Cannot create MSI with Custom Acion

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    petera
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    Cannot create MSI with Custom Acion

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    Product, version and build: PowerShell Studio 5.5.152.0
    32 or 64 bit version of product:64
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    32 or 64 bit OS:Server 2012

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    Trying to create a custom action called Create Shortcut. Get the following error:
    heat.exe : warning HEAT5150 : Could not harvest data from a file that was expected to be a SelfReg DLL: C:\Deposits Update Manager\msi\MSI_BuildFolder\Deposits Update Manager.exe. If this file does not support SelfReg you can ignore this warning. Otherwise, this error detail may be helpful to diagnose the failure: Unable to load file: C:\Deposits Update Manager\msi\MSI_BuildFolder\Deposits Update Manager.exe, error: 193

    C:\Deposits Update Manager\msi\heatout.wix(12) : error CNDL0005 : The Product element contains an unexpected child element 'Custom'.

    I attached the wix file as well.
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    davidc
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    Re: Cannot create MSI with Custom Acion

    Post by davidc »

    It looks like the Wix templates are outdated. The issue will be resolved in the next service release.

    So you don't have to wait, I attached the updated templates:
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    Replace the templates in the following location with the ones in the zip file:

    C:\Program Files\SAPIEN Technologies, Inc\PowerShell Studio 2018\MSIBuilder\

    In addition, I recommend removing the reference to (Packaged Executable) from the Files sections, because you can't create executables from module projects.
    David
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