I moved to wix v3 (weekly release) to see if I could get this to work and it did!
Here are my steps: I converted my .wxs to v3. Built the .msi. Imported the custom directory through orca. Decompiled with dark v3. Got this error: testcustomactions.msi D:\My SVN\itech.cardactivation\setupmsi\testcustomactions\msi\testcustomaction s.msi : warning DARK1060 : The ISSetupFile table is being decompiled as a custom table. I cut and pasted the CustomTable xml into my original .wxs file. <CustomTable Id="ISSetupFile"> <Column Id="ISSetupFile" PrimaryKey="yes" Type="string" Width="72" Nullable="yes" /> <Column Id="FileName" Type="string" Width="255" Nullable="yes" /> <Column Id="Stream" Type="binary" Width="0" Nullable="yes" /> <Row> <Data Column="ISSetupFile">SetupFile12</Data> <Data Column="FileName">XCACLS.vbs</Data> <Data Column="Stream">.\darkbins\ISSetupFile\SetupFile12</Data> </Row> </CustomTable> I got this error when compiling: testcustomactions.wxs testcustomactions.wxs(55) : error CNDL0208 : The Column element specifies a binary column but does not have the correct Category specified. Windows Installer requires binary columns to specify their category as binary. Please set the Category attribute's value to 'Binary'. I changed the row to include the Category attribute: <Column Id="Stream" Category="Binary" Type="binary" Width="0" Nullable="yes" /> It build my .msi successfully! This e-mail transmission may contain information that is proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you are the intended recipient, you must treat the information in confidence and in accordance with all laws related to the privacy and confidentiality of such information. If you are not the intended recipient or their designee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this email, including all attachments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users