Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing on Clean Windows 8.1 machine

2014-02-12 Thread pmarshall
Found the solution to my own problem. The custom action had a config file for the dll, but it wasn't named CustomAction.Config. I added a CustomAction.Config file to the project, set it to a build action of "Content" and specified that the custom action should run against framework 4.0 Which s

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing on Clean Windows 8.1 machine

2014-02-12 Thread pmarshall
Interestingly if I add the 3.5 framework to the machine I get a different error in the log: Action 10:41:33: GetOfficeVersions. Action start 10:41:33: GetOfficeVersions. SFXCA: Extracting custom action to temporary directory: C:\Users\DEVELO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI806C.tmp-\ SFXCA: Binding to CL

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing

2009-06-17 Thread Tina Basinger
Any special way you have to open the CA dll with winzip? It's telling me the file is not a valid archive. We're running build 3.0.4207.0 of Wix. -Tina On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Christopher Painter < chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote: > > YEs, you can open the resultant CA dll with

Re: [WiX-users] Custom Action Failing

2009-06-17 Thread Christopher Painter
YEs, you can open the resultant CA dll with Winzip and you'll see your files. BTW, what build of WiX are you on? There were a few issues in older builds that have been resolved. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good th