There are also Nant Tasks provided in the WiX toolset. We use those tasks in the WiX build itself (for Votive.msi).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roy Abou Assaly Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:49 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] <msbuild> nant task and WiX I use NAnt to call in a similar fashion but add some more options since I'm paranoid. I also have NAnt version my WiX file on the fly using the <XMLPoke> task after I've built my project. To clarify, I use WiX v2: <!-- Create the MSI executable. We are using the WiX toolset to do this. --> <target name="msi"> <!-- First, we compile the WiX XML file. Second, we link the WiX object file so that we get an MSI executable file. --> <exec program="candle" workingdir="${project.build.dir}" commandline="-v0 -w0 -trace -pedantic:legendary ${project.wixfilename}.wxs"/> <exec program="light" workingdir="${project.build.dir}" commandline="-v0 -w0 -trace -pedantic:legendary ${project.wixfilename}.wixobj"/> </target> Lerudjordet, Morten Minge wrote: > > In you'r msbuild file you can do something like this. > > <Target Name="MakeMSI"> > <Exec Command="candle.exe -out DestOfWiXObjFiles\Product.wixobj > Product.wxs"></Exec> > <Exec Command="light.exe -out DestFolderOfMSI\MyProdctName.msi > Product.wixobj +ALL OTHER WIXOBJ files you need -loc > WixUI_en-us.wxl"></Exec> > </Target> > <Target Name="MakeSetup" DependsOnTargets="GenerateConfig;MakeMSI"> > </Target> > > morten > > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:18:36 -0000 > From: "Pawel Pabich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [WiX-users] <msbuild> nant task and WiX > To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hi, > > > > What is the easiest way of being able to build my WiX installer project > taking into account > > that I'm using <msbuild> task to build my solution? > > > > Thanks > > > > Pawel Pabich > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users/attachments > /20061106/1413cde3/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 14:20:58 +0100 > From: "Friedrich, Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build) > To: <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Alright, just found out, where this variable was set. It is set on the > commandline while calling the batch-file to start the compilation of the > setup. > > The batch-file is called as "Pre-build event command line" in VS2005. > The variable "var.Build" is set to the value of "$(ConfigurationName)". > The last is homemade of VisualStudio. How can I access this > "ConfigurationName" under WiX-V3? > > Sorry for the trouble... > > Oliver > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 6:04 PM > To: Friedrich, Oliver > Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build) > > > Friedrich, Oliver wrote: > > No, we did not use Votive V2, just plain wxs-files that > we added to a simple solution, we did not use Votive V2. > > > Sorry, I'm not understanding. Are you asking how to set the > Build variable using Votive? > > > -- > sig://boB > http://bobs.org > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=wix-users/attachments > /20061106/70c1b015/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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