> >applied.
>
> Oh, that's interesting. I haven't applied any recent roll-up
security
> patches for MCE lately - or did you mean XP SP2? That's something
I'll
> have to try too.
>
> >One more thing I checked is that it appears in the list of add-
ins in the
> >GUI. It does, and it's checked so MCE thinks it is there.
>
> Curious. I would have expected the log files to appear in that
case. I
> looked at mine on starting MCE and they have entries from today so
> it's certainly actively updated.
>
> >I just tried this, and it successfully unregistered and
registered, but no
> >difference.
>
> Oh darn. Well I think that means I need a new build with some data
> logging being output for us to move on. Give me a few days as it's
> somewhat involved getting new code working under MCE. I write the
code
> under VS2003, copy to another machine with VS2002 (MCE uses .NET
v1.0
> natively) to build it, copy to a virtual PC image of MCE for
testing
> (to save sprinting up and downstairs), then lastly install on my
live
> MCE machine for final testing. It's the test MCE system that's
> knackered right now.
>
> S
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