I've narrowed this down to being an issue with Light and the -xo (output wixout
format) and -bf (bind files) options. I set OutputAsXml = true and
LinkerBindFiles = true in my project file. Those get passed to the Light
MSBuild task, which calls Light.exe with the -xo and -bf parameters. I do this
so the binaries get included in the .wixpdb, which I use to generate patches.
I then call Light a second time with the .wixpdb to have it generate the .msi
(this was a crazy idea I found in the archive that works for what we wanted).
My original statement that this worked when building in the VS2010 command
prompt was incorrect. It turns out that this works if you build (not rebuild)
the project, ignore the failure, then build it again. If you rebuild, it
fails. The second time you build, MSBuild skips all of the compile targets
because the .wixobj and .wixout files are current, and when the Link target
(which includes the call to Light and the GetCabList task) runs again, it's
successful.
I haven't found an existing bug on this, so I'll go ahead and submit one. I
just figured I'd send an update with my findings.
Thank you,
Jeff
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:38:05 -0700
From: Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Failures build project with WiX 3.5 inside
VS2010
To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
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Hmm, I think you should open a bug with all the information. This sounds
new.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Jeffrey Cutting <jcutt...@microsoft.com>wrote:
> I've just upgraded from VS2008 and WiX 3.0 to VS2010 and WiX 3.5
> (3.5.1916.0, to be exact). I can build a couple of my most simple WiX
> projects inside Visual Studio without error. However, when I attempt to
> build a few of my other projects (which still build without error in WiX
> 3.0) inside Visual Studio, I receive the following error...
>
> Error 93 The "GetCabList" task failed unexpectedly.
> Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.InstallerException: The system cannot
> open the device or file specified.
> Database="E:\Workspaces\VSBinaries\Install\Release\en-us\MRClient_x86.wixout"
> at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Database.Open(String filePath,
> DatabaseOpenMode mode)
> at Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Database..ctor(String filePath)
> at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Build.Tasks.GetCabList.Execute()
> at
> Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
> at
> Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(ITaskExecutionHost
> taskExecutionHost, TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, TaskHost taskHost,
> ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, Boolean& taskResult)
> E:\Workspaces\FRx_Main\main\Tools\WiX\3.5.1916.0\Wix2010.targets
> 2108 6
>
> I am able to build the same project from a VS 2010 command prompt without
> error (well, I run into bug 3031280 in some projects, but I know that one is
> fixed for the next build).
>
> I've tried running as admin to remove potential permissions problems as the
> culprit and I've investigated using Process Monitor - there don't appear to
> be any file access issues. The wixout file is definitely being written to
> the path shown above.
>
> I would appreciate any ideas on where to start with getting past this.
> Please let me know any additional information I can provide.
>
> Thank you,
> Jeff
>
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