Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Release/2.4/Notes

Timestamp:

04/20/12 09:11:10 (13 years ago)

Author:

jng

Comment:

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Release/2.4/Notes

@@ -107 +107 @@
  * #1985: 32-bit IIS configuration does not work on 64-bit windows. To fix this, set the "Enable 32-bit applications" property to true on the IIS application pool that is created by the installer.
  * We have used a non-standard binary build of Apache/PHP to produce this installer, as a result some PHP extensions and Apache modules may not be available.
+ * The exe installer will automatically install the Visual C++ 2008 and Visual C++ 2010 redistributables if required. The Visual C++ 2008 redist installer if it is run, it will leave a whole bunch of temp files in the root of C drive (usually). This is a defect in the VC2008 redist installer.
 
 == API changes ==#ApiChanges
@@ -122 +123 @@
 [wiki:MapGuideRfc122 RFC 122] introduces the MentorDictionaryPath configuration property, which is the first place the MapGuide Web Tier will look for the coordinate system dictionary files. The MENTOR_DICTIONARY_PATH environment variable will be used instead if the specified path in webconfig.ini does not exist
 
+== Debugging Installer failures ==
+
+If the installer fails, you can unpack the internal msi from the exe (see Disk Space section below) and run the msi like so:
+
+{{{msiexec /l*v install.log /i filenameofthe.msi}}}
+
+The Windows Installer engine will log all messages to install.log. Fatal errors thrown during installation are usually logged to this file. Be warned that this file can grow really large during installation.
+
 == Disk Space ==