I am getting the errors related to WiX Toolset while compiling one of the applications of C++ in VS2005. The error message shows that: "WiX Toolset compiler has encountered a problem and needs to close". I googled for the related information and tried by installing the 2007 version of Toolset compiler wix38.exe. But still not able to resolve the issue. Please let me know how to rectify the error..

I developed this application by referring to the example in codeproject. please refer the below link Using Unmanaged code and assembler in C#[^]

I am using a dll developed in Visual c++ in to the C# application. It works fine with Visual Studio 2005. But when using the same with Visual Studio 2012, it causes the error.

myDll.h

#ifndef _MYDLL_H
#define _MYDLL_H

extern "C" _declspec(dllexport) char* __stdcall getName();

#endif

myDll.cpp

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "mydll.h"

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) char* __stdcall getName()
{
return "Hello !!!";
}

the above code produces the mydll.dll. I used to copy the dll into newly created c# windows application into bin/Debug directory. The c# application code is somewhat like

using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace sysWinApp
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
[DllImport("myDll.dll")]
static extern string getName();

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void button1\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        label1.Text = getName();
    }
}

}

the windows form consists of a label and a button. By clicking the button, it should display the content on the label, which is accessed from the string returned from the dll function. It works fine with VS2005 but the same didn't happen with VS2012. The C# win app of VS2012 prompts the message that it "has stopped working". any ideas to resolve this ?