Question, In your build output folder (Debug or Release), do you have a Views/Styles sub folder? If so, they are external and need to be referenced by a Payload with a <Payload SourceFile="c:\path\to\file\ButonStyles.xaml" Name="Views\Styles\ButtonStyles.xaml" />
If there isn't a subfolder, then you shouldn't need to have a payload element. -----Original Message----- From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 4:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA I am currently using the MergedDictionaries construct: <Window.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/Views/Style/ButtonStyles.xaml"/> <ResourceDictionary Source="pack://application:,,,/Views/Style/Resources.xaml"/> </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> </ResourceDictionary> </Window.Resources> I've also tested this in a WPF application and it works perfectly. Could using multiple resource dictionaries be the problem? Has anyone here ever successfully created a BA using ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries? Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology Holdings, Inc. LiveTechnology Park: 16 Sterling Lake Rd, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 Phone: 845.351.5100 Direct: 845.535.6205 Fax: 845.351.5102 Email: nmil...@livetechnology.com Website: www.LiveTechnology.com -----Original Message----- From: ptr [mailto:ptrajku...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 5:02 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA If I understand your problem correctly this has nothing to external payload. The XAML files are usually embedded within managed assembly. If you are using mutliple resource files you have to use the MergeDictionaries construct http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa350178.aspx <Page.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary.xaml"/> <ResourceDictionary Source="myresourcedictionary2.xaml"/> </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> </ResourceDictionary></Page.Resources> To isolate the boostrapper problem I would just create a simple WPF application and ensure that MergeDictionary xaml syntax is correct specially the pack uri scheme. -Raj On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > Are those files supposed to be in the same directory as the .dll or in > subdirectories like: "Views\Style"? If the latter, try adding a > Payload/@Name attribute that adds the relative path to the name of the > files. > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Nick Miller > <nmil...@livetechnology.com > >wrote: > > > There are two resource files, and the ButtonStyles RD depends on the > > Resources RD. I've added the payload entries as follows: > > > > <Payload SourceFile="c:\path\to\file\ButonStyles.xaml" /> <Payload > > SourceFile="c:\path\to\file\Resources.xaml" /> > > > > BA still crashes on open... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 4:21 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > > > Did you add the extra files as Payload elements under the > > BootstrapperApplication element? If not, they are certainly missing > > from where your BA is being run. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Nick Miller > > <nmil...@livetechnology.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the reply. This looks like what I currently have but > > > it still doesn't work. Currently there is only one window in the > > > installer. Am I missing something? > > > > > > <Window x:Class="TestInstaller.Views.InstallView" > > > xmlns=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation > > " > > > xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"; > > > xmlns:mc=" > > > http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"; > > > xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"; > > > mc:Ignorable="d" > > > Width="789" > > > Height="400" > > > WindowStyle="None" > > > ResizeMode="NoResize" > > > AllowsTransparency="True" > > > Background="Transparent" > > > > <Window.Resources> > > > <ResourceDictionary > > > Source="pack://application:,,,/Views/Style/ButtonStyles.xaml"/> > > > </Window.Resources> > > > > > > Nicholas Miller (Network Administrator) LiveTechnology Holdings, Inc. > > > LiveTechnology Park: 16 Sterling Lake Rd, Tuxedo Park, NY 10987 > > > Phone: 845.351.5100 Direct: 845.535.6205 Fax: 845.351.5102 > > > Email: nmil...@livetechnology.com > > > Website: www.LiveTechnology.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ptr [mailto:ptrajku...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 2:59 PM > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > > > > > I had the same issue. The cause seem to be that for a regular WPF > > > application there is always an Application.Current > > > > > > The boostrapper kinda fakes it so there is no application.Current > > > and as a consequence you cannot have any application level > > > resources for a managed boostrapper. What I ended up doing is > > > having a > > > > > > <Page.Resources> > > > <ResourceDictionary > > > Source="pack://application:,,,/Styles/Styles.xaml" /> > > > </Page.Resources> > > > > > > for every window/page in my boostrapper. This works fine. > > > > > > Hope it helps > > > Raj > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Marco Tognacci <mark...@live.it> > wrote: > > > > > > > How do you refere to the resource dictionary, perhaps do you > > > > have copied it to the output folder?If you don't add any other > > > > item to the bundle paylod you have only the WixBA.dll in the > > > > temp folder where it's a started, so you need to have all the > > > > resources embedded on the dll.If you can, you could post your sample > > > > project. > > > > > > > > > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:50:26 +0000 > > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > > > > > > > > > I don't do much with managed BA's, but there is a difference > > > > > between a > > > > standard WPF Exe project and a BA which is a DLL. You might want > > > > to have a look at the Wix BA (src\Setup\WixBA) to see if there > > > > is an example to go by there. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Nick Miller [mailto:nmil...@livetechnology.com] > > > > > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 12:19 PM > > > > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Visual Styles in Wix BA > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I am fairly new to Wix, and I am running into a strange issue > > > > > that I > > > > can't seem to figure out. I have a simple bootsrapper > > > > application that works fine until I add a resource dictionary to > > > > the wpf component. These resource dictionaries work fine on a > > > > normal wpf application, however when I add it to the BA, it > > > > builds fine but the installer crashes. 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