I am using WiX 3.5.1602.0. If you look at the executables with corflags, you'll see that they are compiled for the 32-bit architecture.
d:\wix\3.5.1602.0>corflags candle.exe Version : v2.0.50727 CLR Header: 2.5 PE : PE32 CorFlags : 11 ILONLY : 1 32BIT : 1 <-- 32-bit flag Signed : 1 d:\wix\3.5.1602.0>corflags light.exe Version : v2.0.50727 CLR Header: 2.5 PE : PE32 CorFlags : 11 ILONLY : 1 32BIT : 1 <--- 32-bit flag Signed : 1 As a result, when loaded from a 64-bit MSBuild process, I am getting the following exception: 100>Unhandled Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///d:\wix\3.5.1602.0\candle.exe' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. 100>File name: 'file:///d:\wix\3.5.1602.0\candle.exe' 100> at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection) 100> at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection) 100> at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(String assemblyFile) 100> at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Build.Tasks.WixToolTask.ExecuteToolThread(Object parameters) 100> at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) 100> at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart(Object obj) 100>Assembly manager loaded from: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll 100>Running under executable d:\tools\AMD64\managed\urt\v3.5\MSBuild.exe 100>--- A detailed error log follows. 100>=== Pre-bind state information === 100>LOG: User = ############### 100>LOG: Where-ref bind. Location = d:\wix\3.5.1602.0\candle.exe 100>LOG: Appbase = file:///d:/tools/AMD64/managed/urt/v3.5/ 100>LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL 100>Calling assembly : (Unknown). 100>=== 100>LOG: This bind starts in LoadFrom load context. 100>WRN: Native image will not be probed in LoadFrom context. Native image will only be probed in default load context, like with Assembly.Load(). 100>LOG: Using application configuration file: d:\tools\AMD64\managed\urt\v3.5\MSBuild.exe.Config 100>LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\config\machine.config. 100>LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///d:/wix/3.5.1602.0/candle.exe. 100>ERR: Failed to complete setup of assembly (hr = 0x8007000b). Probing terminated. Do we have a 64-bit compatible version of these executables? I looked at the assemblies installed when running Wix64.msi but there appears to be no difference to the assemblies themselves. What am I misunderstanding about WiX supporting 64-bit MSBuild? Thanks, Navid -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 7:14 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit WiX On 4/12/2010 9:33 PM, Navid Azimi-Garakani wrote: > I realize that this has been a long standing > issue<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=9EE4B5B02235CB43ACFE2376CC2F11F0D03891%40ntxbeus04.exchange.xchg> > but I am working on getting the WiX toolset to compile and run as 64-bit > processes. This is necessary because we're running into a > BadImageFormatException when trying to invoke WiX via a 64-bit MSBuild > process. How are you doing that? The shipping wix.targets already supports 64-bit MSBuild. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
