InstallShield error when trying to install Flash Remoting Components

sclaggett

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Sep 2, 2008, 3:36:05 PM9/2/08

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Hello all,

I am relatively new to Flash development. I am writing a RIA for the
University of Florida and I am looking to use Flex with remoting. The problem
I am currently having is obtaining the Flash remoting components. I have
download the components package in an MSI file listed under the title
"Macromedia Flash Remoting Components for Flash 8 ActionScript 2.0." The URL
for the file is:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashremoting/flash8/flashremoting_components
_flash8.msi

When I try and install the MSI file, InstallShield fail with the following
error:

1: The InstallScript engine is missing from this machine. If available,
please run ISScript.msi, or contact you support personnel for further
assistance.

I have reproduced the error on three different machines, all Windows XP. I
have install plenty of other MSI packages on my desktop, so the InstallShield
engine is not missing. I have tried every version of InstallShield I could
find, but all of them gave the same error. Has anyone else had this problem?
Is the MSI file corrupt, or is it working fine for everyone else?

I have attempted to work around this problem by manually opening the MSI file
using the open source package WiX (wix.sourceforget.net). This program
succeeded in extracting the files from the apparently corrupt MSI file, and I
had to manually rename all of the eight character DOS-compatible file names
with the correct file names (that was a pain). All of the text files came out
OK, but when I try and load RemotingConnector.swc in Flex Builder 3 it
generates an error saying "unable to load SWC RemotingConnector.swc." Not that
it can't locate the SWC, it can't load it, perhaps because it is also corrupt.
Is anyone else having this problem, or is it just me? Even the German version
of the installer has the same problem -- it just gives me the error in German,
which is nice for a change :).

Thanks for you advice,
-Shane Claggett-

Williamjames316

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Sep 23, 2008, 4:32:16 PM9/23/08

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Hi - I have more or less the same problem,I am hoping to install the flashremoting and the same error message - any further forward?

TodaysKing

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Oct 12, 2008, 2:58:07 AM10/12/08

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[q][i]Originally posted by: [b][b]sclaggett[/b][/b][/i]
Hello all,

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashremoting/flash8/flashremoting_components
_flash8.msi

[/q]

Hi shane, please just have a look here:
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_install_a_msi_windows_download.html might
be helpful to you.

Good Luck.

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Licio Ferrari

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Oct 13, 2008, 9:12:45 AM10/13/08

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Hi Shane,
I believe that you can't instal Flash Remoting Components for Flash 8
ActionScript 2.0
and use it for Flex; the componets you have downloaded work for Flash 8
only.
Flex is a framework that works in AS3.

L.Ferrari

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lenrique21

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Oct 15, 2008, 6:29:56 PM10/15/08

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Oct 22, 2008, 6:02:21 PM10/22/08

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