Installshield 6 crash: ole trouble

[Marcus Meissner]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:50:36PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Marcus Meissner wrote:
> >>>>IIRC, InstallShield 6 can work if you copy stdole32.tlb from a real 
> >>>>windows to wine's system directory.  
> >
> >I will add a large message suggesting that.
> 
> Thanks.  (I'm also looking forward to the possibility of
> wine having its own stdole32.tlb soon.)
> 
> >>It looks like there's a Heisenbug here.  If I run without
> >>logging, I get a window titled "Unhandled Exception",
> >>with contents
> >>"Error Number: 0x80040706
> >>Description: Object reference not set
> >>Setup will now terminate."
> >
> >
> >I have seen this on and off, but I thought I fixed it.
> 
> Interestingly, under wine20020605, I am able to complete
> the installation program.  Thus we seem to have a regression.
> Which would be more helpful: me tracking down which patch
> caused the regression, or me sending some more knowledgeable
> person a minimal test case?

Hmm, I think binary search for the broken patch would be easier.

Ciao, Marcus