Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: has a bunch of items for build the Wix toolset itself as well. I moved all the tool settings to a WixBuild.Core.targets, and I reference that from WixBuild.Common.targets. You may want to consider doing this officially, in order to help us Extension developers

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Christopher Karper
Ha! Sorry, I wrote in haste, and that crap was what came out. :-) I created a file names WixBuild.Core.targets, and I moved the following items from WixBuild.Common.targets: - CheckRequiredProperties and GetSdkDirectories targets - All of the UsingTask statements, with accompanying

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: I'd be willing to contribute directly to the projects, but I hear it's a big hassle to get things included into the project.. Paperwork, approval process, etc. So, if you want me to send attachments or whatever, then let me know. No paperwork in the physical

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Karper
Alright, here's the latest installment of my saga. It seems that I can build my extension just fine, both x86 and x64 flavors... When I use the extension in a project, it works if I use the x86 version, but the x64 fails to load. Here's the error from MSBuild. (I used Votive to create the

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Jason Ginchereau
Of Christopher Karper Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 7:46 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Alright, here's the latest installment of my saga. It seems that I can build my extension just fine, both x86 and x64 flavors

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Karper
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Alright, here's the latest installment of my saga. It seems that I can build my extension just fine, both x86 and x64 flavors... When I use the extension in a project, it works if I use the x86 version, but the x64 fails

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Jason Ginchereau
. (Not sure of the exact details.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Karper Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:54 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Because my

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Jason Ginchereau wrote: Yes, making the extension platform-aware so it includes the proper DLL is the way to do it. If your custom schema elements are tied to a component then you should check the platform of the component. Otherwise check the platform of the MSI being built or the value of

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Karper
That got me set up right. For public reference... In order to get my extension to build using all the work put into the WixBuild.Common.targets file, I had to move a bunch of stuff around. IMHO, It looks like that file was originally used for the additional build tasks and new task types

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: Apparently, I was having a version issue. It's not reported nicely, but something, somewhere was mismatched. Check out fuslogvw -- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e74a18c4.aspx. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

[WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
OK, I'm trying to build a Wix extension to handle some tasks for me. First I tried basing mine off of the code in SqlExtension from the Wix source, but that did not work at all. Then I tried the dumbest simple sample:

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Brian Rogers
Do you have a compiler class specified? It is going to be a bit difficult to troubleshoot this without some additional information. Have you also specified an XSD? Are you adding the project to the CVS checkout or are you building as a stand-alone? -- Brian Rogers Intelligence removes complexity.

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Neil Enns
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Rogers Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:15 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Do you have a compiler class specified? It is going to be a bit difficult to troubleshoot this without some additional

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
In my simplistic test extension, I do not have a compiler, decompiler, or even source code for that matter. I will now include my extension in it's entirety: -- using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
, July 11, 2008 10:15 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Do you have a compiler class specified? It is going to be a bit difficult to troubleshoot this without some additional information. Have you also specified an XSD

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Neil Enns
the .xsd and .wixlib. Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Karper Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem That would

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
Of Christopher Karper Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem That would be excellent. I can't really wait, but I fear I will not make substantial progress today, so it would probably

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Yeah, I tried doing that, and it compiled fine, I just got this loading error every single time, so I figured I was messing something up in my complication. But, even my simple one seems to fail, and I

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
11, 2008 10:36 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Yeah, I tried doing that, and it compiled fine, I just got this loading error every single time, so I figured I was messing something up in my complication. But, even my