Dark has never been a proper decompiler. It works for the most part, but it's basically in there so you can open up existing MSIs and find out what's going on as a starting point. The WiX team have always said that you shouldn't expect a dark'd MSI to compile.
Rob Lasse Rantanen wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm just trying to learn WiX so please excuse me for presenting a question > which has apparently been answered on this list. I just have difficulties to > understand those examples. > > My problem is as follows: > > I create a setup using VS2003. The installation has a dialog presenting a > checkbox "Create a desktop shortcut". This works as expected when setup.msi > created by VS2003 is executed. > > Then I decompile this msi using dark, make some changes (translate texts), > compile and link my wxs file to get a modified msi. The checkbox appears on > the dialog where I put it, but it can't be checked. It is enabled I guess > cause it flashes when clicked on. > > It appears to me that dark (?) is somehow messing with this shortcut thing, > but I can't figure out what's happening? > > Has anybody any clue where the problem might be or does anybody know an > example simple enough for a newbie to get grasp on this thing? > > TIA > > Lasse > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
