Apparently, I was having a version issue. It's not reported nicely, but something, somewhere was mismatched. I downloaded the new source and binary drop, and bango, everything starts working.
Sheesh. Thanks everyone for the help! Chris On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Christopher Karper < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, it should be able to load, since the methods exist in WixExtension, I > just didn't override any of them to do actual work. Good thought though. > I'm setting up to debug through Candle now so I can find where the issue is. > > Chris > > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Rob Mensching < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The problem might be that there's no entry point for candle to attach >> to... assuming you have a completely empty Extension. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> 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 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 understand it. The >> assembly is valid, I can look at it in .NET Reflector, and it has all the >> proper attributes, etc.. so I'm not real sure how Candle is validating >> it, >> but it fails there. >> >> Chris >> >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Neil Enns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > 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. 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