Hey Nick I just looked at my boostrapper and it also needed a
Application.ResourceAssembly = typeof(MainWindow).Assembly; Can you add it to your BS and see if it helps Raj On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Nick Miller <nmil...@livetechnology.com>wrote: > I am currently using the MergedDictionaries construct: > > <Window.Resources> > <ResourceDictionary> > <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> > <ResourceDictionary > Source="pack://application:,,,/Views/Style/ButtonStyles.xaml"/> > <ResourceDictionary > Source="pack://application:,,,/Views/Style/Resources.xaml"/> > </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> > </ResourceDictionary> > </Window.Resources> > > I've also tested this in a WPF application and it works perfectly. > > Could using multiple resource dictionaries be the problem? Has anyone > here ever successfully created a BA using > ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries? > > 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 5:02 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > If I understand your problem correctly this has nothing to external > payload. The XAML files are usually embedded within managed assembly. If > you are using mutliple resource files you have to use the MergeDictionaries > construct http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa350178.aspx > > <Page.Resources> > <ResourceDictionary> > <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> > <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary.xaml"/> > <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary2.xaml"/> > </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> > </ResourceDictionary></Page.Resources> > > To isolate the boostrapper problem I would just create a simple WPF > application and ensure that MergeDictionary xaml syntax is correct > specially the pack uri scheme. > > > -Raj > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > wrote: > > > Are those files supposed to be in the same directory as the .dll or in > > subdirectories like: "Views\Style"? If the latter, try adding a > > Payload/@Name attribute that adds the relative path to the name of the > > files. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Nick Miller > > <nmil...@livetechnology.com > > >wrote: > > > > > 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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