problem in creating msi

[karthikeyan]

Dear friend,

i have my vb project exe and soap toolkit exe. so i need to create msi with this two exe's both to gather.so i have created the msi but if i install the msi in another machine it shows error.

The Error Message says “Another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before continuing this one.”

so can any one please help me solve this issue please

[leinad31]

What did you use to create installer?

[karthikeyan]

Dear friend,

there are some steps to create msi in msdn:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263739/en-us

can u please help me now

[alex_read]

The Windows Installer, which is actually only a Windows Service, only permits one msi installation at a time.

The message you're getting signifies a previous installation hasn't completed and therefore the Windows Installer is refusing to start a subsequest (your) installation.

This won't neccessarily relate to your specific installation - you might be installing a program such as MS office - any program which uses an msi file to install itself.

What you can try first off is rebooting. If this is a secondary program, the chances are that a reboot will terminate it's installation if it's crashed (annoying as it is, then you have to try to repair/uninstall/reinstall this later from the add/remove control panel applet).

Failing this, you can look at the registry or msconfig utility to see if there are any installers attempting to run on startup of the computer. You might also want to check with your IT department to see whether they are deploying any software which uses an msi installer via group policy at all.

Another suggestion to look at would be one which involves your program itself. Are you first trying to install the soap toolkit then install your app in succession? Perhaps the soap toolkit is not completing or requires a reboot before any secondary installation (i.e. your app) can be installed?

[dilettante]

You normally wouldn't deploy the Toolkit, it's a developer's package.

The Toolkit should contain two merge modules (.MSM files) and depending on what you are doing you may only need to use one of them for your application. This should be documented in the Toolkit under deployment issues.

Also look at SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Redistributable.

[Hack]

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