Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid [P]
Classification: Public I believe your ICON file must be a .ICO check the WIX documentation... steve -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: July-28-14 1:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid I am creating a WiX installer and it is running on Windows Server 2008 r2. I am customizing a WiX UI in order to present a series of variables to the user that the user can modify. They are just text boxes. I have a custom action that is initializing a database. As for logos, I am customizing the following three: WixVariable Id=WixUIBannerBmp Value=..\..\images\banner_custom_logo.bmp/ WixVariable Id=WixUIDialogBmp Value=..\..\images\dialog_custom_logo.bmp/ WixVariable Id=WixUIInfoIco Value=..\..\images\information_custom_logo.bmp/ This is a portion of the log file: DEBUG: Error 2851: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2851. The arguments are: WixUI_Ico_Info, , Action 11:10:38: CancelDlg. Dialog created Do I need to specify an icon for WixUIInfoIco? Thank-you. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 1:03 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid Are you customizing the image of a WiX UI? Are you providing the icon in the expected format? What OS is this error coming from (I seem to remember some WIC updates for XP...) -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid Hello, I am getting the following error and I am having difficulty finding information about it. Can anyone point me to where this error is described? Thank-you. DEBUG: Error 2851: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users This message has been marked as Public by Steven Ogilvie on July-28-14 1:32:03 PM. The above classification labels were added to the message by TITUS Message Classification. For more information visit www.titus.com. -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid [P]
Classification: Public From the documentation: Replacing the default bitmaps The WixUI dialog library includes default bitmaps for the background of the welcome and completion dialogs and the top banner of the other dialogs. You can replace those bitmaps with your own for product branding purposes. To replace default bitmaps, specify WiX variable values with the file names of your bitmaps, just like when replacing the default license text. Variable name Description Dimensions WixUIBannerBmp Top banner 493 × 58 WixUIDialogBmp Background bitmap used on the welcome and completion dialogs 493 × 312 WixUIExclamationIco Exclamation icon on the WaitForCostingDlg 32 × 32 WixUIInfoIcoInformation icon on the cancel and error dialogs32 × 32 WixUINewIco Button glyph on the BrowseDlg 16 × 16 WixUIUpIco Button glyph on the BrowseDlg 16 × 16 -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie Sent: July-28-14 1:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid [P] Classification: Public I believe your ICON file must be a .ICO check the WIX documentation... steve -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: July-28-14 1:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid I am creating a WiX installer and it is running on Windows Server 2008 r2. I am customizing a WiX UI in order to present a series of variables to the user that the user can modify. They are just text boxes. I have a custom action that is initializing a database. As for logos, I am customizing the following three: WixVariable Id=WixUIBannerBmp Value=..\..\images\banner_custom_logo.bmp/ WixVariable Id=WixUIDialogBmp Value=..\..\images\dialog_custom_logo.bmp/ WixVariable Id=WixUIInfoIco Value=..\..\images\information_custom_logo.bmp/ This is a portion of the log file: DEBUG: Error 2851: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2851. The arguments are: WixUI_Ico_Info, , Action 11:10:38: CancelDlg. Dialog created Do I need to specify an icon for WixUIInfoIco? Thank-you. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 1:03 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid Are you customizing the image of a WiX UI? Are you providing the icon in the expected format? What OS is this error coming from (I seem to remember some WIC updates for XP...) -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid Hello, I am getting the following error and I am having difficulty finding information about it. Can anyone point me to where this error is described? Thank-you. DEBUG: Error 2851: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users This message has been marked as Public by Steven Ogilvie on July-28-14 1:32:03 PM. The above classification labels were added to the message by TITUS Message Classification. For more information visit www.titus.com. This message has been marked as Public by
Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid [P]
I copied the ..\src\ext\UIExtension\wixlib\Bitmaps\info.ico file to my project directory and mapped WixUIInfoIco to that file. With that the error disappeared. WixVariable Id=WixUIInfoIco Value=..\..\images\info.ico/ Thanks everyone. -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 1:38 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid [P] Classification: Public From the documentation: Replacing the default bitmaps The WixUI dialog library includes default bitmaps for the background of the welcome and completion dialogs and the top banner of the other dialogs. You can replace those bitmaps with your own for product branding purposes. To replace default bitmaps, specify WiX variable values with the file names of your bitmaps, just like when replacing the default license text. Variable name Description Dimensions WixUIBannerBmp Top banner 493 × 58 WixUIDialogBmp Background bitmap used on the welcome and completion dialogs 493 × 312 WixUIExclamationIco Exclamation icon on the WaitForCostingDlg 32 × 32 WixUIInfoIcoInformation icon on the cancel and error dialogs32 × 32 WixUINewIco Button glyph on the BrowseDlg 16 × 16 WixUIUpIco Button glyph on the BrowseDlg 16 × 16 -Original Message- From: Steven Ogilvie Sent: July-28-14 1:32 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid [P] Classification: Public I believe your ICON file must be a .ICO check the WIX documentation... steve -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: July-28-14 1:12 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid I am creating a WiX installer and it is running on Windows Server 2008 r2. I am customizing a WiX UI in order to present a series of variables to the user that the user can modify. They are just text boxes. I have a custom action that is initializing a database. As for logos, I am customizing the following three: WixVariable Id=WixUIBannerBmp Value=..\..\images\banner_custom_logo.bmp/ WixVariable Id=WixUIDialogBmp Value=..\..\images\dialog_custom_logo.bmp/ WixVariable Id=WixUIInfoIco Value=..\..\images\information_custom_logo.bmp/ This is a portion of the log file: DEBUG: Error 2851: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2851. The arguments are: WixUI_Ico_Info, , Action 11:10:38: CancelDlg. Dialog created Do I need to specify an icon for WixUIInfoIco? Thank-you. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 1:03 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid Are you customizing the image of a WiX UI? Are you providing the icon in the expected format? What OS is this error coming from (I seem to remember some WIC updates for XP...) -Original Message- From: Taylor, Duane E. [mailto:tay...@mitre.org] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:45 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid Hello, I am getting the following error and I am having difficulty finding information about it. Can anyone point me to where this error is described? Thank-you. DEBUG: Error 2851: The data for the icon WixUI_Ico_Info is not valid -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future.
