Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-08 Thread Eric Stott
Following up, the tutorial, when running, should show the dialog, however it doesn't: this.Core.CreateWixSimpleReferenceRow(sourceLineNumber, CustomAction, ShowMessageImmediate); What am I missing? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Yes, the xsd is contained in the assembly The header has xmlns:awesome=http://mydomain.com/AwesomeSchema; The node in product look like this (which resolves in Visual Studio) awesome:SuperElement Id=super1 Type=RockStar/ Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Visual Studio. Like my original question, I see that there is both candle and light, but the command provided doesn't make sense: where do you run it, in the Wix project or the c# class project? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Okay, I just followed your steps, and it works! What I don't understand: Instead of just referencing the project, I have copy the assembly from the source to the wix project directory to then be referenced. Why? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
But it doesn't work if you simply reference the project. Is that a Wix issue, or is it my total lack of understanding of a fundamental Visual Studio behavior? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7.stottcreations.com http

Re: [WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-07 Thread Eric Stott
Thanks for the explanation. Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http://biztalk.stottcreations.com http://hl7.stottcreations.com http://esb.stottcreations.com On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Nick Ramirez nickra...@hotmail.com wrote: It's a WiX thing, but a good thing. By adding

[WiX-users] Noob creating a Custom Action in Wix 3.8

2014-03-06 Thread Eric Stott
to candle and light are in the wix project. when I execute the candle.exe I reference the Product.wsx and then -ext Do I run candle from the Wix project folder, or from the extension project. Am I missing something blatantly obvious? Eric Stott (623) 261-7208 http://stottcreations.com http