PS: This is not a WiX limitation. It's a NETFX limitation. Paths approaching MAX_PATH (260 characters) are often causes of failures like this.
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > I did it the same way you did. > > In my case, I had a directory with files, some were fine, others gave the > error. After a bunch of trial and error I figured out that it was a > path-length issue. There are quite a few pre-defined paths described In > the documentation, it is possible that you will find what you are looking > there, and can use that as a base to go relative from one of those, that > may reduce your path length. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sanjay Poria [mailto:sanjay.po...@xanalys.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 8:35 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File Element - Source attribute > > Thanks for the feedback John. This is a real pain for me. The Wix > documentation is pretty poor and does not mention any kind of limit. > > Can you tell me how you created the full path by concatenating the base > and relative path. I presume there is some easy way of getting hold of the > absolute path where the wix build is being run? > > Cheers > sanjay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Bergman [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] > > Sent: 10 November 2011 00:24 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] File Element - Source attribute > > > > I've encountered this. I had to shorten names that that the full path > > is less than about 240 in order to get past the problems I was having. > > > > That means that your current path of your wix file, and append your > > relative pathing and see how long the resulting string is, maybe you > > are beyond the limit there somehow... > > > > As an alternative, you could define a base path using ?define and > > concatenate the strings to get an absolute path; I've done that as > > well... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sanjay Poria [mailto:sanjay.po...@xanalys.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:13 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] File Element - Source attribute > > > > Hi, > > > > I am hoping someone can help me here. I am defining a component with a > > file like this: > > > > <?define BuildDir = "..\dirname1\dirname2\dirname3"?> > > > > <Component Id="cmpName" Guid="*"> <File Id="filName" > > KeyPath="yes" > > Source="$(var.BuildDir)/dirX/dirY/dirZ/dirA/rep_accusedcourtdate_1_2.x > > s lt" /></Component> I am using the visual studio 10 to do this. When > > I build the project, I get an error on this component only (I have > > loads > > of others that work fine): The system cannot find > > the file > > '..\dirname1\dirname2\dirname3/dirX/dirY/dirZ/dirA/rep_accusedcourtdat > > e _1_2.xslt' with type ''. The file definitely exists (other files in > > the same directory are picked up seem to work fine). My limited > > testing tells me it's something to do with the length of the file name > > above (including the path). Strange this is that if I replace the > > relative path with an absolute one, it works fine. Any ideas what the > > problem could be? Are there any (length of a string) type limits? > > Cheerssanjay > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > ------- > > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > > Save $700 by Nov 18 > > Register now > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
