This is an area to improve for debugging Bootstrapper Applications. The error code will help but hard sometimes to figure out all the different things that can go wrong in a managed BA. I often drop down to do " devenv.com /debugexe path\to\bundle.exe" and then start debugging through the Burn code using the pdbs.zip and sources.zip files. Brute force, but very, very effective.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:05 PM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com>wrote: > OK, I found the log file in %TEMP%. Here's basically what it says: > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v6.1 > (Build 7601: Service Pack 1), path: C:\...\Setup.exe, cmdline: '' > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i000: Initializing string variable > 'InstallFolder' to value 'PlaceHolder' > ... > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i000: Setting string variable > 'WixBundleName' to value 'Worker' > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i000: Loading managed bootstrapper > application. > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed to create > the managed UX. > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed to create > UX. > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed to load UX. > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed while > running > > Any pointer on what's wrong? > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:28 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can Wix Boostrapper project be a VS Startup > project? > > So any tip on how I can debug my problem? My Setup.exe doesn't seem to do > anything (it just silently returns, with no screen pop up). Is there any > way to invoke logging, like with msiexec? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:11 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can Wix Boostrapper project be a VS Startup > project? > > Not today. You can build the bootstrapper project but there are no > debugging/launch features built into Votive. So all that F5 related stuff > doesn't do anything. > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:58 AM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com > >wrote: > > > I have a solution with a Wix Boostrapper project, and several other > > c++/c# projects. The Boostrapper project, the project that creates > > c++the EXE file, > > cannot be set to be the startup project. Although the solution compiles > > and a setup.exe gets build, nothing happens when I run the setup.exe. > > If I try to run from VS, it says that my startup project is a DLL. > > > > Is it possible to make the Boostrapper project the "startup" project? > > Or is there some other way to build? > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite > > for free today: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
