You still cannot add VS2008 C++ projects as references to WiX projects. You'll need to either author the WXS manually or use heat to harvest the output directory for the C++ project. You can automate heat execution by customizing the WiX project file (it is all MSBuild anyway). It may be easier to author the WXS manually if you don't have much MSBuild experience or cannot find another way to automate heat. Of course, you could use heat to generate a WXS to add to your WiX project...
Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: RaoHuiFei [mailto:rhf...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 1:33 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] add reference to C++ project > > > I have a VS2008 solution which contains a couple of C++ projects and C# > projects. Within this solution, a WiX3.5 setup project is created to generate > a > MSI installation package. All the outputs of my C++ projects and C# projects > need to be added into the installation package. I follow the instruction of > (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/votive_project_references.htm). It > works fine with C# projects. However, it does not work with C++ project: > - After I add reference to a C++ project, its "Full Path" property will show > "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" > - If I add a component as shown below, I will get "error CNDL0150: Undefined > preprocessor variable '$(var.myC++Project.TargetFileName)'" > <Component Id="myC++Project" Guid="CF8AEB23-7573-4A68-AA48- > E1BD7FF7A0F1"> > <File Id="myC++Project" Name="$(var.myC++Project.TargetFileName)" > Source="$(var.myC++Project.TargetPath)" DiskId="1" /> > </Component> > > > I googled this issue and found some 2-years-ago posts saying that referencing > C++ project with WiX was not supported at that time and will probably be > supported in the future. However, it look like it is still not supported now. > How > could I add references to C++ projects with WiX? Thanks. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, > fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. > IT > sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
