25001:1615 error revisited

[asandige]

I followed all the threads, but never found a workable solution for this problem. In searching other forums, I found the following additional information:

Log file shows:
1: Beginning Costing Process...
DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog SetupError
Internal Error 2835. ErrorIcon, SetupError
Internal Error 25001. 1615 : RegistrationCosting::CostAllISSelfRegEntries::MsiDatabaseOpenView(hDatabase,_T("Select * from ISSelfReg"),&hView)
DEBUG: Error 2835: The control ErrorIcon was not found on dialog SetupError
Internal Error 2835. ErrorIcon, SetupError
Internal Error 25001. 6 : RegistrationCosting::CostAllISSelfRegEntries::MsiViewExecute(hView,NULL)

As you can see, this appears to be one possible source of the error. My specific situation is that even if I create a new setup with the setup wizard (using the free IS 3.5 SP4 LE that comes with Delphi 7), using windows Notepad.exe for the program to install, adding only BaseRTL, BaseVCL and SampleVCL, I get these errors. If the problem only seems to appear with certain merge modules, aren't there any corrected modules available anywhere that can correct the problem? Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where BIG software companies would stand behind their products, even the free offerings, and fix the problems instead of ignoring them. This may be a free package, but it is not likely that people will purchase the full packages at $349 when the free packages won't even work reliably to give programmers the basic tools to be productive. How can you trust that the support for a purchased product will be any different than that of the free products? I've dealt with other companies that offer free products and purchased products, and they will offer at least basic support for the free products and correct the BUGS in them because this builds confidence in the customers. This company should learn to listen, or face a diminishing customer base.

[asandige]

Did some deeper research. Found out that the problem does seem isolated solely to the Merge Modules supplied by Delphi. I loaded a totally different installer program and added the Delphi 7 Merge Modules (BaseRTL, BaseVCL and SampleVCL), then installed the new program and encountered the exact same errors. So, our attentions should be focused on Borland to get them to correct the problems.

[asandige]

I talked with someone at a Borland Newsgroup and he gave me the following web address that explains the exact cause of the problems regarding Selfregistration:

http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,30391,00.html

Have fun. Al