Hi, I’m new to WiX, so please bare with me.
I want to create a custom action and then have it triggered from a button on a dialog box during the InstallUISequence phase. I’m using WiX 3.7 (I know 3.8 has just come out) and have followed the instructions in chapter 14 of WiX 3.6 A Developers Guide (Extending WiX). I’m working with Visual Studio 2010 on Windws 7 x64. I’m at the stage of just checking that if I use the custom extension in a setup project, that a new MSI table is created – that’s all it does so far. So, my extension project has a CompilerExtension derived class, an xsd file, a WixExtension derived class, and a TableDefinitions.xml. This compiles successfully. I found the instructions in using this extension in a sample WiX setup project a little confusing. I don’t get why the reference should be added as a project reference (also I don’t know how the wix source code has references to csproj files – unless these are added manully in the referencing csproj, instead of through VS), but in any case here is the candle command that it tries to execute when the project reference is added (line breaks for read ability) C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\candle.exe -dDebug -d"DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\\" -d"SolutionDir=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\\" -dSolutionExt=.sln -dSolutionFileName=MakeSqlConnectionStringAction.sln -dSolutionName=MakeSqlConnectionStringAction -d"SolutionPath=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction.sln" -dConfiguration=Debug -dOutDir=bin\Debug\ -dPlatform=x86 -d"ProjectDir=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SetupProject1\\" -dProjectExt=.wixproj -dProjectFileName=SetupProject1.wixproj -dProjectName=SetupProject1 -d"ProjectPath=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SetupProject1\SetupProject1.wixproj" -d"TargetDir=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SetupProject1\bin\Debug\\" -dTargetExt=.msi -dTargetFileName=SetupProject1.msi -dTargetName=SetupProject1 -d"TargetPath=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SetupProject1\bin\Debug\SetupProject1.msi" -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.Configuration=Debug -d"SqlConnectionStringExtension.FullConfiguration=Debug|AnyCPU" -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.Platform=AnyCPU -d"SqlConnectionStringExtension.ProjectDir=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SqlConnectionStringExtension\\" -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.ProjectExt=.csproj -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.ProjectFileName=SqlConnectionStringExtension.csproj -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.ProjectName=SqlConnectionStringExtension -d"SqlConnectionStringExtension.ProjectPath=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SqlConnectionStringExtension\SqlConnectionStringExtension.csproj" -d"SqlConnectionStringExtension.TargetDir=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SqlConnectionStringExtension\bin\Debug\\" -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.TargetExt=.dll -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.TargetFileName=SqlConnectionStringExtension.dll -dSqlConnectionStringExtension.TargetName=SqlConnectionStringExtension -d"SqlConnectionStringExtension.TargetPath=C:\Users\malley\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\MakeSqlConnectionStringAction\SqlConnectionStringExtension\bin\Debug\SqlConnectionStringExtension.dll" -out obj\Debug\ -arch x86 Product.wxs This produces the error: …Product.wxs(13) : error CNDL0200 : The Product element contains an unhandled extension element 'awesome:SuperElement'. Please ensure that the extension for elements in the 'http://tsgi.co/SqlConnectionStringSchema.xsd' namespace has been provided. I’ve tried removing the project reference, (which gets rid of the defintions starting SqlConnectionStringExtension), and adding the directive –ext ….SqlConnectionStringExtension.dll, and at that point I get the StackOverflowException. Any help much appreciated. Kind Regards Martin ------------------ Martin Alley Senior Business Consultant Total Solutions Group t 01534 761784 m 07797 753889 e mailto:martin.al...@tsgi.co w http://www.tsgi.co Jersey Enterprise Awards Entrepreneur of the Year Winner 2013 Application of Technology Winner 2013 The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to receive it. It may contain confidential or privileged information. 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