@BootstrapperApplicationData is used to cause the "row" to show up in the xml
provided to the BA when you build a bundle. It doesn't mean anything when
building MSIs.
> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 08:43:51 -0800
> From: phogl...@rimage.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to reference elements in a Fragment, which do
> not have a XxxxRef construct.
>
> Tom;
>
> No I did not try that. I saw the bootstrapperApplicationData="yes"
> attribute. I was not sure why it was there or how I could take advantage of
> it.
>
> I appreciate Rob's explanation which made sense. My goal was to create a
> WixExtension and do a data driven CA similar to the Difx extension in Wix
> when I asked the question, however I was using another sample to create a
> CustomTable as a preliminary experiment to understand WiX constructs, when I
> came across the above question.
>
> After a printer driver is 'installed' using DifxExtension, I need to do some
> configuration of the Printer object. While I was trying to do this by
> implementing an extension, I noticed the general concern that there is no
> guarantee as to the order in which extensions are processed. This
> extension would only be used when a driver was installed with Difx, but I
> don't think it will matter in which order the code is processed as long as
> the install CA is sequenced after the Difx install CA.
>
> I saw issues that others reported when they tried (like me) to copy one to
> the src\ext projects into a new project, separate from the wix src tree. I
> also saw Rob's suggestion that they start from the project at wix-contrib
> which is 'designed' to be a standalone project. However I have not been
> able to get either approach to compile with WiX 3.8.916.0. (Sorry, I did
> not have a chance to try out the RC yet.)
>
> For starters the include and lib paths in the wix-contrib project are
> incorrect as the files are not located at $(WIX)sdk\inc or $(WIX)sdk\lib.
> Even with those issues resolved both of the CA projects get a bunch of
> unresolved external symbol errors.
>
> 1> Creating library bin\Debug\WixContribSchedCA.lib and object
> bin\Debug\WixContribSchedCA.exp
> 1>dutil.lib(fileutil.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> _VerQueryValueW@16 referenced in function _FileVersion@12
> 1>dutil.lib(fileutil.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> _GetFileVersionInfoW@16 referenced in function _FileVersion@12
> 1>dutil.lib(fileutil.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
> _GetFileVersionInfoSizeW@8 referenced in function _FileVersion@12
> 1>bin\Debug\WixContribSchedCA.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved
> externals
>
> There is a comment at wix-contrib indicating that the quality of the code is
> low. I tried to use one of the wix\src\ext projects (in a separate project
> using settings similar to the wix-contrib project), but in this situation I
> cannot seem to get past errors related to changing this line
> using DifxApp =
> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.Serialize.DifxApp;
> to
> using Printer =
> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.Serialize.Printer;
>
> The word Serialize is red and all references to a Printer namespace are
> undefined.
>
> So obviously I have more to learn before I can create an extension that
> configures printer objects, but I am still trying any approach that would
> bring a smile to the boss's face. It is over due. :)
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Phill
>
>
>
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