Hi all,
Are majority of the people using WIX version 3.5? I tried installing WIX version 3.5 on top of 3.0 version; after the installation of 3.5 I can't load any of the projects in visual studio; that I was working or developed using previous version (wix 3.0). Checking the error message returned by VS 2008, I copied the following files in "C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0" WixTasks.dll wix.targets wix.ca.targets This allowed me to load all the projects (setup and custom action projects) or even the setup project. Once the project was loaded, I tried compiling the whole solution (which contains the setup project and Custom action project). And was unable to compile the Custom action that was part of the solution... and these are the errors I am getting in VS 2008 when I try compiling: Error 3 The command ""..\sdk\MakeSfxCA.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wix Samples\WixSetupSamplesCustomUI\PreInstallCustomAction\obj\x86\Debug\Pre InstallCustomAction.CA.dll" "..\sdk\x86\SfxCA.dll" "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wix Samples\WixSetupSamplesCustomUI\PreInstallCustomAction\obj\x86\Debug\Pre InstallCustomAction.dll" "C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.5\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll;C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wix Samples\WixSetupSamplesCustomUI\PreInstallCustomAction\CustomAction.conf ig"" exited with code 3. Error 1 The "ExactAssemblyVersions" parameter is not supported by the "Light" task. Verify the parameter exists on the task, and it is a settable public instance property. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix.targets Error 2 The "Light" task could not be initialized with its input parameters. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix.targets "MakeSfxCA.exe" is present under the WIX 3.5 installation directory... but for some weird reason VS is not showing the fully qualified path to MakeSfxCA.exe(normally under 3.0 release version, you would see the whole path where MakeSfxCA.exe is); in the output window I saw the following error which was different from the error window "..\sdk\MakeSfxCA.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wix Samples\WixSetupSamplesCustomUI\PreInstallCustomAction\obj\x86\Debug\Pre InstallCustomAction.CA.dll" "..\sdk\x86\SfxCA.dll" "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wix Samples\WixSetupSamplesCustomUI\PreInstallCustomAction\obj\x86\Debug\Pre InstallCustomAction.dll" "C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.5\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll;C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wix Samples\WixSetupSamplesCustomUI\PreInstallCustomAction\CustomAction.conf ig" The system cannot find the path specified. Is there something I need to do before I can compile a wix 3.0 solution/project files under WIX v3.5? Or should I revert back to 3.0 version of wix. (I tried installing wix 3.5 because of sample code I found over the web, which required 3.5) Any help would be appreciated on this. Thanks khan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
