Unhandled Exception on 2.1 Install at Create Community Server Database

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Mike Schinkel Posted: Fri, Aug 18 2006 11:03 PM

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It never fails.   Whenever I go to install software, it seems I *always* have problems. Maybe that is why I always put it off so long...

Anyway, I downloaded [communityserver_2_1_aspnet20.msi] with a date/time stamp of [2006-08-12 10:15:00 AM]. I decided to install on a local test machine before I tried to install on my hosted server at Server Intellect.

My test machine is running VMware on Windows 2003 Server x64 Standard Edition SP1 as a host and Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition SP1 as a guest operation system. I have a SQL Server running on both the host machine (we'll call it VMware) and the guest machine (we'll call it TestOS) and I have IIS running on TestOS 

I created one and only one website on TestOS (let's call it TestWeb).  I then started the installation of Community Server on TestOS. Everything went fine until I got to the "Create Community Server Database" screen at which point I get an Unhandled Exception no matter whether I tried to use VMWare or TestOS for the SQL Server, the name TestForum or CommunityServer for the database name, or Windows Authentication or SQL Authentication, in any combination.

The following is the error display given the default options (i.e. (local) server, CommunityServer or database name, and Windows Authentication):

See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at CommunityServerInstall.WebApplicationInstaller.InstallWizardForm.FillBag(IDictionary bag)
   at CommunityServerInstall.WebApplicationInstaller.InstallWizardForm.Next_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

----------------------------------------
CommunityServerWizard
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.17746
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.17746
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Telligent/Community%20Server%202.1/CommunityServerWizard.exe

----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

----------------------------------------
System.DirectoryServices
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.DirectoryServices/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.DirectoryServices.dll

----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

----------------------------------------
Accessibility
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll

----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

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Scott Watermasysk replied on Tue, Aug 22 2006 11:49 AM

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Hi Mike,

Sorry for the delay. There is a bug using the MSI on a 64bit machine. We are still working on resolving it, but in the mean time, you should have better results using the web based installer.

Thanks,
Scott

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daveburke replied on Wed, Aug 23 2006 12:44 PM

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Mike,

I did a lot of testing in this with the CS 2.1 Windows MSI Installer.  The latest version was successful on my W2K3 machine.  Are you sure you're using the latest version?

http://communityserver.org/files/folders/communityserver/default.aspx 

Something else, did you consider using the Web installer version?  It's really a piece of cake and I'll be happy to walk you through it if you're not familiar with it.

Let me know!

Dave