Unable to build with X4

johnbyerly · Postby **johnbyerly** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:22 am

Hi,

I am unable to build with X4. I downloaded X4 yesterday (4/10/2016) and installed it today. I first encountered the problem with my X2 project file, but I experienced the same problem with a new, empty project. I would send you the new, empty project, but I get this error when I try to save it:

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Anyway, I created the project with the wizard using the .NET Setup template. Then I added the Visual C++ 11.0 runtimes (not the x64 ones).

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This project fails to build:

Error during build: Unable to build setup files: Incorrect parameter value

I noticed that .NET 4.52 is checked by default for this project, so I unchecked it and tried again. This time it built successfully. So I tried to check the .NET 2.0 box and build. This build failed. As far as I can tell, adding any .NET to the install will cause the build to fail.

JAB

Postby **FrancescoT** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:09 pm

Dear Jab,

honestly what you are reporting sounds very strange.

Are you sure you installed all IA X4 features?
Did you use a new re-generated personal license file to activate the product?

I am not able to replicate any problem with including any version of the .Net RTMs.
By the way, I don't understand why you are including all those different editions of the same VC++ 11 RTM.
It's just enough to include "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 11.0 (includes ATL, MFC, C++ AMP, and OpenMP)", if you need support for; ATL, MFC, C++ AMP, and OpenMP.

For what concerns your other error with saving the project ... I really suppose that this has nothing to do with IA ... try to save the project under a different path, it may be probably a privilege issue or that file is locked for some Unknown reason.

Any installed Anti Virus?

Regards

johnbyerly · Postby **johnbyerly** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:16 pm

Francesco,

I figured this was an odd one!

When installing X4, I chose the option to install all features.
How do I get an updated license? I have a maintenance agreement that covers the upgrade, but I have no idea how to get the upgraded license.

Thanks for the tip about the VC++ runtimes!

As for the error saving the file, it suddenly went away! I have no idea why!

JAB

johnbyerly · Postby **johnbyerly** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:44 pm

Francesco,

I just installed my X4 license. That seems to have fixed the problem!

JAB

Postby **FrancescoT** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:06 pm

johnbyerly · Postby **johnbyerly** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:04 am

I think I was a bit premature in saying that the problem was solved. I am still getting the "Incorrect parameter value" errors. It is somewhat intermittent, Restarting InstallAware seems to help, but it appears that if I change some of the runtimes included in the build, I get the error.

Postby **FrancescoT** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:23 am

Dear Jab,

are you able to replicate the problem with creating a new project from scratch?

Regards

johnbyerly · Postby **johnbyerly** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:22 pm

Francesco,

Yes. I created a new .NET Setup from the template. Then I added the following Application Runtimes:

.NET 2.0 with Service Pack 2
.NET 2.0
.NET 3.0 Service Pack 2
.NET 3.0
.NET 3.5 with Service Pack 1
.NET 4
.NET 4.52
Visual C++ Additional 11.0
Visual C++ Minimum 11.0
Visual C++ 11.0 Runtime

(I know, I don't need the Additional or Minimum. I checked those by accident)
None of the above were x64 versions, unless they were combined with x86.

After adding checking these boxes, I immediately started a single file build. I didn't save the project before the build, and I didn't navigate to any other area of the GUI.

I can send you the zipped project, but it is large (about 1GB).

As I mentioned, this problem is intermittent. Case in point: after performing the above steps and getting the build error, I saved the project, unchecked the Additional C++ and Minimum C++ runtimes, and started a single file build. This time, it built successfully.

JAB

Postby **FrancescoT** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:26 pm

Dear Jab,

you just need to send the Whole project folder ... so this can't be so big (whitout including the "release" folder).

Anyway, I cannot replicate the same using my machine. Due of this, I can only suppose that there is something with your system.

Do you have any Anti Virus installed?

Regards

johnbyerly · Postby **johnbyerly** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:19 pm

Francesco,

I have BitDefender running. It is administered by our IT department and is not something I can temporarily turn off. Anyway, if the problem were caused by an anti-virus program, wouldn't it happen all of the time, rather than intermittently?

Here is the project. I suspect you won't be able to reproduce the problem with it. As I said, after I did a few things, the build worked fine.

JAB

Postby **FrancescoT** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:53 am

Dear Jab,

your issue is clearly caused by the installed Anti Virus.

As I have already said many times on this forum, most AV's today are a cure worse than the disease and unfortunately there isn't so much to do with them. Please note that often is not enough to just disable an AV. Commercial AntiVirus applications should never be installed on a development environment or a production system. There are alternative free products (eg. from Microsoft directly) that can be used in place of them (eg. Microsoft security essentials).

I had an identical problem with Visual Studio due the installed AV.

Hope this helps you.

Regards