[wix-users] Error in Light

[Edwin Castro]

Here is another example of the error:

http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/LGHT0136-error-importing-table-Upgrade-td7595107.html

Looking at the file that couldn't be imported,
C:\Users\HSalim.HSALIM\AppData\Local\Temp\z4rjkqxa\XmlConfig.idt in
the posted error, might help us figure out if there's a new line
character or tab somewhere. Note the .idt file to be imported is
probably generated on each build.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Took a look at your actual error message:
>
> error LGHT0136: There was an error importing table 'XmlConfig' from file
> 'C:\Users\HSalim.HSALIM\AppData\Local\Temp\z4rjkqxa\XmlConfig.idt'
>
> That error has nothing to do with the usage of [#fileid] which is the
> correct way to reference the target file you want to modify. That was
> a bug you had not experienced yet because you had not actually built
> and tested your installer yet.
>
> As to your actual light error, something else is causing that error.
> I'm trying to understand when this error occurs. For example, I found
> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/error-LGHT0136-There-was-an-error-importing-table-td7582379.html
> where somebody had the same light error because they had unsupported
> characters somewhere (new lines in that case). Perhaps you have a
> similar issue but I don't know yet. I'll get back to you when I get
> something more concrete to suggest.
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Habib Salim <habib at hsalim.com> wrote:
>> I commented out the component to modify the file
>> (cmpModifyApplicationConfig).  The build completed successfully.
>>
>> When I examined the MSI in Orca, I noticed that the KeyPath was empty, and
>> there was a CreateFolder table in the MSI - directory: INSTALLFOLDER,
>> Component_:cmpAppConfig.
>>
>> I moved the KeyPath attribute from component to the file element.  The
>> component has a key path to the file, there is no create folder table in
>> the MSI, but I still get the error.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
>> Of Edwin Castro
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:23 PM
>> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Error in Light
>>
>> The format suggested, [#$(var.ExeName).config], depends on the File/@Id
>> for the specific file you are trying to change. I see the component for
>> $(var.ExeName).config has an Id but the File element does not. That means
>> the File Id is generated and you don't know it ahead of time. I'd
>> recommend you explicitly set File/@Id and then use that Id in
>> XmlConfig/@File. Some thing like this:
>>
>>       <Component Id="cmpAppConfig"
>> Guid="7C93264D-6DBA-4614-9693-5AC244F30986" KeyPath="yes">
>>         <File Id="fileAppConfig" Source
>> ="$(var.SourceFilesDir)\$(var.ExeName).config">
>>           <util:PermissionEx User="Users" Domain="[LOCAL_MACHINE_NAME]"
>> GenericAll="yes"/>
>>         </File>
>>       </Component>
>>
>> And then you can set XmlConfig/@File="[#fileAppConfig]".
>>
>> To use XmlConfig/@File="[#$(var.ExeName).config]" as originally suggested
>> you would need:
>>
>>       <Component Id="cmpAppConfig"
>> Guid="7C93264D-6DBA-4614-9693-5AC244F30986" KeyPath="yes">
>>         <File Id="$(var.ExeName).config" Source
>> ="$(var.SourceFilesDir)\$(var.ExeName).config">
>>           <util:PermissionEx User="Users" Domain="[LOCAL_MACHINE_NAME]"
>> GenericAll="yes"/>
>>         </File>
>>       </Component>
>>
>> --
>> Edwin G. Castro
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Habib Salim <habib at hsalim.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks for the fast response!
>>> I tried both
>>>                         File="[#$(var.ExeName).config]"
>>>                         File="[INSTALLFOLDER]$(var.ExeName).config"
>>> I still get the error
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Nir Bar
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 12:35 PM
>>> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Error in Light
>>>
>>> The XmlConfig/@File attribute should be the path to the file on the
>>> target system, not on the build machine.Change it to
>>> [#$(var.ExeName).config] and it should work.
>>>
>>> Nir Bar
>>> Panel::Software Architecture and Development
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