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Matt_Mueller_10
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Oct 15, 2007

iruler application launch error vista x64 ultimate

Hi, I'm trying to install the iruler application so I can work on my laptop. I have .net 2.0 installed, and the installation appears to run through, however when I launch the application it goes into a debugging mode. From debugger, this is what I can glean so far.

 

 

An unhandled exception of type 'System.BadImageFormatException' occurred in iRuler.exe

 

 

Additional information: is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)

 

 

I'm going to try and install it to another pc, but I'd appreciate it if anyone has any ideas? I've tried running it both in xp and 2000 compatibility modes.
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  • Andy_Herrman_22's avatar
    Andy_Herrman_22
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    Oct 17, 2007
    Do you have Visual Studio installed on the laptop? You might be able to try building it from the sources on your machine. It's possible it needs to be built specifically for 64-bit versions of Windows, though if that's true it would seem kind of odd.
  • Ben_Newport_102's avatar
    Ben_Newport_102
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    Jun 03, 2008
    You can fix this if you have Visual Studio installed and download the source. Or the developer can fix this and issue a new installer. The issue is that they left the Platform target as Any CPU which causes the System.BadImageFormatException to fire on x64 platforms as it tries to load the dll as native 64-bit when its 32-bit. If you open the solution and go to Project and properties, under the Build select Platform target x86. This will force the application to load in WoW64 mode and will work. I hope the developer does this soon, but in the mean time this is what worked for me.
  • Matt_Kucherawy1's avatar
    Matt_Kucherawy1
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    Jun 05, 2008
    Thanks for the replies, lads... so by the sounds of it, you don't need an x64 platform to build... you just need to build with "x86" as the platform, instead of "Any"... and that should work for x32 and x64 alike.

     

     

    I would try this myself, but for lack of time for the next couple weeks to find and install Visual Studio on some box. I'll post my results when I get to it, unless someone beats me to it.

     

     

    Good to know its a simple problem, at least!

     

     

    Cheers,

     

     

    - Matt
  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Jul 21, 2008
    Here's a beta of the new standalone installer (no ClickOnce) for those interested:

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fdevcentral.f5.com%2flabs%2fiRuleEditor%2fiRulerSetupStandalone.msi&tabid=73&mid=433

     

    Click here

     

     

     

    -Joe
  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Aug 11, 2008
    That's odd. I'm compiling the editor with the any cpu option that should allow for support on Vista 64. There is a 32-bit control that I'm using for the text editor that may be causing the issues. I'm going to have to get a 64bit version of Vista up and running to test this out.

     

     

    The source download is available. Does anyone out there have Vista64 with Visual Studio on it so you can test this out?

     

     

    -Joe
  • Pavel_Sestak_69's avatar
    Pavel_Sestak_69
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    Sep 03, 2008
    Hello all,

    just to inform Joe, that this appears to be anyOS x64 problem - I have the same problem with XP Pro x64 (running on vmware fusion): 

    EventType : clr20r3     P1 : iruler.exe     P2 : 0.9.2.0     P3 : 48487716      
 P4 : iruler     P5 : 0.9.2.0     P6 : 48487716     P7 : 19e     P8 : 13      
 P9 : system.badimageformatexception

    Will try to ask a friend, if he will be able to build it as x86 app.
  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Sep 04, 2008
    Thanks for testing this out folks. I've updated the install on the server with a x86 build of the iRule Editor. Hopefully this fixes all you x64 users out there!

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fdevcentral.f5.com%2flabs%2fiRuleEditor%2fiRulerSetupStandalone.msi&tabid=73&mid=433

     

    Click here

     

     

     

    Please let me know if this work for you all!

     

     

    Thanks again for the great support in verifying this fix.

     

     

    I guess if everyone is moving to x64, I'll have to get myself another system to test it on...

     

     

    -Joe
  • Pavel_Sestak_69's avatar
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    Sep 04, 2008
    Working ok on XP Pro x64. Advice for everyone: get the "official" build, the "pirate" one has a problem when opening archive folder (don't know why, but it just opens IEx and displays homepage), archiving is not affected, so what You archived with first build is ok and new one will work with that.

     

  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Sep 05, 2008
    Thanks Matt! BTW, if you have any features you'd like added to the Editor, please pass them my way. I'm always looking for new things to stuff in there.

     

     

    -Joe