Hello again, I need your help. The problem with "heat -ke" + light seems to be related to the fact that the guid of empty directories can't be an "*". It must be a normal GUID, so light doesn't crash with the error LGHT0230.
Do you know how to create a GUID (not *) for empty directories with heat -ag? If I use -gg, light works, but here in the forum this option is not recommended. Can you confirm that this is a bug? I use the latest wix 3.8.520 version If it is, I will open a bug in bug file site. Thanks a lot. 2013/5/27 BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com>: > Hello, > > I'm using HEAT with the option -ke (keep empty directories) with the > following commands: > > > @echo off > echo > "##########################################################################" > echo "HEAT!" > > "C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\heat" dir "BGINFO4XW" -cg > SampleGroup -out SampleGroup.wxs -ag -dr BaseDir -srd -ke > > echo > "##########################################################################" > echo "CANDLE!" > "C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\candle" -ext "C:\Program > Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Program > Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixUtilExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Program > Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixNetFxExtension.dll" SampleFirst.wxs > SampleGroup.wxs > > echo > "##########################################################################" > echo "LIGHT!" > "C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\light" -ext "C:\Program > Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Program > Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixUtilExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Program > Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixNetFxExtension.dll" SampleFirst.wixobj > SampleGroup.wixobj -cultures:en-us -out SampleFirst.msi -b "BGINFO4XW" > > But, here in light, I get errors for EACH empty directory, and the msi > is not created. > > The error is: \SampleGroup.wxs(338) : error LGHT0230 : The > Component/@Guid attribute's value '*' is not valid for this component > because it does not meet the criteria for having an automatically > generated guid. Components using a Directory as a KeyPath or > containing ODBCDataSource child elements cannot use an automatically > generated guid. Make sure your component doesn't have a Directory as > the KeyPath and move any ODBCDataSource child elements to components > with explicit component guids. > > In line 338 I have: > <Component Id="cmpD7EAB448C8FD4A1D7DC06BA49EC41B6E" > Directory="dir0D636418BB9632BDBE27AA13B3B87D9C" Guid="*" > KeyPath="yes"> > > And the dir0D636418BB9632BDBE27AA13B3B87D9C refers to: > <Fragment><DirectoryRef Id="dir9D86EEBEA4804C429E60401935D6E0D9"> > <Directory Id="dir0D636418BB9632BDBE27AA13B3B87D9C" Name="SERVER" /> > </DirectoryRef></Fragment> > > Where SERVER is one of the EMPTY directories. > > > Can you help me? Is this a bug? > > Thanks a lot for your time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
