I've been trying to solve this one for at least a full day. I do not
understand why content in a wxs, which is present in the resulting wixobj,
is not linked into an MSI.
I'm using Votive for development, but that doesn't matter because it happens
on the command line also. In one wxs fragment file (notworking.wxs) I define
a property:
<property name="TEST_PROPERTY" value="11"/>
Compile the project and examine the resulting MSI using Orca. The property
is not in the property table so I check the notworking.wxsobj file and there
is the entry.
<table name="Property">
<row sourceLineNumber="...FileName...*3">
<field>TEST_PROPERTY</field>
<field>11</field>
</row>
</table>
I check the command line generated by Votive and the notworking.wixobj file
is included when linking.
I should point out that I have tried cleaning all wixobj files and MSIs to
ensure that nothing is being persisted between sessions.
I remove the property from the notworking.wxs file and place in another file
(package.wxs) in the project, check the resulting msi with Orca and now it's
there?! This is strange behavior that I cannot seem to place and reasoning
for. The only difference between the two wxs file is the non-working
notworking.wxs version is placed in a directory two levels below the working
package.wxs file, which is actually the project folder. So I thought I would
copy the notworking.wxs file to the same location but it still does not
work.
I took to debugging light.exe to see what the problem was but there is none
that I can see. I see the notworking.wixobj file is loaded and the content
added for later processing.
As a side note, I do not understand, my project used to compile correctly. I
actually created a WiX installer framework for our products. The product
that I'm working on the installer for does not work, however the other
product using a similar layout structure and the same internal tools works
perfectly - on a daily basis?!
Has anyone else experienced this behaviour or know of a solution?
I'm using WiX 3.0
Thanks for the help,
Paul.
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