[wix-devs] wix3 solution setup

[Joseph L. Casale]

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-devs [mailto:wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of
Bob Arnson via wix-devs
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:31 AM
To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Cc: Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com>
Subject: Re: [wix-devs] wix3 solution setup

> The WiX props files are looking for the version of the Windows 7 SDK
> included with older versions of Visual Studio.
> 
> Likewise, WiX doesn't know about the newer Windows SDKs in VS2017;
> VS2017 always defaults to the latest Windows SDK and the WiX props don't
> try to look them all up. You can install the older version it knows about or the
> 8.1 SDK, both of which are options in the C++ desktop workload.

Ok, greatly appreciated as that simplified a lot, however after installing the 8.1
SDK from the VS installer, it appears it still cannot locate it, I see a missing header:


C:\scm\wix3>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe" src\Wix.sln
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.5.180.51428 for .NET Framework
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
Build started 12/19/2017 12:55:27 PM.
Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\Wix.sln" on node 1 (default targets).
ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
  Building solution configuration "Debug|x86".
Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\Wix.sln" (1) is building "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (2) on node 1 (default targets).
Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (2) is building "C:\scm\wix3\src\DTF\Libraries\WindowsInstaller\WindowsInstaller.csproj" (3) on node 1 (default targets).
CoreCompile:
Skipping target "CoreCompile" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
  WindowsInstaller -> C:\scm\wix3\build\debug\x86\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
CopyToOutputSubDirectory:
Skipping target "CopyToOutputSubDirectory" because it has no outputs.
Done Building Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\DTF\Libraries\WindowsInstaller\WindowsInstaller.csproj" (default targets).

Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (2) is building "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj" (4) on node 1 (default targets).
Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj" (4) is building "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj" (6) on node 1 (default targets).
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\v141_xp\Toolset.targets(36,5): warning MSB8003: Could not find WindowsSdkDir_71A variable from the registry.  TargetFrameworkVersion or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid version number. [C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj]
GenerateWixInclude:
Skipping target "GenerateWixInclude" because it has no outputs.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(371,5): warning MSB8003: Could not find WindowsSDKDir variable from the registry.  TargetFrameworkVersion or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid version number. [C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj]
InitializeBuildStatus:
  Touching "C:\scm\wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\winterop\winterop.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild".
ClCompile:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\bin\HostX86\x86\CL.exe /c /IC:\scm\wix3\build\obj\version\ /IC:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\inc /IC:\scm\wix3\src\too
  ls\winterop /IC:\scm\wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\winterop\ /I\include\ /IC:\scm\wix3\src\libs\dutil\inc /Zi /nologo /W4 /WX /diagnostics:classic /MP /Od /Oy- /D _DEBUG /D DEBUG /D WIN32 /D _WINDOWS /D _WIN32_
  MSI=500 /D _WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 /D _CRT_STDIO_LEGACY_WIDE_SPECIFIERS /D _USING_V110_SDK71_ /D _WINDLL /Gm- /RTC1 /MTd /GS /arch:IA32 /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Yc"precomp.h" /Fp"C:\scm
  \wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\winterop\winterop.pch" /Fo"C:\scm\wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\winterop\\" /Fd"C:\scm\wix3\build\obj\debug\x86\winterop\vc141.pdb" /Gz /TP /wd4091 /wd4458 /analyze- /errorReport:queue
   /Zc:threadSafeInit- -YlprecompDefine C:\scm\wix3\src\common\precomp.cpp
  precomp.cpp
C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\precomp.h(5): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory [C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj]
Done Building Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "C:\scm\wix3\src\Wix.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.


Build FAILED.

"C:\scm\wix3\src\Wix.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (default target) (2) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj" (default target) (4) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj" (default target) (6) ->
(CheckWindowsSDK71A target) ->
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\v141_xp\Toolset.targets(36,5): warning MSB8003: Could not find WindowsSdkDir_71A vari
able from the registry.  TargetFrameworkVersion or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid version number. [C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj]


"C:\scm\wix3\src\Wix.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (default target) (2) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj" (default target) (4) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj" (default target) (6) ->
(PrepareForBuild target) ->
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(371,5): warning MSB8003: Could not find WindowsSDKDir variable from the registry.  TargetFr
ameworkVersion or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid version number. [C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj]


"C:\scm\wix3\src\Wix.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj.metaproj" (default target) (2) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\wix\Wix.csproj" (default target) (4) ->
"C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj" (default target) (6) ->
(ClCompile target) ->
  C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\precomp.h(5): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory [C:\scm\wix3\src\tools\winterop\winterop.vcxproj]

    2 Warning(s)
    1 Error(s)

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