For what it's worth I got going simply by duplicating what the WixUtilExtension does. Similar to your SqlExtension approach I think. I trimmed it down to just implementing a stub compiler object and extension object.
My biggest problem was figuring out the appropriate string to pass in to 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 would be excellent. I can't really wait, but I fear I will not make substantial progress today, so it would probably be wonderful to have this anyway. :-) Chris On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher, > > Last night in my aborted attempt to automate including files in my > installer, I got a basic extension up and running and working. If you can > wait, I can zip it up and send it to you tonight as a starting point. > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [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 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." - Me > http://www.codeplex.com/wixml/ > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Christopher Karper < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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-extension-part-1.aspx > > > > As detailed in that blog post. An extension that does nothing but load. > > And that doesn't work. > > Something is wrong somewhere, and I'm beginning to think it's not me. > Can > > someone clue me in to what I'm missing, or which piece is broken? > > > > > > I can build the extension with no issues, but: > > > > > > D:\src\SampleWixExtension\SampleWixExtension\bin\Debug>candle Test.wxs > -ext > > SampleWixExtension.dll > > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.4207.0 > > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > candle.exe : error CNDL0144 : The extension 'SampleWixExtension.dll' > could > > not be loaded. > > > > > > Every time, I get this error, no matter what changes I make... > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
