We don't test against office XP (only 2003 and 2007).  That being said can you tell me what SVS version and what OS you were doing these captures on?

SVS Version: 2.0.1407
Capture PC running Windows XP (clean machine)

Thanks for your quick response to this.  I even tried doing a complete install of Office 2003....still got the same error.

1407?  wow.  You're about 3 years behind on SVS updates, actually I think that was the very first release of SVS, the current release is 2.1.3071 so go get an update from https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=46118&p=1

off advertised shortcuts when capturing the application? If you did not, and then got rid of all of the Windows Installer registry / DB information, that that is a common error that occurs.

Cheers
Phil

Yeah....after I posted the version I went searching for updates.  I will be out of the "Stone Age" of SVS agents once I push the new version down........LOL

Phil.......I did not turn off advertised shortcuts, but I did not remove anything from the capture, either.  I will try turning off adv shortcuts and repost on the success/failure.

Thanks for all of your help, guys....I really appreciate your quick responses.

After updating the SV agent on the capture and test machine and recapturing Office 2003 (Global) with the DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1 command, I don't receive the error about the speech recognition files.  Still, however, when I create a Word doc, if I try to open the file I get the folowing error:

"C:\(Path to file)\File.doc"
The parameter is incorrect.

Is there anything else I should be doing to the package during or after capture?

Thanks sooooo much in advance......

I wouldn't use global capture, that's kind of a last resort feature, and try single capture.  You don't need to disable advertised shortcuts unless you're wanting to stream the package with SWS.

However I don't think global capture causing your problem, I can't ever remember hitting this problem, unless you have something else running that getting caught in the layer that's causing problems--like speach recognition software.

Also what else is installed on the machine in terms of AV or other security software (I know you said it was clean but some people consider this part of a clean image)? 

Hi Jordan
regardless of using streaming or standalone, we ALWAYS use non advertised shortcuts. I know it's a question of "taste" but we also remove "ALL" traces of MSI technology from any VSA packages.

@tjwest
Have a look at the fle associations etc. more specifically the parameters passed (as the error suggests). What you could also do is have a look for a "recept" that ErikW posted on the old juice site for packaging Office as a VSA.

Cheers
Phil

Hey Jordan,

There is no AV software installed on the machine.  The only thing really installed is the Windows XP OS with SP2 and the video and NIC driver for the system.  I have disabled the speech recognition files from the package, but I don't know what could be causing the other error.  I started using global capture because I am out of ideas.

Phil,

I'm not quite sure what you mean by looking at the parameters passed (please clarify if you can), but I will look at the file extensions captured from the registry and see if I can figure it out.  Oh....and how do I get to the old juice site?  I never really went there, but I will try to look here to see what ErikW has posted in the past.

Thanks again....I REALLY appreciate your help on this.

I have discovered that after running a repair on Office (using the command in the uninstall key since there is no repair button) allows me to open doc files with no errors.  This does not seem like the correct way to fix the issue, however.  What would the repair be doing that was not already captured in the original package?

-Totally Stumped 

after reading your last post, I'll ask this. Did you start the run all the shortcuts "DURING" the capture process? This sounds as if user specific information (obviously affecting the shorcuts) was not initially captured.

When capturing applications into a VSA layer, always run all of the (relevant) shorcuts. It also makes sense to "play around" with the application(s), as they normally save information (in a config file, or in th registry).

Cheers
Phil

btw, did you find the article written by ErkiW?

phil

During the Global Capture, I double clicked every shortcut on the desktop (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and in the Start > Programs menu to ensure anything that needed to be captured was captured.  Something is getting missed....I'm just not sure how to get it. 

Some additional questions:  Should the install files for Office be on the capture PC, or does it matter?  Could there be something in Wise Package Studio (as opposed to SVS Admin) that could be causing this problem?

I did not see ErikW's article on packaging Office as a VSA.....though I did search through some of his more recent posts..........seems like a pretty knowledgeable fellow.   ;-)

Thanks again for your help, Phil...........if you have any ideas or suggestions, just let me know........I'm trying to be as much of a spounge as I can.   ;-)

-TJ

Wise creates VSAs in a different manner the SVS\SWV. 

We place a layer in capture mode and run the installer so it all the changes get made inside the layer.

Wise does something with the MSI and copies information (more or less) into the layer without using SVS's capture API.

There are two completely different methods and you can possibly have two layers that are different made from the same MSI.

So which is better?  Does Wise's ability to have certain files and registry entries automatically excluded from the capture make it productive?

I'm biased towards SVS since it's the product I work on so I'm really not the one to ask.  All I can really say is use the tool that makes you more productive.