The concept of harvesting across project references is still a bit nascent in WiX. We tried a couple experiments in WiX v3.5 but started slipping into a rabbit hole of issues. Things that you would expect to just work don't. So, the harvesting feature was turned off in WiX v3.5 and you have to explicitly turn it on.
In here somewhere is a very good idea but we haven't quite figured out how to execute on it. I expect the concept to come back in WiX v4. Right now we're all about finishing WiX v3.5 and WiX v3.6. On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Rune Moberg <jjfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I finally took the plunge, downloaded WiX 3.5 (the Dec 30th edition), > installed it, and even read some of the documentation. > > What I would like to achieve: Create a setup for one of the projects > in our main solution file and have the .msi built as part of our TFS > build. > > One of the topics in the help file I stumbled across was the VS > "create your first setup" topic. Simple enough: add a reference to my > CS project. > > This neatly avoids me having to figure out what paths to specify. > Which can be painful, seeing as the paths on our TFS server tends to > be a bit different. In our present InstallAware-based solution we tend > to use environment variables a lot. > > The downside to heat.exe is that it refuses to scan my project's > assembly references. I end up having to add references to a bunch of > different assemblies, and then eventually to some third-party > assemblies which may be in locations that tend to vary a bit between > our build server and developer workstations. > > Is the idea that I can use heat.exe to get a reasonable starting point > from which I can manually add files as needed? Or is heat.exe supposed > to dig a bit deeper in the references section of my CS project and add > the referenced assemblies directly? > > Could someone please show me the right tree to bark up? TIA. > > -- > Rune > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
