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Error during build: Failed to compile plug-in action: File B
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:18 pm
by bsweeney
I'm getting the above error when building my installer. I have several file bags in my install. How do I tell which of them is the offending item? Also, what might i have done wrong?
Re: Error during build: Failed to compile plug-in action: Fi
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:20 pm
by mills
You also posted some details in this post:
http://installaware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5448
I've come across that thread already, but I don't think I understand what the issue really was. I am using both runtimes (x86, x64) in my project and conditionally installing one or the other. When i made my first pass at that portion of work, i simply clicked the two check boxes for those runtimes. Sure enough, InstallAware generated the two scripts to install those runtimes. If i'm not mistaken, it was right after I added those two scripts that i go this File Bag problem. Not really knowing what else to do, i decided to wrap the calls to those two runtime scripts in conditionals so that they would only attempt to run on the right hardware. It was right after this that my File Bag build error went awat. What i don't understand is why this was a build error. I would have expected to see a runtime error if was trying to install something for the wrong platform. This makes me wonder what the real problem may have been. Any thoughts?
Is this resolved, but you're just trying to understand what may have caused this?
Re: Error during build: Failed to compile plug-in action: Fi
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:26 pm
by bsweeney
The issue actually comes and goes. The next time I tried to build the install it worked fine, but I don't think i touched anything involving File Bags between those to builds. Just now, I removed 3 totally unrelated lines (Install Assembly) and now it's back. I have no idea why or what to do about it. This time I actually can't get it to build. I have no idea what I'm going to do. It was working just great half an hour ago and now im stuck. I think that the File Bag is my only real choice for part of my install. And I like that solution, it just won't build sometimes.
Re: Error during build: Failed to compile plug-in action: Fi
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:38 pm
by bsweeney
I just rebooted my PC and now it seems to be working... I'm stumped.