Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: > I'd be willing to contribute directly to the projects, but I hear it's a big > hassle to get things included into the project.. Paperwork, approval > process, etc. So, if you want me to send attachments or whatever, then let > me know. > No paperwork in the physica

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Christopher Karper
Ha! Sorry, I wrote in haste, and that crap was what came out. :-) I created a file names WixBuild.Core.targets, and I moved the following items from WixBuild.Common.targets: - CheckRequiredProperties and GetSdkDirectories targets - All of the UsingTask statements, with accompanying targets

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-15 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: > has a bunch of items for build the Wix toolset itself as well. I moved all > the tool settings to a WixBuild.Core.targets, and I reference that from > WixBuild.Common.targets. You may want to consider doing this officially, > in order to help us Extension developers

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Karper
That got me set up right. For public reference... In order to get my extension to build using all the work put into the WixBuild.Common.targets file, I had to move a bunch of stuff around. IMHO, It looks like that file was originally used for the additional build tasks and new task types (XsdGe

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Jason Ginchereau wrote: > Yes, making the extension platform-aware so it includes the proper DLL is the > way to do it. If your custom schema elements are tied to a component then you > should check the platform of the component. Otherwise check the platform of > the MSI being built or the value

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Jason Ginchereau
witch. (Not sure of the exact details.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Karper Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:54 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Becau

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Karper
2008 7:46 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem > > Alright, here's the latest installment of my saga. It seems that I can > build my extension just fine, both x86 and x64 flavors... When I use the >

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Jason Ginchereau
Of Christopher Karper Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 7:46 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem Alright, here's the latest installment of my saga. It seems that I can build my extension just fine, both x86 and x64 fl

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-14 Thread Christopher Karper
Alright, here's the latest installment of my saga. It seems that I can build my extension just fine, both x86 and x64 flavors... When I use the extension in a project, it works if I use the x86 version, but the x64 fails to load. Here's the error from MSBuild. (I used Votive to create the proj

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Christopher Karper wrote: > Apparently, I was having a version issue. It's not reported nicely, but > something, somewhere was mismatched. Check out fuslogvw -- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e74a18c4.aspx. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ---

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
>> 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 tri

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
gt; 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 somet

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Rob Mensching
n 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 und

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
ssage- > 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&#x

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Neil Enns
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 wou

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
[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 >

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
In my simplistic test extension, I do not have a compiler, decompiler, or even source code for that matter. I will now include my extension in it's entirety: -- using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using Microsoft.Tools

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Neil Enns
:[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

Re: [WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Brian Rogers
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.

[WiX-users] Wix Extension Problem

2008-07-11 Thread Christopher Karper
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-exten