Yes. Loc variables are not intended to be used the way you are doing them. On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is not a big issue, really just something I stumbled on and am curious > about. If I use a localization variable in a component's GUID, like this: > > /<Component Id="cmpSomeFileTXT" Guid="!(loc.SomeGuid)"> > <File Source="SomeFile.txt" /> > </Component>/ > > And then add a .wxl file: > > /<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <WixLocalization Culture="en-us" > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/localization";> > *<String Id="SomeGuid" > Localizable="no">{872EAAB7-BDE1-4EF4-89C6-97664705CB0F}</String>* > </WixLocalization>/ > > I've noticed that if the GUID in the .wxl has the curly braces, everything > works. If it doesn't have the curly braces, I get the error: > > ICE03: Invalid GUID string (Be sure GUID is all UPPER case) > > > Does this have to do with localization variables just being inserted > "as-is" > into the MSI, whereas if WiX were to know you were giving it a GUID, it > would add the curly braces by using the ToString("B")? I found this code is > called during compilation (but I am assuming, not linking?): > > Uuid.NewUuid(namespaceGuid, value, > false).ToString("B").ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); > > where the string called "value" is known to be a GUID. I guess I am really > just trying to learn if there is an absence of modification to localization > variables? > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Localizing-component-GUIDs-tp7581681.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
