When you add rows to your table, do you make a reference to one of the items in your wixlib? That is usually needed to cause the appropriate fragments to be included when your schema is translated into table entries.
The usual way is in your C# code use the CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow() method on the Core property of your CompilerExtension's base object. Most of us use the name of our CustomAction. -----Original Message----- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 2:47 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Compiler extension - how to include a custom action? Thanks Rob. I'd love to contribute. Where do you need more eyes? As for the compiler extension, I'm back to where I was. I haven't been able to get Candle to recognize the embedded wixlib in my compiler extension. Experimenting with several ideas, I've added the <Link> element to my build script, thinking that might be it, but it didn't solve the problem. I have this in my extension's csproj file now: <ItemGroup> <EmbeddedResource Include="..\Output\CustomExtensionLibrary.wixlib"> <Link>Library\CustomExtensionLibrary.wixlib</Link> </EmbeddedResource> </ItemGroup> If I use Reflector on my built assembly, I see that the wixlib, xsd and xml file are embedded. I used the -bf flag on the wixlib so that it binds the data into it. It's so strange. When I use my extension, the custom table is added to the MSI, but nothing from the wixlib (CustomAction table, Binary table). I wonder if there's something I'm missing in the csproj file for the extension? I see that the examples use "WixBuild.Common.targets". Do I need to import this too and add extra MSBuild elements? I'm still not quite sure how to debug Candle. Does anyone have experience doing it? I'm using WiX 3.0 in Visual Studio 2008. Thanks for the help everyone. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Compiler-exten sion-how-to-include-a-custom-action-tp5271086p5285053.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
