AccessibleMarshal.dll registered?

mnpg · Post by **mnpg** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:29 pm

hi DraconPern,
i have a question : In the install.log of Mozilla Firefox, i have seen that the original setup registers the "accessiblemarshal.dll".
But in yours MSI, it's not declare.

it is deliberate?

Taken from the MozillaFirefox 2's install.log

DLL Registration
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Registered: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\AccessibleMarshal.dll

Post by **DraconPern** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:38 am

Good catch, it'll be fixed for 2.0

mnpg · Post by **mnpg** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:35 am

for your information :

instead using the selfreg table to do this (File : Accessiblemarshal.dll , cost: 1) , better use custom action that execute msiexec /y or msiexec /z to register/unregister the DLL.

taken from my msi and adapted to your :

table CUSTOMACTION (3 entries)

Code: Select all

Action : REG_AccessibleMarshal.dll
Type : 3170
Source : INSTALLDIR
Target : [SystemFolder] msiexec /y "[#accessiblemarshal.dll]"        

Action : UNREG_AccessibleMarshal.dll
Type : 98
Source : INSTALLDIR
Target : [SystemFolder] msiexec /z "[#accessiblemarshal.dll]"

Action : ROLL_REG_AccessibleMarshal.dll
Type : 1378
Source : INSTALLDIR
Target : [SystemFolder] msiexec /z "[#accessiblemarshal.dll]"

table INSTALLEXECUTESEQUENCE (3 entries)

Code: Select all

Action : UNREG_AccessibleMarshal.dll
Condition : $F_FirefoxMain.INSTALLDIR_1_AccessibleMarshal.dll = 2
Sequence : 2201 
(between SelfUnregModules -2200- and UnregisterTypeLibraries -2300-)

Action : REG_AccessibleMarshal.dll
Condition : $F_FirefoxMain.INSTALLDIR_1_AccessibleMarshal.dll > 2
Sequence : 5701 
(between RegisterComPlus -5700- and InstallServices -5800-)

Action : ROLL_REG_AccessibleMarshal.dll
Condition : NOT Installed
Sequence : 5702 
(between RegisterComPlus -5700- and InstallServices -5800- and AFTER REG_AccessibleMarshal.dll)

Post by **DraconPern** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:54 pm

Curious, why is the custom action better than using selfreg?

mnpg · Post by **mnpg** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:31 pm

The Selfreg action processes the DLLs in random order.

I know that, in the case of one dll to register, it's not necessary.

but, taken from many websites, it's better if you can avoid using Selfreg table.