Hi I have created a setup project that involves quite alot of code. I have overriden the OnAfterUninstall method of the installer class. In this method I have the following code:

protected override void OnAfterUninstall(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)

base.OnAfterUninstall(savedState);

#if DEBUG

System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("RELEASE");

Lucy

I have solved my own problem!

After a long time trying to save the savedState object to the projects settings and trying to debug through the code, I some how manage to crash the whole thing. I currently have it installed but I cannot uninstall it as it throughs many errors! So decided to start a new project again by just copying the code needed!

Whilst doing this I knew that in my Setup project I need to add the projects dll to the GAC when it is installed.To do thisI go to the setups File System Editor. I then select from the 'Add Special Folder' menu, 'Global Assembly Cache Folder'. From this folder I then went to 'Add' -> 'Assembly'. This brings up the 'Select Component' dialog. Under the browse tab I then browsed to my dll which was under:

C:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\SharePoint\SharePoint\bin\Debug !

That is when it clicked!

When I want to uninstall my project it is getting the dll from the GAC and this is the debug dll! I then changed this by adding the Primary output from <ProjectName> (Active). Now when my project is uninstalled in debug mode I get the message box saying 'DEBUG' and in release mode the message box says 'RELEASE'!

Lucy

Whilst in debug mode I set a breakpoint at the begining of the above event. When this breakpoint was hit I looked at the savedState object and it says that it is null. I think this is my problem. Does anyone know why it is null as I do not think it should be.

When I do the same in my simple test installer the savedState object is not null.

Anyone any ideas please?

Lucy

I have solved my own problem!

After a long time trying to save the savedState object to the projects settings and trying to debug through the code, I some how manage to crash the whole thing. I currently have it installed but I cannot uninstall it as it throughs many errors! So decided to start a new project again by just copying the code needed!

Whilst doing this I knew that in my Setup project I need to add the projects dll to the GAC when it is installed.To do thisI go to the setups File System Editor. I then select from the 'Add Special Folder' menu, 'Global Assembly Cache Folder'. From this folder I then went to 'Add' -> 'Assembly'. This brings up the 'Select Component' dialog. Under the browse tab I then browsed to my dll which was under:

C:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\SharePoint\SharePoint\bin\Debug !

That is when it clicked!

When I want to uninstall my project it is getting the dll from the GAC and this is the debug dll! I then changed this by adding the Primary output from <ProjectName> (Active). Now when my project is uninstalled in debug mode I get the message box saying 'DEBUG' and in release mode the message box says 'RELEASE'!

Lucy