Bugs item #1616064, was opened at 2006-12-14 14:42 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by heaths You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1616064&group_id=105970
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: votive Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Kjell-Åke Andersson (spacelord72) Assigned to: Bob Arnson (barnson) Summary: Path to executables is hardcoded Initial Comment: When WiX is installed on Win x64 Votive will fail to execute when building a project with the error: Error 48 The specified task executable location "C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe" is invalid. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets 109 6 MSMQStudioWiX It seems like the path to the executables are hardcoded in Votive. Please change the installer to put the path to the binaries into a regkey in HKLM and use it instead. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Heath Stewart (heaths) Date: 2007-04-18 16:13 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1335104 Originator: NO Using the registry directly or indirectly (say, through a component dir search) does not work well with build environments. I would suggest writing out a .config file or some sort of ini/config file that the installer (or some dev, admin, etc.) writes out, and that's how the WiX tasks find the executables to launch. Of course, another way would be to refactor the code for various tools like candle, light, etc., so that the EXE source is a thin wrapper around said functionality and the tasks reuse the refactored classes (say, in wix.dll). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Justin Rockwood (justinrockwood) Date: 2007-04-17 22:38 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1054914 Originator: NO Bob, in Votive.wxs we're writing out a registry key that stores the value of the [BinDir]. What is the expected behavior here? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Kjell-Åke Andersson (spacelord72) Date: 2006-12-15 03:18 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1652392 Originator: YES This would also be great for other tools that use WiX as well as it will be easier to find the executables. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=642714&aid=1616064&group_id=105970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
