[wix-users] wixobj file not created - help for a wix beginner

[Walter Dexter]

If you're familiar with old-fashioned compilers, "candle" is the compiler
and "light" is the linker.

You need to run "candle filename.wix" to get the "filename.wixobj" file.
Then you run "light filename.wixobj" to get the MSI.

There are a bunch of command line arguments needed, as you might guess, and
a bunch of other executables you can use fr things.

Start over here -->
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/alltools.html and
good luck.

On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 3:58 AM, Bernics Gábor <gabor at bernics.hu> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I tried create a sample installer that based this article: [1]
>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
>    <Product Id="*" UpgradeCode="12345678-1234-1234-1234-111111111111"
>             Name="Example Product Name" Version="0.0.1"
> Manufacturer="Example Company Name" Language="1033">
>       <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" Comments="Windows
> Installer Package"/>
>       <Media Id="1" Cabinet="product.cab" EmbedCab="yes"/>
>
>       <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
>          <Component Id="ApplicationFiles"
> Guid="12345678-1234-1234-1234-222222222222"/>
>       </Directory>
>
>       <Feature Id="DefaultFeature" Level="1">
>          <ComponentRef Id="ApplicationFiles"/>
>       </Feature>
>    </Product>
> </Wix>
>
> Unfortunately, the wixobj file are not creating by light.exe:
>
> light.exe : error LGHT0103 : The system cannot find the file
> 'C:\MSI\evonetworks
> witch.wixobj' with type 'Source'.
>
> The Wix tool version is 3.10
>
> Regards,
>
> Gabor
>
>
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/105638/A-quick-introduction-Create-an-MSI-installer-with
>
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