Well we are off to the races with what appears to be a (almost) successful build. As I type this the build crapped out with 2 errors in test\test.proj, but it appears the rest of the src tree was built successfully.
To document the Windows 8 x64 VS2010SP1 issue, the wix.proj build was failing early due to a missing hhc.exe. The ARP shows that HTML Help Workshop was installed (by the VS2010SP1 setup) and a folder exists only under PF (x86) but the exe is missing. The solution was: 1) Downloaded HTML Help Workshop 1.3 setup said product was already installed and would not run. 2) Uninstall VS2010 /VS2010SP1 and reinstall did not change the problem. 3) On the VS2010SP1 CD there are many HelpSetup packages for different cultures. Executed HelpSetup64.exe which installed the hhc.exe file to PF (x86). Build of Wix.proj still fails due to missing hhc.exe file. OK this issue is caused by two factors. A) Was running from the VS x64 shell B) the x64 version of MSBuild was launched. Switch to x86 VS shell and launched MSbuild from the 32 bit path, and now we have a successful build (excluding the two test.proj issues) Now to build my setup linking to this new build and debug the Assert. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-MBA-how-to-debug-strutil-cpp-line-277-Assert-tp7589279p7589373.html Sent from the wix-devs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
