Max path is 260. Lit uses a few characters to root things in the embedded cabinet so you don't get them all.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:50 PM, John Bergman < [email protected]> wrote: > I figured this out, (posting to share)... > > It would appear that the filepath-name limitation in LIT is something less > that 211 characters. I shortened the file name by 13 characters; and the > issue went away. The buildserver path is about a dozen characters longer > than the resulting local dev workstation paths we use. > > I had thought that the path length maximum was somewhere between 223 and > 255? > > -----Original Message----- > From: McCain, Jon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:37 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Cc: McCain, Jon > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] LIT Error - Cannot find file > > It could be that you have an old wixobj out there for that component. You > could try removing that and rebuilding. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Bergman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:21 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] LIT Error - Cannot find file > > I have started receiving this error > > lit.exe : error LIT0103: The system cannot find the file > '..\Content.Client\dir1\Content\Integration\common\niem\ut_offender-tracking-misc\2.0\ut_offender-tracking-misc.xsd' > with type ''. [D:\Builds\1\Product\version\Source\client > \Fragment.TX.TarrantCounty.Content.LegacySonicService\Fragment.client.Content.contentlib.wixproj] > > What I don't understand is that this is only happening for two files out of > about 100; I verified the paths and they are valid. In fact the relative > pathing is doing using a defined value, and it is used for every file within > this wix project, as well as others. Anyone have any idea as to how I should > go about troubleshooting this? > > This builds correctly 100% of the time on the desktop builds. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, > fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. > Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, > fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. > Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
