The problem might be that there's no entry point for candle to attach to... assuming you have a completely empty Extension.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Karper Sent: Friday, July 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 simple one seems to fail, and I don't understand it. The assembly is valid, I can look at it in .NET Reflector, and it has all the proper attributes, etc.. so I'm not real sure how Candle is validating it, but it fails there. Chris On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth I got going simply by duplicating what the > WixUtilExtension does. Similar to your SqlExtension approach I think. I > trimmed it down to just implementing a stub compiler object and extension > object. > > My biggest problem was figuring out the appropriate string to pass in to > load 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 be excellent. I can't really wait, but I fear I will not make > substantial progress today, so it would probably be wonderful to have this > anyway. :-) > > Chris > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Christopher, > > > > Last night in my aborted attempt to automate including files in my > > installer, I got a basic extension up and running and working. If you can > > wait, I can zip it up and send it to you tonight as a starting point. > > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > > [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 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." - Me > > http://www.codeplex.com/wixml/ > > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Christopher Karper < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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: > > > > > > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2007/11/02/wix-writing-your-own-wix-extension-part-1.aspx > > > > > > As detailed in that blog post. An extension that does nothing but > load. > > > And that doesn't work. > > > Something is wrong somewhere, and I'm beginning to think it's not me. > > Can > > > someone clue me in to what I'm missing, or which piece is broken? > > > > > > > > > I can build the extension with no issues, but: > > > > > > > > > D:\src\SampleWixExtension\SampleWixExtension\bin\Debug>candle Test.wxs > > -ext > > > SampleWixExtension.dll > > > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.4207.0 > > > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > > > candle.exe : error CNDL0144 : The extension 'SampleWixExtension.dll' > > could > > > not be loaded. > > > > > > > > > Every time, I get this error, no matter what changes I make... > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > > and boredom. 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