[wix-users] Get ProjectReference OutPut folder in Wix Project

[Farrukh Waheed]

Thanks Jacob,
WIX projects are always x86. However, I tried defining "Any CPU" in
.wixproj's xml and still facing same..

I'm actually trying to get output folders of Referenced projects using
<MSBuild> task, in order to harvest files from these folders at build time,
using <HarvestDirectory> task, so I guess, I'm lacking something here.. :(

Any help would really be appreciated.

On 12 May 2016 at 19:00, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com> wrote:

> My gut feel is your Console application is Any CPU, and the wixproj is
> trying to harvest x86 platform.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Farrukh Waheed
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:46 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: [wix-users] Get ProjectReference OutPut folder in Wix Project
>
> Hi guys,
> I'm trying to get the Output folder of referenced project in my Wix Visual
> Studio project, using MsBuild task. But it is failing with following error:
>
> C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(724,5):
> error : The OutputPath property is not set for project 'ConsoleApplicatio
> n1.csproj'.  Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid
> combination of Configuration and Platform for this project.
> Configuration='Release'  Platfo rm='x86'.  You may be seeing this message
> because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have
> specified a non-default Configuration or Plat form that doesn't exist for
> this project. [C:\Users\fwaheed\Documents\Visual Studio
> 2015\Projects\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.cspro
> j]
>
> Following is the Target calling MsBuild task.
>
>   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
>       <MSBuild
>           Projects="@(ProjectReference)"
>           Targets="GetTargetPath"
>           BuildInParallel="false"
>           Condition="'%(Name)'=='ConsoleApplication1'" >
>         <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs"
> ItemName="DependentAssemblies" />
>     </MSBuild>
>   </Target>
>
> Please note that same target worked perfectly if it is CSharp project, but
> failing in Wix project.
>
> Can someone guide how to get ReferencedProjects output dirs in Wix
> Projects?
>
> Thanks
>
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