[wix-users] Does WiX work in github actions?

[David Ludovici]

Ok Rob, I will try again when I get back to work on Tuesday. Thanks.

On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 4:17 PM Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> Yes, do it all the time. Lots of questions come to mind.
>
> 1. Did you verify the file is actually there via batch file (or similar)?
> 2. Is it possible something is deleting the files before the WiX tools run?
> 3. Have you tried removing the preprocessor variable and hard coding the
> path to remove the variable from being part of the problem?
> 4. Have you tried using base paths instead of specifying the exact path to
> the file in the .wxs file?
>
> Basically, need to investigate the build process. Something is special
> about your world.
>
> In WiX v4, the paths searched are printed out when the file cannot be
> found, which is really helpful in this sort of case. So, something to look
> forward there.
>
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> Subject: [wix-users] Does WiX work in github actions?
>
> Has anyone successfully built a WiX project as part of a github actions
> workflow?
>
> Please look at the details of the problem I am having here:
>
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72049791/wix-light-cant-find-a-downloaded-github-actions-artifact
>
> Thanks,
> DL
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