[wix-users] Change Temp folder used during build

Fri Jan 6 05:13:55 PST 2017

I appreciate the optional solutions but these seem a bit cumbersome
compared to what we have now on about a dozen projects.

So back to my original question, can the output path be changed?

Brian

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On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
wrote:

> You can sign whatever you'd like to that the tool supports, however this
> is a WIX users group so my answers were WIX specific.
>
> I wouldn't generate a bat file for signing, but rather integrate it
> directly into the project for the binary in question.  Ex:  if you have a
> *.csproj generating an EXE, then add an afterbuild target and use the same
> general logic in my targets, but use the appropriate property for the
> output file for that project. (Probably want to make the Exec calls
> conditional, assuming you only want them to happen on your build server in
> a release build.)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of John Cooper
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Change Temp folder used during build
>
> Yes.  By writing an MSBuild task, you can generalize SignTool to sign
> anything supported by that version.  That is how we sign.  I am currently
> modifying my task to optionally receive the PFX and password from a secure
> server.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Brian Enderle
> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 1:33 PM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Change Temp folder used during build
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> From what I can find on using the method you outlined, I can sign the CABS
> and/or sign the MSI.  Is there a way to sign my DLLs and EXE (the program's
> EXE, not the installer's EXE) included in the project (which is what the
> SignItAll.bat is doing)?
>
> Brian
>
> Brian
>
> If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.  -
> Albert Einstein
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Why are you using a batch file to sign?  What does your build event
> > look like?  Have you tried using the provided signing events Wix
> > already sources for you?
> >
> > Ex:
> >   <Target Name="SignCabs" DependsOnTargets="UsesSignTool">
> >     <Exec Command=""$(SignToolPath)" sign /t
> > http://timestamp.digicert.com /sha1 $(Sha1) /a
> "%(SignCabs.FullPath)""
> > />
> >     <Exec Command=""$(SignToolPath)" sign /tr
> > http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha256 /as /sha1
> > $(Sha256) /a "%(SignCabs.FullPath)"" />
> >   </Target>
> >
> >   <Target Name="SignMsi" DependsOnTargets="UsesSignTool">
> >     <Exec Command=""$(SignToolPath)" sign /t
> > http://timestamp.digicert.com /sha1 $(Sha1) /a
> "%(SignMsi.FullPath)""
> > />
> >     <Exec Command=""$(SignToolPath)" sign /tr
> > http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha256 /as /sha1
> > $(Sha256) /a "%(SignMsi.FullPath)"" />
> >   </Target>
> >
> > Don't forget to define: <SignOutput>true</SignOutput> in your WixProj.
> > Also I didn't include UsesSignTool because mine isn't clean, but al it
> > is doing is setting the SignToolPath.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> > Behalf Of Brian Enderle
> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 8:52 AM
> > To: WiX Users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Subject: [wix-users] Change Temp folder used during build
> >
> > When I build a WiX project in Visual Studio 2015 that has a pre-build
> > or post-build event, AVG is identifying these events as suspicious.
> > This requires that I manually tell AVG to allow this operation each
> > time I build the project.
> >
> > As I investigated the issue, I found that the WiX build event is
> > converted to a file in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local named
> "tmp*.exec.cmd"
> > where '*' appears to be a random GUID that changes with each build
> > (i.e.,
> > tmpe64b16a499eb4d85ab32156b25079ed5.exec.cmd)  This GUID doesn't
> > appear to be associated with any GUID in the WiX project that I can find.
> >
> > The file contents look like this:
> >
> >
> > setlocal
> > set errorlevel=dummy
> > set errorlevel=
> > "D:\Projects\<MyProjectFolder>\<MyProjectWiXFolder>\SignItAll.bat"
> > "D:\Projects\<MyProjectFolder>\"
> > exit %errorlevel%
> >
> >
> > SignItAll.bat is a batch file that signs the files in the MSI with our
> > credentails.
> >
> >
> > AVG provides a mechanism to ignore files run from a particular
> > directory but obviously I don't want to add
> > C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local.  Is there a way I can tell WiX to
> > output these files to a custom folder (i.e., C:\Users\<username>\AppData\
> Local\WiX).
> >
> > If anyone has found a different solution to this problem, I am open to
> > alternative options.
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
> > - Albert Einstein
> >
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