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Unable to install OPC DA Automation 2.02 Source code
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Nitin Mehta
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03/21/2017 - 17:14
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Hi,

I get an error when I try to install OPC DA Automation 2.02 Source code. The error is “There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor”. I have tried installing the OPC core components but the result is the same. I have tried it on a Windows 7 machine and a Windows 2008 server, with the same results.

Appreciate any advice.

Thanks,

Nitin

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Randy Armstrong (Sparhawk)
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03/23/2017 - 07:07
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Have you installed .NET 2.0/3.5?

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03/24/2017 - 03:59
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Thanks for your comment.

Yes, I tried installing .net 1, 2 and 3.5 but the outcome is the same. I have tried running this on Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2008.

I need the Automation wrapper to develop OPC applications using Excel. Given that VBA is still around, I wonder why the automation wrapper is not supported anymore. 

Thanks again.

Nitin

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02/14/2018 - 15:56
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I was able to install  OPC DA Automation 2.02 Source code using the msi package running the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter. See this:

https://support.microsoft.com/…..compatible.

Hope it will help you,

 

Carlos H M Bomfim

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Nitin Mehta
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02/25/2018 - 19:34
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Thanks for your response, Carlos. Which operating system did you install this under? I am trying it in Windows 7, and the compatibility troubleshooter does not accept msi files.

Nitin

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I installed it in two physical computers, one running Windows 10, another one Windows 7. My first installation that works fine was under Windows 7 in a virtual machine. For all the procedure was as I wrote. Solved compatibility issue and, after that, installed it without problem. As you said that Windows 7 compatibility troubleshooter does not accept msi files indicates for me that you need to solve this first, I believe. Not an OPC issue but a Windows 7 issue. Do you look this way?

 

Hope it helps you,

 

Carlos Bomfim

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02/27/2018 - 22:03
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As you have mentioned, the Windows 7 compatibility troubleshooter does not accept msi files – how did you manage to use it with the msi file? I am not able to find a way to use the troubleshooter for the msi file.

Thanks for your help!

Best wishes,

Nitin

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02/28/2018 - 17:14
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I think I was not clear in my answer. I feel sorry about that and apologize my English limitation. I tried to say that the problem seems to be a Windows 7 problem. You can see some pages that try to help solve Windows Installer problems. Try this https://answers.microsoft.com/…..9b19e62e34  or http://www.techsupportall.com/…..windows-7/.

Another way I use to solve problems like this is to create a virtual machine in my computer and using a Windows clean installation I test the installer package or software. If I succeed, I know that the problem is with my computer environment. After testing, I delete the virtual machine due a license issue.

Hope it helps,

Carlos Bomfim

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Nitin Mehta
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02/28/2018 - 17:23
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Thanks for your prompt response Carlos and appreciate all your help! I will try and see if I can find a way to use the troubleshooter in Windows 7 and fix the issue. Unfortunately, I can’t clean up the machine where I want to install this to, but I can try running it on a virtual machine first.

Thanks again!

Best wishes,

Nitin

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