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Eric J.
Eric J.

Reputation: 150108

Wix cannot resolve symbol "Icon"

I'm just starting out with WiX 3 and can't figure out why it can't understand the Icon attributes in my .wsx file. I get the error message:

Error 2 Unresolved reference to symbol 'Icon:Sample.exe' in section 'Product:{95DB18C7-24DC-474D-B58C-DC91AFD912F3}'.

The section it is complaining about is:

<Shortcut Id="startmenuSample" Directory="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Sample 1.0"
 WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon="Sample.exe" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes" />

If I comment that section out, the installer works fine.

Upvotes: 9

Views: 3951

Answers (2)

Rob Mensching
Rob Mensching

Reputation: 35901

The error message is trying to tell you that the Shortcut/@Icon attribute is referencing an Icon element with Id attribute = "Sample.exe". However, the Icon element does not exist. There should have been a line number in there to help you find the reference.

Anyway, you need something like

<Icon Id="Sample.exe" SourceFile="your.ico"/>

Upvotes: 9

Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 43575

If you mark the shortcut as "Advertise=yes", then the icon is not available yet because your app is not yet installed, only advertised.

You have to include the icon directly in the msi, not in the advertised exe. Or set "Advertise=no".

Upvotes: 1

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