Okay, I just followed your steps, and it works! What I don't understand: Instead of just referencing the project, I have copy the assembly from the source to the wix project directory to then be referenced.
Why? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7.stottcreations.com http://esb.stottcreations.com On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com> wrote: > If I'm understanding correctly, you're referring to that you see Visual > Studio calling candle and light when it compiles your WiX setup project? > > > At that time, it's calling those tools on your setup project, but your > custom extension project has already been compiled. By adding a reference > to > it in your project, WiX will add an -ext MyCustomExtension.dll to the call > to candle. It's the same as if you'd added a reference to WiXUtilExtension, > for example. The -ext pulls in the extension, but it doesn't compile it -- > since it's already compiled code. > > I think you've already done this, but first, get the source code from the > book at http://www.packtpub.com/support/10788. > > I just did and tried it myself. The steps I followed were: > > 1. Download source for that chapter > 2. Open the solution in Visual Studio (I just download WiX 3.8, so I had to > update the reference to wix.dll that's in the extension project to point at > the new location for that DLL) > 3. Compile the WIXLIB project > 4. Compile the custom action project > 5. Compile the extension project (since it relies on the first two) > 6. Copy the ouput DLL from the extension project to a WiX setup project's > project directory (for easy access) > 7. In the WiX setup, add that DLL as a project reference > 8. Add the XMLNS to the Wix element: > xmlns:awesome="http://www.mydomain.com/AwesomeSchema"; > 9. Add the new element inside the Product: <awesome:SuperElement > Id="MyCustomElement" Type="Super" /> > 10. Compile the setup project. That worked for me. Does it for you? I'm > using Visual Studio 2013 and WiX 3.8. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Noob-creating-a-Custom-Action-in-Wix-3-8-tp7593140p7593180.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to > Perforce. > With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. > Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and > the > freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
