Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Largen
Excellent! Thanks for the info. Dave -Original Message- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action What I did when

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Largen
: Brian Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action What I did when debugging some of my DTF code was put a call to Debugger.Launch() right

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-06 Thread Brian Rogers
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:51 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action I just tried both techniques the one Chris mentioned is how I've always debugged my managed custom actions

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-06 Thread Dave Largen
. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action That might be a problem with symbols. Did you keep your DLLs and PDB files in their original locations after you built them? ## $_='^#(/||/@[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-06 Thread Brian Rogers
.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action I keep the .dll and pdb files in the same location but there is no pdb for the .dll generated from MakeSFXCA application. -Original Message- From: Brian Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 12

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-06 Thread Christopher Karper
Message- From: Dave Largen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:51 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action I just tried both techniques the one Chris mentioned is how I've always

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-05 Thread Brian Rogers
]@:^[-['^;@@@\\])@.. {)/];)^{;$,+=(++$,);$_.=$,;`$_`; -Original Message- From: Christopher Karper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:51 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action There is a way using

[WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-04 Thread Dave Largen
Is there any way to step into a managed DTF Custom Action with a visual studio debugger? With regular managed custom actions I can attach directly to the process running the custom action and step through the code. Thanks, Dave

Re: [WiX-users] Debugging a DTF Managed Custom Action

2008-11-04 Thread Christopher Karper
There is a way using Environment variables to set a breakpoint, but I've found that to be more trouble than it's worth. You can put a call at the beginning of your CA to MessageBox.Show, and then when that pops up, you can attach to the process then. Make sure you attach to the CA managed