Thanks. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Jeffrey Cutting <jcutt...@microsoft.com>wrote:
> 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 > > ------------------------------ > > 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." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <aanlktil8-brvzm32wwrdbd_g8gaqems4xzaw1u12b...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. 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