One thing I found with themes is that you have to do a rebuild. A build will not pick up any changes to the theme.xml file.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: March-30-12 12:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Burn Theme ThmViewer.exe might help as well. It isn't perfect right now but it can rapidly speed up thm development. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM, robert_h_yang <robert_y...@non.agilent.com > wrote: > I started tinkering with this, and got something like this to work : > > <BootstrapperApplicationRef > Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense"> > <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication > LicenseFile="license.rtf" > LogoFile="mylogo.bmp" > SuppressOptionsUI="yes" > ThemeFile="mytheme.xml" > LocalizationFile="mytheme.wxl" > /> > <Payload Name="myico.ico" Compressed="yes" > SourceFile="application.ico"/> > </BootstrapperApplicationRef> > > Some explanation below : > > 1. Some theme files can be found in the source under > src\ext\BalExtension\wixstdba\Resources > > 2. I hacked up RtfTheme.[xml|wxl] to come up with my own Mytheme.* -- > the schema is documented in the Wix 3.6 help file (as of build 2719 at least). > > 3. Myico.ico is used in my theme as a custom icon for the main window. > > Staring at WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.cpp and BalCompiler.cs > helps, as does searching the source tree .. > > > Parkes, Kevin wrote > > > > I'm exploring Burn and would like to try using my own theme with > > WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.Foundation. I'm probably being > > dense but I haven't managed to get anything working so far and the > documentation > > isn't exactly extensive (yet). > > A few quick pointers as to how to get started would be much appreciated. > > Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
