Murray, You said that you were "trying to figure out how to bind the files into the wixlib" instead of just having references to paths.
I believe that the property you are looking for is "LibBindFiles" in msbuild. When set to true , lit.exe will include all of the referenced files into the wixlib so that you do not have to worry about them being removed after the build. You can set LibBindFiles directly in the msbuild of your wixproj. Alternatively, check the "bind files into the library file" on the librarian tab of the project properties in visual studio. Hope that helps, Gavin :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Murray Hipper Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:47 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild Hi Adam, My build scenario is even more difficult than yours. You may have seen my email earlier about my blight. Our product has 3 levels of inheritance (with room for more) each with customizations adding to the previous tier spanning across .net code, databases, reporting services, etc. I have incorporated wix libraries at the lowest level for the UI and first level components, The next tier has its fragments of components, custom actions, etc build upon the first and the last tier adds the remaining components and has the wix project building the msi. I have come across all sorts of problems, because each one is a separate project in our source control (TFS) each with its own build automation and so the 'paths' to the files/binaries is different from the first time it builds the wixlib which binds in all the file paths (and not the actual files). Then when the second tier goes through it can't find it at ..\..\..\..\..\binaries (because the build automation is occurring in another directory and the source files have been moved to the companies drop location. I can't use full paths either because the build automation cleans builds project files and the setup project for the first tier, moves it to drop location, cleans up. So first build cant reference finished path (not there yet) and second build cant access the other builds prelim area (its deleted). Basically for a compromise I am sadly copying and pasting the projects containing the fragment with files around and modifying pre-compiler variables for paths. The UI fragments with localization can be linked from the wixlib as I made a modification to the UIWiX_Common to remove the binary tags, and I basically include the binary tags in my .msi project so I can get the paths right. In the end it does feel like a big hack, so I'm trying to figure out how to bind the files into the wixlib or even create extension dll to try and mimic what UIExtensions.dll does which has all the dialog files in it. (If anyone could tell me or look at my previous email please? :P) Once I have things more under control and less 'hacky' I'd be happy to explain more how we did things. Best of luck, Murray Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:29:39 +0100 From: Adam Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I actually sorted the problem (a typo :(). I would still be interested to find out how others structure their projects. Adam -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Connelly Sent: 17 July 2008 11:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix and MSBuild Hi, I currently trying to add a task into my MSBuild file that will create the various MSI files needed for the project. I've got the following file structure: Root/ Build.xml Code/ Deploy/ ProjA ProjB Installs/ ProjA.wxs Sorry if that's not amazingly clear. Basically, all the assemblies, etc for each project are in Code/Deploy/ProjX, and the wix file is in Installs/ProjX.wxs. I want to be able to build an installer while keeping this structure if possible. The problem I'm having is that although candle.exe runs fine, light.exe can't seem to find the source files no-matter if I set the -b switch, or if I alter the Source attributes in the wxs file. I guess what I really want to know is how do other people structure their builds when there may be multiple projects needing installers built, etc. Sorry for such a broad question. 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