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> Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 08:34:52 -0700
> From: phogl...@rimage.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [WiX-users] Chain/MsiPackge/@bal:Overridable="yes" yeilds strange
> error
>
> VS2010/Votive displays bal:Overridable as an attribute option for
> Bundle/Chain/MsiPackage. While I did not find this attribute documented in
> the Schema for MsiPackage (as it is for the Variable element) I wondered if
> I could set it and then (just guessing) pass a property on the command line
> to my WixStdBA and see if that property got added to this MsiPackage's
> property list or the msi's command line. (I am aware the I can define a
> Variable with bal:Overridable and use the variable to set a MsiProperty, but
> I wondered why the bal:Overridable was offered as an attribute to
> MsiPackage.)
>
> When MsiPackage/@bal:Overridable="yes" if provided the following compile
> error is observed:
> "
> C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\candle.exe -dDebug -dDEBUG
> -d"DevEnvDir=c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 10.0\Common7\IDE\\" -dSolutionDir=<project path>\ -dSolutionExt=.sln
> -.......<wix tools>\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\\WixBalExtension.dll" file1.wxs
> file2.wxs file3.wxs file4.wxs file5.wxs
> Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.7.1224.0
> Copyright (C) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.
> file1.wxs
> file2.wxs
> file3.wxs
> <path to >file3.wxs(76,0): error CNDL0005: The MsiPackage element contains
> an unexpected child element 'MsiPackage'.
> file4.wxs
> file5.wxs
> Done building project "QDsetup.wixproj" -- FAILED.
> "
>
> When I remove the MsiPackage/@bal:Overidable="yes" then the project compiles
> and runs as expected. So I will leave this experiment alone and implement a
> Variable/@bal:Overidable to address my need pass a property to the msi
> package. But I wondered if this error message made sense to anyone?
>
>
>
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