Why the .InstallState files are created?

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vsr - 10 Apr 2006 16:34 GMT

I am using setup to deploy components , i deploying these in GAC and also
Installing them using custom option "Install" , everything is looking good
but the ".InstallState" files are getting created when i deploy it , how to
avoid these files? i tried setting the option "InstallState" to fale in
properties but its giving mention "EntryPoint" error.Can anyone have
suggestions?

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Phil Wilson - 10 Apr 2006 21:29 GMT

You're running some kind of managed code custom action? Do you have Install,
Uninstall, Commit and Rollback custom actions too?

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>I am using setup to deploy components , i deploying these in GAC and also
> Installing them using custom option "Install" , everything is looking good
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> properties but its giving mention "EntryPoint" error.Can anyone have
> suggestions?

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vsr - 10 Apr 2006 21:42 GMT

Yes, I have Install and Uninstall custom actions.there is no install code i
have written , i just added components to Install and UnInstall Custom
Actions.

> You're running some kind of managed code custom action? Do you have Install,
> Uninstall, Commit and Rollback custom actions too?
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> > properties but its giving mention "EntryPoint" error.Can anyone have
> > suggestions?

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Phil Wilson - 11 Apr 2006 16:42 GMT

Those files are othing to do with Windows Installer or MSI files - they get
created by those installer classes, so MSI doesn't know about them. See if
it makes a difference if you add the Commit and Rollback custom actions. In
particular, be sure that you are calling the base methods in your custom
actions - base.Install(), base.Uninstall().

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> Yes, I have Install and Uninstall custom actions.there is no install code
> i
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>> > properties but its giving mention "EntryPoint" error.Can anyone have
>> > suggestions?

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vsr - 11 Apr 2006 18:20 GMT

I tried Commit and Rollback but its giving the error while installing...
An Exception Occured during the commit phase of the installation. where to
iclude the base methods base.Install(), base.Uninstall()? i am not writing
installation code... do we need to write the installation code for this?

> Those files are othing to do with Windows Installer or MSI files - they get
> created by those installer classes, so MSI doesn't know about them. See if
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> >> > properties but its giving mention "EntryPoint" error.Can anyone have
> >> > suggestions?

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