[wix-users] Error in Light

[Edwin Castro]

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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