2003 wasn't msbuild. Also certain project types ( VDPROJ for one ) are bastard stepchildren that don't do msbuild.
I wrote about this a couple years ago: http://blog.deploymentengineering.com/2007/05/proj-is-for-msbuild-projects.html As for solutions, basically msbuild reads, tranforms and emits an in-memory msbuild document that represents the sln file. One day sln will be an msbuild file proper. Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me --- On Thu, 4/16/09, Thomas S. Trias <tomtr...@artizan.com> wrote: > From: Thomas S. Trias <tomtr...@artizan.com> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project using devenv > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11:53 AM > Solutions and projects for VS 2005+ > (and perhaps earlier; I skipped > 2003) are well understood by msbuild. The project > files use their own > msbuild tasks. > > Thanks, > > Thomas S. Trias > Senior Developer > Artizan Internet Services > http://www.artizan.com/ > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Problem building a WIX project > using devenv > From: Raja, Moiz (Moiz) <mr...@avaya.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: 4/16/2009 11:40 AM > > Brian, > > > > I haven't tried msbuild mostly because I don't want to > redo the > > configuration I already have in my solution. > > > > -Moiz > > > > > > Hey Moiz, > > > > Have you tried msbuild.exe instead of devenv.exe using > the command line? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian Rogers > > "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me > > http://icumove.spaces.live.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside > and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and > save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San > Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. > Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
