[wix-users] The harvest type was not found in the list of loaded Heat extensions.

[Walter Dexter]

I looked in the current defect database. Appears to be
https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/3902 (as well as the one that
was opened 2 days ago and closed) and is not resolved.

The sourceforge version of the defect has some notes about work-arounds.

Renaud, "Heat" is the piece of the WiX tool that "harvests" the files from
the project to create the installer. You could probably just go ahead and
create your installer from scratch and get it to work.

Personally I use VS for development but do my packaging with WiX, Gvim, and
a batch file and my version control at the command line. But, you know, I'm
old and set in my ways and I just can't get used to GUI tools for some of
that.

Good luck. I'm sure nobody would mind if you dug into the source and
figured out how to fix the apparent defect - except probably your boss, of
course.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Walter Dexter <wfdexter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's another user who had the same issue -
> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Error-The-harvest-type-was-not-found-in-the-list-of-loaded-Heat-extensions-td7581770.html
>
> There's also mention of it at
> http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.com/2010/06/wix-reg-file-heat-extension.html
>  when Neil Sleightholm was adding registry harvesting to Heat.
>
> Finally there was a defect over here
> https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/3199/ that reports this error. I can't
> tell what its state is since I'm not familiar with the WiX defect tracking
> systems/protocols.
>
> I'd guess the error output routine tacks "HEAT" onto an error number, so
> it's probably error 321 in the source.
>
> Renaud, despite using Visual Studio, I barely understand it. I'd suggest
> you use procmon to see what it's trying to do, then report back. There's
> probably some file failing to open.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Phill Hogland <phill.hogland at rimage.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I did a search of the wix 3.10.2.2516 source, but I did not find " The
>> harvest type was not found " or " The harvest type was not found in the
>> list of loaded Heat extensions " or " HEAT0321", etc.  If you are using
>> something that is not part of the WiXtoolset maybe the author has some
>> insight into what that error means.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>> Behalf Of Renaud Degeorges
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 7:33 AM
>> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>> Subject: Re: [wix-users] The harvest type was not found in the list of
>> loaded Heat extensions.
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> I use a wix extension pluggin on Visual studio 2013, I don't even know
>> what is an harvest type :( My project is a desktop application written in
>> .NET
>>
>> I can give you the command line executed, if it's help :
>>
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\Bin\Heat.exe project
>> MyVisualStudioProject.csproj -pog Binaries -projectname MyProjectName -sw
>> -gg -sfrag -out "obj\Debug\Harvested XML\_MyProjectName.xml"
>>
>> Windows Installer XML Toolset Toolset Harvester version 3.10.2.2516
>> Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.
>> heat.exe(0,0): error HEAT0321: The harvest type was not found in the list
>> of loaded Heat extensions
>>
>> I have no more clue to debug.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cordialement,
>> Renaud Degeorges
>> +336 2434 3737
>>
>>
>>
>> 2016-02-24 12:38 GMT+01:00 Magi, Sampattakumar S <
>> Sampattakumar.Magi at in.unisys.com>:
>>
>> > What is the harvest type are u using with heat?
>> > directory/file/project/payload/reg/website??
>> >
>> > Sam
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Winter,Stijn S. de
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 5:06 PM
>> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
>> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] The harvest type was not found in the list of
>> > loaded Heat extensions.
>> >
>> > Hello Renaud,
>> >
>> > No idea what the error is, can you provide more information please?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Stijn de Winter
>> > ________________________________________
>> > Van: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> namens Renaud
>> > Degeorges <renaud.degeorges at gmail.com>
>> > Verzonden: woensdag 24 februari 2016 9:42
>> > Aan: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
>> > Onderwerp: Re: [wix-users] The harvest type was not found in the list of
>> >       loaded Heat extensions.
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > could you help me?
>> >
>> > ​Renaud
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2016-02-23 9:53 GMT+01:00 Renaud Degeorges <renaud.degeorges at gmail.com
>> >:
>> >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > I use Wix toolset 3.10 with visual studio 2013.
>> > > I get this error without any other information, when I build the
>> > > setup project. could you help me?
>> > > I don't know where to find.
>> > >
>> > > thank you
>> > >
>> > > ​Renaud​
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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