On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Justin Rockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I hate the locking as well. Unfortunately, this is a bug in the MPF (the
> Visual Studio SDK) that they have not fixed yet. We will have to just fix it
> on our own instead of waiting for a fix from them. Note that it's not a
> trivial fix either because it requires a separate thread to do the build.
>
Are you saying that other tasks like compiling and linking C/C++ code lock
things the same way.. but I assume for short enough periods of time that it
isn't noticeable? I'm just wondering why I only notice this with WiX
projects.
> That's not too bad, but then you have to jump through some hoops to
> communicate progress back to the UI thread and get the COM marshalling to
> work correctly with the Visual Studio shell. I worked on this for quite a
> bit way back in Votive 2.0 and didn't end up finding an adequate solution.
> I'm not saying there isn't a fix (there obviously is), it's just not an
> "easy" fix.
>
Ah yes - "COM hell". Been there many times.
Scott
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
