[wix-users] how to debug/locate LGHT0001 error?

[Ian Bell]

Hello Rob,

Thank you for suggesting the stack trace.   However, even when the VS2015
'MSBuild project build output' is set to diagnostic, the stack trace also
does not appear to provide any more information that can be used to
determine where the error has occurred (see stack trace example below).   In
the simple WIX project I created and which generates the error, there are
only four WXS files and one WXI file.   If I was not aware that a string
definition in the WXI file included one to many double quote characters then
the error message generate provides no real idea as to which file the error
occurred in as well as which character produced the error.   Other than
rebuilding a WIX project in VS2015 from scratch, are there any other
techniques you could recommend that would help one to troubleshoot such a
problem?  

Thank you,

Ian


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Stack trace generated when VS2015 MSBuild project build output is set to
diagnostic:

5>		C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin\Light.exe -out
"C:\Users\Public\Documents\Visual Studio
2015\Projects\Obfuscation\Solution\Deployment\SetupProject3\bin\Debug\SetupP
roject3.msi" -pdbout "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Visual Studio
2015\Projects\Obfuscation\Solution\Deployment\SetupProject3\bin\Debug\SetupP
roject3.wixpdb" -v -cultures:null -ext "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset
v3.10\bin\\WixNetFxExtension.dll" -contentsfile
obj\Debug\SetupProject3.wixproj.BindContentsFileListnull.txt -outputsfile
obj\Debug\SetupProject3.wixproj.BindOutputsFileListnull.txt
-builtoutputsfile
obj\Debug\SetupProject3.wixproj.BindBuiltOutputsFileListnull.txt
-wixprojectfile "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Visual Studio
2015\Projects\Obfuscation\Solution\Deployment\SetupProject3\SetupProject3.wi
xproj" -pedantic -v obj\Debug\InstallDirectories.wixobj
obj\Debug\InstallationFiles.wixobj obj\Debug\Product.wixobj
obj\Debug\RegistrySettings.wixobj
5>		Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.10.1.2213
5>		Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.
5>light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.
5>		Exception Type: System.ArgumentException
5>		Stack Trace:
5>		   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path,
Boolean checkAdditional)
5>		   at System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted(String path)
5>		   at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.BinderFileManager.ResolveFile(String
source, String type, SourceLineNumberCollection sourceLineNumbers, BindStage
bindStage)
5>		   at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.ResolveFields(TableCollection
tables, Hashtable cabinets, ArrayList delayedFields)
5>		   at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.BindDatabase(Output output,
String databaseFile)
5>		   at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Binder.Bind(Output
output, String file)
5>		   at
Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Light.Run(String[] args)
5>		Binder temporary directory located at
'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4af5utmg'.
5>		Validator temporary directory located at
'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mbfkjwc1'.
5>		The command exited with code 1.
5>	Done executing task "Light" -- FAILED.
5>Done building target "Link" in project "SetupProject3.wixproj" -- FAILED.

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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of
Rob Mensching
Sent: December 1, 2015 17:27
To: ibell at instepsystems.com; WiX Toolset UsersMailing List
Subject: Re: [wix-users] how to debug/locate LGHT0001 error?

LGHT0001 indicates a crash in the toolset. If you look at the full output
(instead of the summary VS provides) you'll get a stack trace.
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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of
Ian Bell
Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 2:20 PM
To: 'WiX Toolset Users Mailing List' <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] how to debug/locate LGHT0001 error?

Evening Keith,

How were you able to get Candle to generate the line number?   Are you
running Candle from the command line or as part of the build process in
Visual Studio?     I am building my WIX projects in VS2015 and, even when
adding the argument -pedantic, the only information Candle generated to
indicate a build error is:
     1>light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.

I am using the '/l*v' argument to generate the log file.  As you indicate,
it is a challenge wading through the information.    



Ian

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