I[1] am pleased to announce that the Votive support on Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 has released in WiX3.5! You may download the latest bits from here: http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/
The Visual Studio team has invested a lot of time to get Votive working with the new MSBuild object model along with NETFX4 and MPF. We have also added the corresponding Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 support in the WiX extensions to enable the installation needs to target the latest platform and technology. We'll continue to iterate and fix bugs to raise the quality of Votive. For this first iteration, here are some key known Issues and there are already tracking bugs for them on SF: * If you're upgrading your WiX project from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, the WiX target location in the WiX project file (.wixproj) needs to be modified to map to the new targets used for MSBuild 4.0. You will need to change the WixTargetsPath value to $(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.5\Wix2010.targets * When adding references, be aware that: o The Reference dialog cannot be dismissed via the OK button when adding file references. To workaround that, you can just hit Cancel and the extensions will be added as appropriate o After the references are added, the solution explorer does not refreshed to show the added references on the UI. To workaround that, you may unload and reload the project then the references should show correctly. You may also open the .wixproj file directly to see what references are being added. * When the WiX project property pages becomes dirty (i.e. you changed a property), building the project doesn't clear the "*" in the window title but the property are being saved. To get rid of the asterisk, you can manually hit Save on the property page. There are already a hand full of bugs on SF for Votive on VS2010. If you find any bugs, please help us to improve the quality of Votive by doing the same! If you have any feedback on Votive working with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, let me know. Good or bad, I'd love to hear them. Also, if you have any new ideas or needs, let me know as well or file a Feature Request on Sourceforge. I'd be happy to consider how we can bring them into Votive in future releases. [1] I am a Program Manager with Visual Studio working with the WiX team primarily on the core toolset and the Visual Studio 2010 Votive integration. I've been working with the team for almost 2 years now and it has been a fun ride. With the first release of Votive on VS2010 rolled out, I expect to have lots more interaction with you and the community in the near future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
