[wix-users] Make WiX Project work in Visual Studio & Build Machine
Edwin Castro
egcastr at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 08:55:42 PST 2019
Hi Ven,
I think this is not reproducing on Visual Studio 2012. I'll see about
installing Visual Studio 2019 and try to reproduce your issue there.
--
Edwin G. Castro
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 8:31 AM Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your help, Edwin. Please find the .wixproj and .targets
> below.
>
> *.wixproj*
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build"
> InitialTargets="EnsureWixToolsetInstalled" xmlns="
> http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
> <PropertyGroup>
> <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == ''
> ">Debug</Configuration>
> <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
> <ProductVersion>3.10</ProductVersion>
> <ProjectGuid>{9ecbe76b-ecc4-4a17-bc8b-f2224421f616}</ProjectGuid>
> <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
> <OutputName>My.Custom.MSI</OutputName>
> <OutputType>Package</OutputType>
> <PublishDir>..\HeatFolder</PublishDir>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86'
> ">
> <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
> <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
> <DefineConstants>Debug;HeatFldrPath=$(PublishDir)</DefineConstants>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' ==
> 'Release|x86' ">
> <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
> <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
>
> <WixVariables>$(FilePath)=$(ProjectDir)HeatFolder;$(PVersion)="1.11.0.111"</WixVariables>
>
> <DefineConstants>HeatFldrPath=$(FilePath);ProductVersion=1.11.0.111;BuildNumber=$(BldNum)</DefineConstants>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' ==
> 'Full-Release|x86' ">
> <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
> <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
> <DefineConstants>Release;HeatFldrPath=$(PublishDir)</DefineConstants>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <ItemGroup>
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalCustomActions.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalExitDlg.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalFatalError.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalInstallDlg.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalLicenseAgreementDlg.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalSetupFolderDlg.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalWelcomeDlg.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\GlobalWixUI.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\Product.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\UserFiles.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\UserIIS.wxs" />
> <Compile Include="Content\UserRegistry.wxs" />
> </ItemGroup>
> <ItemGroup>
> <Folder Include="conf\" />
> <Folder Include="Content\" />
> <Folder Include="Images\" />
> <Folder Include="lib\" />
> </ItemGroup>
> <ItemGroup>
> <Content Include="AppPoolAttrs.xml" />
> <Content Include="AppPoolUpgradeChanges.xml" />
> <Content Include="conf\default.yml" />
> <Content Include="Content\CustomActions.CA.dll" />
> <Content Include="Content\GlobalProperties.wxi" />
> <Content Include="Content\License.en-us.rtf" />
> <Content Include="CustomWix.targets" />
> <Content Include="Images\Banner.bmp" />
> <Content Include="Images\DEST.ICO" />
> <Content Include="Images\dialog.bmp" />
> <Content Include="Images\dialog_cust.bmp" />
> <Content Include="Images\dialog_template.bmp" />
> <Content Include="Images\Exclam.ico" />
> <Content Include="Images\folder.ico" />
> <Content Include="Images\folderNew.ico" />
> <Content Include="Images\New.ico" />
> <Content Include="Images\warn.ico" />
> <Content Include="lib\WixIIsExtension.dll" />
> <Content Include="lib\WixMsmqExtension.dll" />
> <Content Include="lib\WixUIExtension.dll" />
> <Content Include="lib\WixUtilExtension.dll" />
> <Content Include="packages.config" />
> </ItemGroup>
> <ItemGroup>
> <EmbeddedResource Include="Content\en-us.wxl" />
> </ItemGroup>
> <Import Project="CustomWiX.Targets"
> Condition="Exists('CustomWiX.targets')" />
> <Import Project="$(WixTargetsPath)" Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' !=
> '' " />
> <Import
> Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets"
> Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' AND
> Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets') " />
> <Target Name="EnsureWixToolsetInstalled" Condition="
> '$(WixTargetsImported)' != 'true' ">
> <Error Text="The WiX Toolset v3.11 (or newer) build tools must be
> installed to build this project. To download the WiX Toolset, see
> http://wixtoolset.org/releases/" />
> </Target>
> </Project>
>
> *.targets*
>
> <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
> <PropertyGroup>
>
> <DefineConstants>HeatFldrPath=F;ProductVersion=1.11.0.345;BuildNumber=345</DefineConstants>
>
> <OutputName>$(MSIName)</OutputName>
> <OutputPath>$(MSIPath)</OutputPath>
> <SuppressPdbOutput>True</SuppressPdbOutput>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <PropertyGroup>
> <WixBinPath>$(SolutionDir)\Build\wix\</WixBinPath>
> <WixToolPath>$(WixBinPath)\</WixToolPath>
> <WixTargetsPath>$(WixToolPath)Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
> <WixTasksPath>$(WixToolPath)wixtasks.dll</WixTasksPath>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <ItemGroup>
> <WixExtension Include="WixUtilExtension">
> <HintPath>lib\WixUtilExtension.dll</HintPath>
> <Name>WixUtilExtension</Name>
> </WixExtension>
> <WixExtension Include="WixUIExtension">
> <HintPath>lib\WixUIExtension.dll</HintPath>
> <Name>WixUIExtension</Name>
> </WixExtension>
> <WixExtension Include="WixMsmqExtension">
> <HintPath>lib\WixMsmqExtension.dll</HintPath>
> <Name>WixMsmqExtension</Name>
> </WixExtension>
> <WixExtension Include="WixIIsExtension">
> <HintPath>lib\WixIIsExtension.dll</HintPath>
> <Name>WixIIsExtension</Name>
> </WixExtension>
> </ItemGroup>
> <Target Name="HeatTarget" BeforeTargets="Build">
> <Exec Command='"$(WixToolPath)\heat.exe" dir $(HeatFldrPath) -cg
> UserFeatureFiles -dr APP_DIR -gg -g1 -sfrag -sw -svb6 -srd -sreg -ke -var
> var.HeatFldrPath -out "Content\UserFiles.wxs"' />
> </Target>
>
> </Project>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 11:42 PM Edwin Castro <egcastr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a good chance that using a Condition attribute in one or more
>> places will likely help. It will likely need to look "normal" to Visual
>> Studio while still have the ability to overwrite that default when running
>> from command line without Visual Studio installed.
>>
>> Can you share your .wixproj and your .targets?
>>
>> --
>> Edwin G. Castro
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 07:36 Ven H via wix-users <
>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Let me give some more detail. In my WiX project, I need to run Heat
>>> command
>>> on a folder (not included in the project) and include the wxs content
>>> into
>>> an empty file I have. Then I need to pass the name of the MSI (since it
>>> should be configurable), the path of the MSI (since this also needs to be
>>> configurable) and the Build Number (since this will be part of the MSI
>>> name). I also need to pass the Product Version, since this will also have
>>> Build number in it. Apart from this, I also need to pass the path of the
>>> WiX binaries (downloaded). Even though, my machine has WiXToolSet
>>> installed
>>> and Votive is also installed, I need to be able to build this project
>>> using
>>> msbuild command. So, I have included all the above mentioned parameters
>>> as
>>> properties (some as DefineConstants) in a separate targets file and have
>>> imported this targets file into the wixproj file.
>>>
>>> I want to be able to build the MSI both from Visual Studio and also from
>>> command line using MSBuild. But I am having a hard time getting both
>>> working at the same time. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 12:43 PM Ven H <venh.123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have a setup project in Visual Studio 2019. I use Heat command in
>>> that
>>> > project. I followed the below link to make it working in build machine,
>>> > which won't have VS or WiXToolSet installed.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/daily_builds.html
>>> >
>>> > For this, I modified the .wixproj as per the link above. But now, it's
>>> no
>>> > longer working in Visual Studio. Has anyone faced this issue? Has
>>> anyone
>>> > had success in making a WiX project build successfully in Visual
>>> Studio as
>>> > well as build machine? If so, please help.
>>> >
>>>
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