[wix-users] MSBuild target for harvesting a .reg file

[Edwin Castro]

WiX doesn't provide a task/target to harvest a registry file. You'll need
to use a pre-build event (or custom target) to call heat.exe directly
unless you want to write your own custom task similar to HeatProject <
https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/src/tools/WixTasks/heatproject.cs>,
HeatFile <
https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/src/tools/WixTasks/heatfile.cs>,
or HeatDirectory <
https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/blob/develop/src/tools/WixTasks/heatdirectory.cs>
that harvests a registry file.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 9:17 AM, Luca Bacci via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a rather large .reg file containing all needed registry entries for
> the application. I am using Wix 3 in Visual Studio. I have succesfully
> integrated a HarvestDirectory target in the wix project file, but I wasn't
> able to make a target for a .reg file. How can I do it? Do I have to use a
> Pre-Build Event?
>
> Thank you all!
> Luca
>
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