[wix-users] Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be an assembly

[Farrukh Waheed]

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On 11 July 2016 at 04:07, Ingmar <uhp at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I have problems building my first setup for a solution which uses prism. My
> Product.wxs looks like
>
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
>
>   <Product Id="*" Name="TestSetup" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0"
> Manufacturer="none" UpgradeCode="614eb7e3-e52c-4060-8999-5369fb8aa59d">
>
>     <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
> InstallScope="perMachine" Manufacturer="none" />
>
>
>
>     <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName]
> is
> already installed." />
>
>     <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />
>
>
>
>     <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="TestSetup" Level="1">
>
>       <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
>
>     </Feature>
>
>    <UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal"/>
>
>   </Product>
>
>
>
>   <Fragment>
>
>     <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
>
>       <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
>
>         <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="next-office" />
>
>       </Directory>
>
>     </Directory>
>
>   </Fragment>
>
>
>
>   <Fragment>
>
>     <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
>
>       <Component Id="ProductComponent"
> Guid="{A5B56773-5E26-4C5F-AC51-C2470C3658AF}">
>
>         <File Source="$(var.MyProject.TargetPath)" KeyPath="yes" />
>
>      </Component>
>
>     </ComponentGroup>
>
>   </Fragment>
>
> </Wix>
>
>
>
> When building the setup project I get these error
>
>
>
> Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be an assembly:
> Microsoft.Practices.Unity.dll
>
> The file or assembly "Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation, Version=1.3.0.0,
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" or a dependency was not
> found
>
>
>
> Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be an assembly:
> Prism.Wpf.dll
>
> The file or assembly "Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation, Version=1.3.0.0,
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" or a dependency was not
> found
>
>
>
>
>
> I don't know why Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation is missing, the
> solution itself can be build and tested without any erros.
>
>
>
> Anyone knows how I can fix this problem?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Ingmar
>
>
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