[wix-users] using DTF, who to deserialize CustomActionData created with WcaWriteStringToCaData (and related)

Tue Apr 26 14:04:03 PDT 2016

Yes I have also tried that in the deferred DTF CA (and I know I should not need both of them):
            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch();
            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();

But your C++ suggestion was a good one because I went back and enabled C++ break in another CA and I have the same behavior with that CA.  The break happens, the debugger attaches but ignores the breakpoints and the code just runs.  I typically debug the Immediate CA on my dev system using Lux, but I had not tried it through the remote debugger.  Since I am getting the same behavior it tells me that there is some issue with the way the remote debugged is(not) setup.  So thanks, I will focus on getting the C++ Immediate CA or breaking into my mba working through the remote debugger before I try the MMsiBreak again.

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Subject: Re: [wix-users] using DTF, who to deserialize CustomActionData created with WcaWriteStringToCaData (and related)

Ah, confused.  Well, if you're running into the clean room issue, then something like:

// Necessary after WiX 3.10.2.  Comment out when inappropriate.
AttachDebugger();

as the first call and a:

[Conditional("DEBUG")]
private static void AttachDebugger()
{
  string noDebug = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("NODEBUG");

  if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(noDebug) || !noDebug.Equals("1"))
  {
     Debugger.Launch();
  }

  return;
}

(you can dump the NODEBUG stuff) should work.  I use it on my MBA.

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I have not had any problem attaching to a C++ CA (although I did not try with this test scenario).  I am having a problem attaching to a DTF C# deferred CA after MMsiBreak has fired and I attached to the indicated process ID.  When the dialog is closed the setup runs to completion but the debugger does not do anything.

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Don't know about the serialization issue.

But on getting the debugger running in C++, how about?

while (!IsDebuggerPresent()); DebugBreak();

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Subject: [wix-users] using DTF, who to deserialize CustomActionData created with WcaWriteStringToCaData (and related)

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I have a WixExtension where I created a C++ immediate CA to read my custom table data and schedule my deferred CA.   Because I need to make use of a .Net API, I created my first DTF C# deferred CA (rather than a C++ CA using WcaUtil as I have done in the past).  However all of the DTF examples that I have found deserialize CustomActionData into a Dictionary<string,string> of paired strings keyname1=value1 keyname2=value2

I prefer to use the WcaUtil functions WcaWriteStringToCaData and WcaWriteIntegerToCaData in the immediate CA.  I am looking for advice on how to desterilize this in the C# deferred CA.

On a related issue, while I defined MMsiBreak on the remote VM with VS Remote Debug tools installed, when it prompts at the MMsiBreak point, it always provides a process ID that is related to a process named rundll32.exe, and even after I attach to that process and close the dialog the debugger does not actually attach to the code and hit any of the defined breakpoints.  I have checked to make sure that DEBUG is defined and symbols are available.  In C++ we had to modify our approach to debugging because of the 3.10.2 introduction of the clean room.  Is that the issue that I am hitting here with MMsiBreak and is there any advice on how to attach the debugger.  I also tried to add System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch() and System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break() to the code but they don't seem to have an impact either.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Phill

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