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SRINIVAS S.N.S srinivasnakshathri at gmail.com
Sun Sep 2 11:25:02 PDT 2018


Ty I am able to build installer using nmake

Regards
Srinivas

On Sun, Sep 2, 2018, 11:09 PM Christopher Painter via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> This is one of the reasons I suggest keeping your application code in one
> sln and your installer code in another solution.    It is quite common for
> one of two things to happen over the years:
>
>
> 1) App devs are eager to try the latest  but  installer tool stack  ( WiX
> , IsWiX, InstallShield )  isn't supported on the new version yet.
>
> 2) Developers need to stay on a legacy version of VS but there is no
> reason for the installers to.
>
>
>
> Other reasons for separation are:
>
>
> 1) Simplifies  project build order.  All dev code is built before any
> installer code is built.
>
> 2) Hierarchy organization of source tree
>
> 3) Separation of responsibilities.  (Risk: Avoid silos though)
>
>
>
>
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> Hoover, Jacob via wix-users <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 3:52 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> Cc: Hoover, Jacob
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] (no subject)
>
> 2008 is basically dead...
>
> https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RobMensching.WiXToolset
> [
> https://robmensching.gallerycdn.vsassets.io/extensions/robmensching/wixtoolset/3.11.1/1517291780444/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Icons.Default
> ]<
> https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RobMensching.WiXToolset
> >
>
> WiX Toolset Build Tools - Visual Studio Marketplace<
> https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RobMensching.WiXToolset
> >
> marketplace.visualstudio.com
> Extension for Visual Studio - The most powerful set of tools available to
> create your Windows installation experience. Free and Open Source since
> 2004!
>
>
>
>
> You could use an older version of WiX, but it would contain bugs and
> unpatched security holes.  Why not upgrade to a supported version of Visual
> Studio?
>
>
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?alpha=Visual%20Studio%202008%20(all%20editions)
>
> Mainstream ended in 4/9/2013, and extended support ended 4/9/2018.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of SRINIVAS S.N.S via wix-users
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 2:48 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: SRINIVAS S.N.S <srinivasnakshathri at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] (no subject)
>
> Any updates on VS 2008 support?
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 8:34 PM SRINIVAS S.N.S via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>
> > This is regarding building wix projects using VS 2008.Can anyone
> > please guide me how to load wixproject in VS2008,I am getting the
> > error not able to load wixproject
> >
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