Also, what version of the tools are you running? Have you tried "3.0 RTM" or a recent 3.5 weekly release?
-----Original Message----- From: s...@pacaccess.com [mailto:s...@pacaccess.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:26 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5: Error in HEAT Is the problem that Wix (and heat) aren't in your path? What I do is: 1. Start a command console 2. Type in path=%path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin 3. cd to my DLL's location (in your case it would be your OLB file) 4. run heat. Jeff > We're using HEAT to create <Fragment>s from files: > > > > CD "%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Installer XML v3\bin" > > HEAT file EXCEL8.OLB -gg -out EXCEL8.wxs > > > > That works pretty well as long as HEAT and EXCEL8.OLB are located in the > same folder. > > > > But if they are not, both of the following commands will fail: > > > > CD "C:\" > > "%PROGRAMFILES%\bin\HEAT" file EXCEL8.OLB -gg -out EXCEL8.wxs > > > > or > > > > CD "%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Installer XML v3\bin" > > HEAT file "C:\EXCEL8.OLB" -gg -out EXCEL8.wxs > > > > The result is always the same: > > > > heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : The Value must not be NULL. > > Parameter name: path > > > > Exception Type: System.ArgumentNullException > > > > Stack Trace: > > bei System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path) > > bei System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.HarvesterCore.ResolveFilePath(String > fileSource) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teFile(IParentElement parentElement, File file) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teElement(IParentElement parentElement, ISchemaElement element) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teElement(IParentElement parentElement, ISchemaElement element) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teElement(IParentElement parentElement, ISchemaElement element) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teElement(IParentElement parentElement, ISchemaElement element) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teElement(IParentElement parentElement, ISchemaElement element) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > teElement(IParentElement parentElement, ISchemaElement element) > > bei > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilHarvesterMutator.Muta > te(Wix wix) > > bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Mutator.Mutate(Wix wix) > > bei Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Run(String[] args) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
