I've built the TextReplace extension under VS 2017 on Windows 10. I included the resulting TextReplace.dll in an installer project on the same machine.

When running the installer I created on the build machine it runs fine. When I run it on a clean Windows 10 machine the install fails. The MSI log includes the following:

Action start 16:06:45: TextReplaceInitialize.
CustomAction TextReplaceInitialize returned actual error code 1157 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Error 1723. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action TextReplaceInitialize, entry: InitTextReplace, library: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI17CD.tmp 
MSI (s) (B0:48) [16:06:47:369]: Product: Test Product -- Error 1723. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action TextReplaceInitialize, entry: InitTextReplace, library: C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI17CD.tmp 

Action ended 16:06:47: TextReplaceInitialize. Return value 3.
Action ended 16:06:47: INSTALL. Return value 3.

I tried installing .NET Core Runtime 2.1 on the target machine, but no change. I'm running the installer as admin and the C:\WINDOWS\Installer directory is writable.

Is there some other package that needs to be installed in order to use this extension?

I get the following errors while compiling msihelper.cpp & TextReplaceCA.cpp

1>c:work\repos\textreplace-master\textreplaceca\msihelper.h(310): error C2039: 'Encode': is not a member of 'MsiViewEncoder'
1>c:\work\repos\textreplace-master\textreplaceca\msihelper.h(302): note: see declaration of 'MsiViewEncoder'

1. I have tried changing the definition from

std::wstring MsiViewEncoder::Encode(MsiView &view, Predicate filterPredicate) const
to
std::wstring Encode(MsiView &view, Predicate filterPredicate) const

but there are more issues.

2. I have tried moving the Encode function to msihelper.cpp but I get linker errors about missing "Encode".

I haven't done C++ in more than decade so I thought I would ask for help. None of the C2039 error references from Google helped :(

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I have copied TextReplace.dll to my project and added it as a Wix Reference. But build fails as it is looking for TextReplaceCA.dll. Based on the instructions I thought only TextReplace.dll is needed.

3>C:\Work\Repos\TextReplace-master\TextReplace.WixLib\Library.wxs(4,0): error LGHT0103: The system cannot find the file 'C:\Work\Repos\TextReplace-master\Debug\TextReplaceCA.dll'.

I'm attempting to use a property name in the Replace section, but the replacement doesn't appear to be working.

I have the following .wxs file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:tx="http://schemas.rottedfrog.co.uk/wix/TextReplace">
	<Product Id="*" Name="setup_test_1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="dbush" UpgradeCode="18373032-25e8-4990-a96a-9efce4046e4a">
		<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />

		<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
		<MediaTemplate />

		<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="setup_test_1" Level="1">
			<ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
		</Feature>
		<Property Id="PROP1" Value="replacement" />
	</Product>

	<Fragment>
		<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
			<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
				<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="setup_test_1" />
			</Directory>
		</Directory>
	</Fragment>

	<Fragment>
		<ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
			<Component Id="file2.txt" Guid="70FCAFDB-F265-4175-86C6-DFD6711B09A7">
				<File Id="file2.txt" Source="src/test2.txt" />
				<tx:TextReplace Id="file2.txt" File="[#file2.txt]" Match="SUBSTITUTE" Replace="[@@][PROP1]" />
			</Component>
			<Component Id="reg_key_1">
				<RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='SOFTWARE\setup_test_1\properties'
					Name='prop1' Value='[PROP1]'
					Type='string' />
			</Component>      
		</ComponentGroup>
	</Fragment>
</Wix>

I've got a property called PROP1 which for now has a fixed value but will eventually be updated by a UI component. To check that using the property correctly I'm referencing it when creating a registry key, and the property value "replacement" is successfully placed in the registry.

When using PROP1 in the Replace attribute for TextReplace along with the [@@] prefix to enable formatted strings, after running the MSI the file test2.txt contains the text "[PROP1]" instead of "replacement" in place of the string "SUBSTITUTE".

I tried removing the prefix which resulting in the following output from light:

C:\Users\dbush\setup_test_1\setup_test_1\Product.wxs(32) : error LGHT0204 : ICE03: Invalid format string; Table: TextReplace, Column: ReplaceExpr, Key(s): file2.txt

The MSI was still created, and this time running the MSI resulting in the string [\]PROP1[\] being inserted.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? I'm using version 3.11.2 of the WiX toolset and VS 2017.

When installing the MSI "TextReplace.Test.Setup" on Windows Server (2008R2/2012R2), an error occured: A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run"