InstallShield 11.5 and SourceVault

[mdjtlj]

Greetings,

Not sure if this is related to SourceVault or not, but I'm going to throw this out there, as I'm completely baffled by this situation.

Background: We are using VS 2005 with SourceVault (3.1.5) and we have added a basic MSI project to the solution. This is the Installshield 11.5 ISPROJ file type, along with the ISM file extension for the actual binary file from Installshield.

Here's what is happening, it is attempting to add it to source code control, the pending checkins shown three files (ISPROJ, ISM, ISM). That's right, it is showing two copies of the ISM file. Both of which are pointing to the same file.

Try checking this in, and you get an error:

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Error Window TitleBar: Microsoft Visual Stuido

Unexpected error encountered. It is recommended that you restart the application as soon as possible.

Error: Unspecified error
File: vsee\pkgs\vsprovider\cmssciabstractionalyer.cpp
Line number: 4260

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We've tried all the tricks in the book to get it to take this file from VS. Delete the project (SCC and disk), recrate, etc... and of course the useless message suggestion of restart the application.

Quesion is, has anyone successfully gotten an Installshield project to properly be handled via the SCC?

Michael Johnson

[Tonya]

We would like to reproduce this issue to determine if this is a Vault related problem. You noted that this is an Installshield file type, how did you add this file to your project? Do you have a plug-in installed for Installshield? Any detailed instructions that you can provide would be helpful.

Thanks,

Tonya Nunn
SourceGear Support

[mdjtlj]

Steps are as follows:

- have regular winform project in solution, successfully added to SCC
- add a project type of Basic MSI from the Installshield template when you say "Add New Project"
- put in basic information about the project
- save installshield project
- try to checkin project

If you need screenshots, please indicate so and email address to send to.

Michael

[Tonya]

Michael,

I don't have a template for Installshield, I am assuming that this is a plug-in that I may not have. You could e-mail me screen shots from your Add New Project dialog so that I can verify this. I will also need to know what version of InstallShield you have installed.

Tonya
Tonya@Sourcegear.com

[jpearson]

Hi,
I have started getting the same error message in VS.NET 2005. I get it in only one of my solutions. The error gets thrown when I press the "check in" button in the "pending checkins" window. If I individually checkin items in the "solution explorer," I do not get the error. Any idea?

thanks,
Jake

[lbauer]

What is the exact error you are getting?

Is this also related to an InstallShield project?

[jpearson]

Sorry, I wasn't very verbose in my reply. The text of the error message is this:

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Unexpected error encountered. It is recommended that you restart the application as soon as possible.



Error: Unspecified error

File: vsee\pkgs\vssprovider\cmsscciabstractionlayer.cpp

Line number: 4260
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OK
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My solution does not have any installshield stuff in it, but there is a microsoft deployment project and 6 C# projects.

thanks,
Jake

[lbauer]

We've seen errors like this from time to time and aren't sure exactly what causes them. I did a search on:

Visual Studio Unexpected error encountered. It is recommended that you restart the application as soon as possible.

and found that the error can be caused by discrepancies in file/folder path information in the solution file.

Details here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums ... e9fe1e0e2/

A recommended fix is to do a fresh "Open from Source Control" into new working directories.

[jpearson]

That worked thanks.