[wix-users] "ResolveWixReferences" task could not be loaded (Issue: 5289)

[Sameera Perera]

Thanks for the updates:
Bug: https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/5291


Thanks.
Sameera


On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Phill Hogland <phill.hogland at rimage.com>
wrote:

> FYI - I have 3.10.3.2805 installed on two build systems and have not
> observed the issue, so seems it was introduced after 3.10.3.2805.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
> Sean Hall <r.sean.hall at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 11:28:20 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] "ResolveWixReferences" task could not be loaded
> (Issue: 5289)
>
> Looks like a legitimate bug against 3.10.3, can you file a bug?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Sameera Perera <www.sameera at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same issue as described in
> > https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/5289
> >
> > I saw that the issue was closed with the comment that the problem was not
> > setting the WixToolPath; which I assume is a reference to the steps in:
> > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/daily_builds.html
> >
> > But, IIUC, these steps are for build machines where user doesn't want to
> > setup Wix Toolset on this machine. However, I'm only trying to build my
> > project locally where the toolset is already installed.
> >
> > In fact, I only have this issue with the latest version of Wix
> 3.10.3.2094.
> > On another dev machine we have 3.10.2516 (by wix.dll version number)
> which
> > builds the same project just fine. In VS, when I double click the build
> > error, I'm taken to wix2010.targets which has:
> >
> > <WixInstallPath Condition=" '$(WixInstallPath)' ==
> > ''">$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Installer
> > XML\3.11 at InstallRoot)</WixInstallPath>
> >     <WixInstallPath Condition=" '$(WixInstallPath)' ==
> > ''">$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows
> > Installer XML\3.11 at InstallRoot)</WixInstallPath>
> >
> > I checked the registry and there is no 3.11 key. There is a 3.10 key
> which
> > has the absolute path to wix bin folder. I experimented by fixing the
> > reference in wix2010.targets; which got me past the missing wixtasks.dll
> > error. But, now gives the following error:
> >
> > Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
> > Error The "ResolveWixReferences" task was not found. Check the following:
> > 1.) The name of the task in the project file is the same as the name of
> the
> > task class. 2.) The task class is "public" and implements the
> > Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask interface. 3.) The task is correctly
> > declared with <UsingTask> in the project file, or in the *.tasks files
> > located in the "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin" directory.
> > .... C:\Program
> > Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\wix2010.targets 735
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Sameera
> >
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