Unzip the pdbs.zip and the sources.zip somewhere. Then when VS says it can't find symbols for your Setup.exe, point to the place where you extracted the .pdbs, and when VS says it wants a source file point it to where the sources.zip was extracted.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 8:59 PM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com>wrote: > Just kind of a general question on how to do this. Since my Setup.exe > only has a Setup.wixpdb, and not a Setup.pdb, VS does not allow me to step > into it. How do I utilize pdbs.zip and sources.zip to debug? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 1:54 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can Wix Boostrapper project be a VS Startup > project? > > This is an area to improve for debugging Bootstrapper Applications. The > error code will help but hard sometimes to figure out all the different > things that can go wrong in a managed BA. I often drop down to do " > devenv.com /debugexe path\to\bundle.exe" and then start debugging through > the Burn code using the pdbs.zip and sources.zip files. Brute force, but > very, very effective. > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:05 PM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com > >wrote: > > > OK, I found the log file in %TEMP%. Here's basically what it says: > > > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v6.1 > > (Build 7601: Service Pack 1), path: C:\...\Setup.exe, cmdline: '' > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i000: Initializing string variable > > 'InstallFolder' to value 'PlaceHolder' > > ... > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i000: Setting string variable > > 'WixBundleName' to value 'Worker' > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]i000: Loading managed bootstrapper > > application. > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed to > > create the managed UX. > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed to > > create UX. > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed to load > UX. > > [127C:12C0][2013-03-13T11:54:57]e000: Error 0x80131040: Failed while > > running > > > > Any pointer on what's wrong? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:28 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can Wix Boostrapper project be a VS Startup > > project? > > > > So any tip on how I can debug my problem? My Setup.exe doesn't seem > > to do anything (it just silently returns, with no screen pop up). Is > > there any way to invoke logging, like with msiexec? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:11 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can Wix Boostrapper project be a VS Startup > > project? > > > > Not today. You can build the bootstrapper project but there are no > > debugging/launch features built into Votive. So all that F5 related > > stuff doesn't do anything. > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:58 AM, George Fleming <gef...@microsoft.com > > >wrote: > > > > > I have a solution with a Wix Boostrapper project, and several other > > > c++/c# projects. The Boostrapper project, the project that creates > > > c++the EXE file, > > > cannot be set to be the startup project. Although the solution > compiles > > > and a setup.exe gets build, nothing happens when I run the setup.exe. > > > If I try to run from VS, it says that my startup project is a DLL. > > > > > > Is it possible to make the Boostrapper project the "startup" project? > > > Or is there some other way to build? > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > > > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite > > > for free today: > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Everyone hates slow websites. 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