If I (accidentlly) make an error in my .msi's .wxs source as you see below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <!-- Generated by Perl::Dist::WiX using Perl::Dist::WiX 1.102101 --> <Product Id='81DD00CE-2D7F-3E74-8009-C0C079D838A0' Language='1033' Manufacturer='Vanilla Perl Project' Name='Vanilla Perl' UpgradeCode='BE14FACC-784D-358E-B7DC-E5E43324C29E' Version='5.11.1282' > <Package Description='Perl for Win32 operating systems.' Id='*' Languages='1033' Platform='x86' InstallerVersion='200' Compressed='yes' InstallPrivileges='elevated' /> .... as compared to the merge module's .wxs source: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <!-- Merge module generated by Perl::Dist::WiX using Perl::Dist::WiX 1.102101 --> <Module Id='Perl_MM' Language='1033' Version='5.11.1282' > <Package Description='Perl for Win32 operating systems.' Languages='1033' Platform='x64' InstallerVersion='200' InstallPrivileges='elevated' Id='D29E211F-3F70-3EB9-833E-C0A3E1EAF2E7' Manufacturer='Vanilla Perl Project' /> ... I get this messy error. I'm suggesting that this is catchable and it could be less messy. (Of course, I fixed the error in my generation code right after I saw this error... but it would still be nice to fix.) Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.0.5419.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Encountered an unexpected merge error of type 'msmErrorPlatformMismatch' for which there is currently no error message to display. More information about the merge and the failure can be found in the merge log: 'C:\Users\Curtis\AppData\Local\Temp\4yd2-mtj\merge.log' Exception Type: InvalidOperationException Stack Trace: at System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Exception e, Boolean needFileInfo) at System.Environment.get_StackTrace() at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.MergeModules(String tempDatabaseFile, Output output, FileRowCollection fileRows, StringCollection suppressedTableNames) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.BindDatabase(Output output, String databaseFile) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output output, String file) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args) at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Main(String[] args) -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in HTML mail] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
