# FinalBuilder Wix action Pedantic switch doesn't take arguments

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**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [December 3, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/finalbuilder-wix-action-pedantic-switch-doesnt-take-arguments/2935 "2007-12-03T11:47:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/finalbuilder-wix-action-pedantic-switch-doesnt-take-arguments/2935/1 "2007-12-03T11:47:36Z")

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Hi,

The Wix candle implementation passes arguments to the -pedantic (-p) switch and according to the Wix guys it does not take arguments. I have pasted a copy of my conversation with them. I also filed a bug with them to update their command line parsing but the command line was generated by Final Builder.

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**From:** Bob Arnson [bob@joyofsetup.com]  
**Sent:** Saturday, December 01, 2007 4:43 PM  
**To:** Eldiberto Espinosa  
**Cc:** wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net  
**Subject:** Re: [WiX-users] Not Supported Exception with Candle  
Eldiberto Espinosa wrote:

> st1\:\*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } 
> 
> I’m getting a Not Supported Exception when I run Candle. The error seems related to path’s formats but even when I switch to absolute paths on command line and inside the WXS I get the error. I’m running Wix version 3.0.2925.0.
> 
> Command Line : candle.exe -I"C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin" -out D:\Workspaces\Source\build\Setup\Authorize.net.wixobj -pedantic:easy -v D:\Workspaces\Source\build\Setup\Authorize.net.wxs
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> Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.2925.0
> 
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved.
> 
> Authorize.net.wxs
> 
> candle.exe : error CNDL0001 : The given path's format is not supported.

Please file a bug so we can beef up the command line parsing. The problem is that -p is a valid switch to preprocess a file; candle is trying to write to a file named "edantic:easy" which is illegal. The -pedantic switch doesn't take any arguments, so just drop the ":easy" and it'll work.

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