Not sure Content items are supported by the wix.targets. On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Cristian Prieto <kement...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Wix user list! > > I've been trying to solve a very small issue with a manually created Wix > proj file and resource files... > > My wixproj file (done without Visual Studio but by hand) looks like this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"; ToolsVersion="4.0"> > <PropertyGroup> > > > <ParentDirectory>$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)'))</ParentDirectory> > <ParentDirectory > > Condition="!HasTrailingSlash('$(ParentDirectory)')">$(ParentDirectory)\</ParentDirectory> > > <ArtDirectory Condition="$(ArtDirectory) == > ''">$(ParentDirectory)art</ArtDirectory> > <ArtDirectory > > Condition="!HasTrailingSlash('$(ArtDirectory)')">$(ArtDirectory)\</ArtDirectory> > </PropertyGroup> > > <Import Project="$(WixTargets)" /> > > <!-- blah blah blah, common Wix properties --> > > <!-- Art file is here --> > <ItemGroup> > <Content Include="$(ArtDirectory)SetupSplash.bmp"> > <Link>SetupSplash.bmp</Link> > </Content> > </ItemGroup> > > <ItemGroup> > <Compile Include="$(SourcePath)setup.wxs" /> > <Compile Include="$(SourcePath)SetupDialogs.wxs" /> > </ItemGroup> > </Project> > > Ok, I just removed a few lines that were too verbose... but as you may see > it looks ok... > > Now, The problem is with the art... my project structure looks like this: > > src > * setup (the wixproj is here) > * art (banners and images are here) > > So, in build time the art stuff should be copied to the temporary build > directory for the wix package, I know that I could use a "copy" task but I > want to void it. > > I was expecting that using the Content tag the art bmp file would be copied > to the temporary wix build directory, but it is not... I already tried with > OtherFiles tag... > > Is there any way to specify resource files like this without doing the Copy > task manually in MSBuild? am I missing something? > > I know that I could solve all of this just creating the wixproj in Visual > Studio and linking manually the files, but I really wanted to avoid it (for > learning purposes). > > > Thanks for any help! > > > Cristian Prieto > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
