I followed the instructions for including Cassini with VS 2005 setup project for ASP.NET 2.0 app. When I run the installer, it is saying that :

Failed to register an application with Cassini while converting appID parameter to GUID
-> GUID should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx).

When I click OK, I then get another popup showing:

An exception occurred during the Rollback phase of the installation. This exception will be ignored and the rollback will continue. However, the machine might not fully revert to its initial state after the rollback is complete,->Failed to unregister Cassini application while calling CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.UnregisterApplication(appID) method -> There is an error in XML document (2, 121). --> Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: array, (NULL), (NULL), (NULL).

I'm using the UpgradeCode for the Setup (as suggested by the online tutorial): This is

For Install Action:

/AppID="{BD4EF6F8-DF34-4935-836C-B1E561D1DB47}"/AppLocation="[TARGETDIR]\"/AppDefaultDoc="Default.aspx"


For Rollback and Uninstall (both):

/AppID="{BD4EF6F8-DF34-4935-836C-B1E561D1DB47}"

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Ok, thanks. I've made the change. The error now changes:

Failed to register an application with Cassini while calling CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.RegisterApplication() method.-->There is an error in XML Parameter name: array.

when I click ok, I then get:

Error 1001. Failed to register an application with Cassini while calling CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.RegisterApplication() method. --> There is an error in XML document (2, 121). --> Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: array, (NULL), (NULL), (NULL).
Data:
0000: 7b 35 39 43 44 38 46 46 {59CD8FF
0008: 34 2d 31 33 46 41 2d 34 4-13FA-4
0010: 30 30 44 2d 39 30 39 33 00D-9093
0018: 2d 46 41 31 31 32 32 30 -FA11220
0020: 38 38 32 38 45 7d 8828E}

I ran Setup.exe. It gave the same error as before. However, it did install Cassini, but when I checked the SCM it had not started. I tried starting the service manually, but then it promptly stopped. In Event Viewer, the error is:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Cassini by UltiDev
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: 9/22/2006
Time: 9:26:22 AM
User: N/A
Computer: VANSERVER1
Description:
Service cannot be started. System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (2, 121). ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: array
at System.Array.Sort(Array array, IComparer comparer)
at CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.set_Applications(ApplicationEntry[] value)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMetabase.Read3_Metabase(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMetabase.Read4_CassiningMetabase()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader)
at CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.Load()
at CassiniService.Service1.OnStart(String[] args)
at System.Serv...

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Windows 2003 Server is the OS. I think the installation of the website was not successful, because it could not start the cassini server service, and consequiently register the app with the web server. Hope the trace from the event viewer could shed some light. Thanks.

I believe you are right. I don't see the explorer on the target machine-only the "UltiDev Cassini Web Server for ASP.NET" entry in Add/Remove Programs. Just to ensure I'm capturing the correct message in event viewer. I uninstalled this entry and re-ran setup.exe. It prompted to install the web server, and then it loaded the installer for the web app. Before I clicked next to proceed with this second installation (for the web app), I checked event viewer, and here is the message:


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Cassini by UltiDev
Event Category: None
Event ID: 0
Date: 9/22/2006
Time: 11:28:24 AM
User: N/A
Computer: VANSERVER1
Description:
Service cannot be started. System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (2, 121). ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: array
at System.Array.Sort(Array array, IComparer comparer)
at CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.set_Applications(ApplicationEntry[] value)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMetabase.Read3_Metabase(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMetabase.Read4_CassiningMetabase()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader)
at CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.Load()
at CassiniService.Service1.OnStart(String[] args)
at System.Serv...

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I checked the following as pre-requisites in the setup project properties:

- .NET Framework 2.0
- Windows Installer 3.1
- UltiDev Cassini Web Server for ASP.NET 2.0

I had chosen the option to Download prerequisites from the same location as my application. This created the following folder structure:

- Setup\Release\dotnetfx
Containing dotnetfx.exe, instmsia.exe and WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe

- Setup\Release\UltiDev Cassini Web Server for ASP.NET 2.0
Containing cassiniexplorersetup.msi and cassiniserver2setup.msi

- Setup\Release\WindowsInstaller3_1
Containing WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe

The Root: \Setup\Release
Contains: Setup.exe, Setup.msi and the three folders listed above.

As you can see, both cassini msi's are in the cassini folder, but as far as I can tell, when I run setup.exe, it is only executing the web server .msi

I decided to manually try running each of the msi's in the UltiDev folder and found that the cassiniexplorersetup.msi was throwing an error (cassiniserver2setup.msi ran fine without problems). Perhaps that is why only the Web Server is shown in Add/Remove programs. Here is the event log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11001
Date: 9/22/2006
Time: 2:06:47 PM
User: VANSERVER1\Administrator
Computer: VANSERVER1
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 11001 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Product: UltiDev Cassini Web Server Explorer -- Error 1001. Cassini Explorer Ex:
System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (2, 121). ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Array cannot be null.
Parameter name: array
at System.Array.Sort(Array array, IComparer comparer)
at CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.set_Applications(ApplicationEntry[] value)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMetabase.Read1_Metabase(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType)
at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMetabase.Read5_CassiningMetabase()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader)
at CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.Load()
at CassiniExplorer.Installer.RegisterCassiniConfigApp()
at CassiniExplorer.Installer.Install(IDictionary stateSaver) --> There is an error in XML document (2, 121). --> Array cannot be null.
Parameter name: array, (NULL), (NULL), (NULL).
Data:
0000: 7b 43 33 31 46 33 44 33 {C31F3D3
0008: 35 2d 34 46 39 45 2d 34 5-4F9E-4
0010: 35 31 46 2d 42 31 32 37 51F-B127
0018: 2d 31 35 42 42 43 42 32 -15BBCB2
0020: 36 45 38 42 44 7d 6E8BD}

I uninstalled the Web server, then I deleted the metabase file, and it worked!! Right now, I'm home and the connection is pretty slow for me to change the setup and re-deploy to the target server. I;ll try the changes to the setup on Monday, but this worked. I see both Explorer and Web Server. Thanks for all the help.

Hi All,
I am getting a similar error when installing Ultidev WebServer:
Error 1001. Error 1001. Failed to register an application with Cassini while calling CassiniConfiguration.Metabase.RegisterApplication() method. --> The type initializer for 'System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection' threw an exception. --> Provider type does not match registered value.


Also, deleting the metabase file did not resolve the issue, have any other ideas?

I am getting a similar error when running the Cassini Web server. I tried our suggestion of deleting C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\UltiDev\Cassini\CassiniMetabase.xml and re-initializing the installer and this did not help, the installallation still fails. PLEASE HELP!!

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11001
Date: 3/4/2010
Time: 6:54:53 PM
User: V-TECH\XXXX
Computer: XXXX
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 11001 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Product: UltiDev Cassini Web Server Explorer -- Error 1001. Cassini Explorer Ex:
System.InvalidCastException: QueryInterface for interface IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShell3 failed.
at IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShellClass.CreateShortcut(String PathLink)
at CassiniExplorer.Installer.CreateProgramIcon(String targetPath, String shortcutName, String iconLocation, String description)
at CassiniExplorer.Installer.CreateShortcuts()
at CassiniExplorer.Installer.Install(IDictionary stateSaver) --> QueryInterface for interface IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShell3 failed., (NULL), (NULL), (NULL).
Data:
0000: 7b 34 30 32 34 37 41 41 {40247AA
0008: 43 2d 41 42 30 44 2d 34 C-AB0D-4
0010: 34 39 43 2d 38 38 32 46 49C-882F
0018: 2d 39 30 34 30 31 43 33 -90401C3
0020: 33 35 31 45 38 7d 351E8}

Thanks! That worked. The post was for Windows XP but I was able to download and install the 2003 Server version of the Windows Script 5.7
http://www.microsoft.com...-411d-a896-f2cd5ef21eb4

Thanks much

Andre
V-Technologies