I spent some time working on this issue also. I focused on my wixlib project first, then the msi project, and then the bundle project, tracking down the various reasons as to why I could not do an incremental build. I resolved the problems in each level of building before trying to solve the problems at the next level. Enabling diagnostic reporting in the build log was helpful. (VS2010\Tools\Options\Projects and Solutions\Build and Run).
For me there were several issues. I had implemented an auto increment which was changing .wxi files and forcing a rebuild. I had implemented signing in the VS Post Build event (as most tutorials suggest), which also voided the timestamps and causes a rebuild. Look at implementing you signing in the SignMsi and related MSBuild targets. There are examples in the WiX source code. Even with these changes, each time I build the bundle, while the Msi project skips both compiling and linking when there are no changes, the batched targets for each culture are rebuilt. So to expedite a development build I use the Debug configuration and only build two of my supported languages. I do this because if I only build one of the supported languages the output path changes to one which does not include the culture, which messes up the signing code. So I build two cultures for development and I use the 'Release' configuration to build all of the cultures. This as improved my build times significantly. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Optimize-compilation-in-Visual-Studio-Solution-tp7589462p7589498.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
