[wpkg-users] Makemsi broken in Wpkg-GP-0.17.16_x64.exe ?

[Mike Burgener]

Hi everybody, just updated to Wpkg-GP-0.17.17_w7_x64.exe and on win7 i still get the same result.

Kind regards

Mike

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: wpkg-users <wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org> Im Auftrag von
> Vincent Sneyers - make IT simple
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Juli 2017 06:34
> An: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Betreff: Re: [wpkg-users] Makemsi broken in Wpkg-GP-0.17.16_x64.exe ?
> 
> Thumbs up Nils for keeping wpkg-gp & client alive!
> 
> They're being used here and highly appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> Vincent
> 
> 
> On 25/07/17 14:25, Nils Thiele wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried to build the latest release on windows 7 instead of windows
> > 8.1 and it seems this fixed the problem with the makemsi.exe (atleast
> > on the 2 win7 systems i tried).
> > This build seems to work fine on newer versions too but i hope to get
> > a bit more feedback on this. Especially because the filesize on with
> > win8.1 and win7 builds differ so much.
> >
> > Check the releases page on github for the download:
> >
> > https://github.com/sonicnkt/wpkg-gp/releases
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Nils
> >
> >
> > Am 16.03.2017 um 10:31 schrieb Mike Burgener:
> >> Hi everybody,
> >>
> >> Perhaps any update/hint on this?
> >>
> >> Nils, would it be possible to increase the debug level? Perhaps we
> >> get the name of the dll then?
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >>> Von: wpkg-users [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] Im
> >>> Auftrag von Nils Thiele
> >>> Gesendet: Freitag, 25. November 2016 13:37
> >>> An: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> >>> Betreff: Re: [wpkg-users] Makemsi broken in Wpkg-GP-0.17.16_x64.exe ?
> >>>
> >>> Hey,
> >>>
> >>> I finally had a bit of time to check this out:
> >>>
> >>> Test 1 on My development system (Win8.1 x64, up to date):
> >>>
> >>> With 0.17.16 installed i ran:
> >>>
> >>> makemsi.exe x64 %path_to_installer% %path_to_ini% %path_for_msi%
> >>>
> >>> Without any errors.
> >>>
> >>> Test2 on another system without the python environment (Win7, x64):
> >>>
> >>> With 0.17.16 installed i ran:
> >>>
> >>> makemsi.exe x64 %path_to_installer% %path_to_ini% %path_for_msi%
> >>>
> >>> And error:
> >>>
> >>> "C:\Program Files\Wpkg-GP\MakeMSI.exe"
> >>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>     File "MakeMSI.py", line 2, in <module>
> >>>     File "msilib\__init__.pyc", line 4, in <module>
> >>>     File "_msi.pyc", line 12, in <module>
> >>>     File "_msi.pyc", line 10, in __load
> >>> ImportError: DLL load failed: Die angegebene Prozedur wurde nicht
> >>> gefunden.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ok it seems that in my packaged installer there is a python
> >>> part/module/dll missing that is necessary for the makemsi tool and
> >>> because my dev system has all of these installed anyway it works
> >>> anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Sadly i have no idea how to fix this easily, i haven't touched the
> >>> build routine of wpkg-gp and the method for building the exe
> >>> (py2exe) is not the same i use for my client software (pyinstaller)
> >>> which with which im way more experienced.
> >>>
> >>> But i may still have any easy solution:
> >>>
> >>> I tried installing the latest official wpkg-gp build (0.18b1) and
> >>> then used its makemsi tool to create a msi package of the 0.17.16
> >>> installer which worked fine, but i have not tested the created msi.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe this is a workaround until im able to fix the problem in my
> >>> version.
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> Nils
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Am 15.11.2016 um 14:50 schrieb Mike Burgener:
> >>>> Hi everybody,
> >>>>
> >>>> it seems that makemsi.exe is broken in Wpkg-GP-0.17.16_x64.exe
> >>>>
> >>>> "C:\Program Files\Wpkg-GP\MakeMSI.exe"
> >>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>>>     File "MakeMSI.py", line 2, in <module>
> >>>>     File "msilib\__init__.pyc", line 4, in <module>
> >>>>     File "_msi.pyc", line 12, in <module>
> >>>>     File "_msi.pyc", line 10, in __load
> >>>> ImportError: DLL load failed: Die angegebene Prozedur wurde nicht
> >>> gefunden.
> >>>> Tried on 2 Computer (my workstations and a test-vm)
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
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