There are two resource files, and the ButtonStyles RD depends on the Resources RD. I've added the payload entries as follows:
<Payload SourceFile="c:\path\to\file\ButonStyles.xaml" /> <Payload SourceFile="c:\path\to\file\Resources.xaml" /> BA still crashes on open... -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 4:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA Did you add the extra files as Payload elements under the BootstrapperApplication element? If not, they are certainly missing from where your BA is being run. On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Nick Miller <nmil...@livetechnology.com>wrote: > Thanks for the reply. This looks like what I currently have but it > still doesn't work. Currently there is only one window in the > installer. Am I missing something? > > <Window x:Class="TestInstaller.Views.InstallView" > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"; > xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"; > xmlns:mc=" > http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"; > xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"; > mc:Ignorable="d" > Width="789" > Height="400" > WindowStyle="None" > ResizeMode="NoResize" > AllowsTransparency="True" > Background="Transparent" > > <Window.Resources> > <ResourceDictionary > Source="pack://application:,,,/Views/Style/ButtonStyles.xaml"/> > </Window.Resources> > > Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology Holdings, Inc. > LiveTechnology Park: 16 Sterling Lake Rd, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 > Phone: 845.351.5100 Direct: 845.535.6205 Fax: 845.351.5102 > Email: nmil...@livetechnology.com > Website: www.LiveTechnology.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: ptr [mailto:ptrajku...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 2:59 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > I had the same issue. The cause seem to be that for a regular WPF > application there is always an Application.Current > > The boostrapper kinda fakes it so there is no application.Current and > as a consequence you cannot have any application level resources for a > managed boostrapper. What I ended up doing is having a > > <Page.Resources> > <ResourceDictionary > Source="pack://application:,,,/Styles/Styles.xaml" /> > </Page.Resources> > > for every window/page in my boostrapper. This works fine. > > Hope it helps > Raj > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Marco Tognacci <mark...@live.it> wrote: > > > How do you refere to the resource dictionary, perhaps do you have > > copied it to the output folder?If you don't add any other item to > > the bundle paylod you have only the WixBA.dll in the temp folder > > where it's a started, so you need to have all the resources embedded > > on the dll.If you can, you could post your sample project. > > > > > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:50:26 +0000 > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > > > > > I don't do much with managed BA's, but there is a difference > > > between a > > standard WPF Exe project and a BA which is a DLL. You might want to > > have a look at the Wix BA (src\Setup\WixBA) to see if there is an > > example to go by there. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] > > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 12:19 PM > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I am fairly new to Wix, and I am running into a strange issue that > > > I > > can't seem to figure out. I have a simple bootsrapper application > > that works fine until I add a resource dictionary to the wpf > > component. These resource dictionaries work fine on a normal wpf > > application, however when I add it to the BA, it builds fine but the > > installer crashes. Is there anything I need to add to the resource > > dictionaries to get them to work with the BA? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Nick > > > > > > Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology Holdings, > > > Inc. > > > LiveTechnology Park: 16 Sterling Lake Rd, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 > > > Phone: 845.351.5100 Direct: 845.535.6205 Fax: 845.351.5102 > > > Email: > > > nmil...@livetechnology.com<mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com> > > > Website: www.LiveTechnology.com<http://www.livetechnology.com/> > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > -------- > > > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > > > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the > > > most > > talented Cisco Certified professionals. 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