Thank you Blair. That worked great. I use Msbiuld in other parts of my build process, but did not think about trying it to solve this problem. I appreciate the help.
David S. Echols Senior Programmer H&A Architects & Engineers | www.ha-inc.com d: (757) 213-6049 p: (757) 222-2010 f: (757) 222-2022 -----Original Message----- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:53 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error Building WixProj from DevEnv Command Line dunno. I always use msbuild from the command line: “FullPathToMSBuild.exe” /nologo /t:Rebuild “FullPathToSolutionFile” DevEnv has always been a black box and has never been particularly build-box friendly. You’ll have to use DevEnv on solutions containing projects that aren’t compatible with MSBuild, but there are fewer of those project types remaining with each new release of VS. Blair From: Dave Echols Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:47 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. I have a VS 2010 solution that contains 2 Wix projects for two different installs. I can compile/build the solution from within the Visual Studio IDE without errors. When I build the solution from the command line using DevEnv.exe, I get the following error on one of the projects... MySetup.wixproj : error : Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED)) One or more projects in the solution were not loaded correctly. Please see the Output Window for details. I am using the following command line to build the solution... "FullPathToDevEnv.exe" /nologo /rebuild "FullPathToSolutionFile" The other project in the solution builds without errors. I have examined each project file in a text editor and they are nearly identical, except for different files and different names/Guids. Any ideas on what might be causing this error and how I can make it go away? Thanks in advance for any help. David S. Echols Senior Programmer H&A Architects & Engineers | www.ha-inc.com<http://www.ha-inc.com> 222 Central Park Ave., Suite 1200, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462 d: (757) 213-6049 p: (757) 222-2010 f: (757) 222-2022 Follow Us: Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/hainctweets> | Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/HAArchitectsEngineers> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/h&a-architects-&-engineers> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
