it is working now, though I'm not really sure what I did to make to work. I think messing around with the build template's 'Clean Workspace' setting did the trick. Hopefully, I won't end up in the odd state again.
Now on to my next question...(I'll start another thread). On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote: > No, you can build packages without installing Wix. > > I know there was a thread about this recently that actually had links to > doing it and some good documentation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cooper [mailto:jocoo...@jackhenry.com] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 2:51 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can't find wix.targerts during MSBuild's 'clean' > operation... > > That would be incorrect. If the installer is building, WiX needs to be > installed. Now it is possible to do things "in tree" (as it appears you > are doing), but even that counts as an install of sorts. > > Something (probably a registry entry) is still pointing elsewhere. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 2:42 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can't find wix.targerts during MSBuild's 'clean' > operation... > > But I shouldn't need to install "WiX" on the build server, right? At > least that's how I understand this page in the WiX docs... > > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/daily_builds.html > > What I find odd is why is MSBuild even looking for the wix.targets file in > the program files folder. It should be looking for it in > "..\Dependencies\WiX\3.7\". I even went so far as to remove the two > default WixTargetsPath entries (created by Votive) in the wixproj just to > make sure they were not being invoked as they set WixTargetsPath to > "...Program Files..." > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:28 PM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> > wrote: > > > It's not the target you're building to. It may be a manifestation of > > a bug in the WiX installer. It only creates entries in the 32-bit > > registry hive. On 64-bit build servers, these are in WOW, and they > > don't resolve as expected. You can create the keys in the 64-bit hive > > or force the builds (if you're using TFS 2010 or later) to x86. > > > > -- > > John Merryweather Cooper > > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 1:57 PM > > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can't find wix.targerts during MSBuild's 'clean' > > operation... > > > > Yes (so it my desktop). But the wixproj's platform is set to x86 for > > the Release/AnyCPU traget. That is same target used on my machine as > > well as the build configuration in TFS. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:48 PM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Are your build servers 64-bit? > > > > > > -- > > > John Merryweather Cooper > > > Build & Install Engineer -- ESA > > > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) > > > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > > > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > > > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > www.jackhenry.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony [mailto:yellowjacketl...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 1:38 PM > > > To: WiX Users > > > Subject: [WiX-users] Can't find wix.targerts during MSBuild's 'clean' > > > operation... > > > > > > My test solution builds fine on my machine (Release/AnyCPU), but on > > > our build server I get this error... > > > > > > > > > Built > > > > > > $/Sandbox-Scrum/TLBBuildSandbox/Code/Installers/HS.Test.Installer/HS > > > .T > > > est.Installer.wixproj > > > for target(s) Clean. > > > > > > > > > C:\Builds\2\Sandbox-Scrum\HS.Test.All\src\Sandbox-Scrum\TLBBuildSand > > > bo x\Code\Installers\HS.Test.Installer\HS.Test.Installer.wixproj > > > (52): > > > The imported project "C:\Program Files > > > (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets" was not found. Confirm > > > that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the > > > file exists on disk. > > > > > > > > > I have made these additions to my wixproj file...(at the top right > > > after the "Project" entry) > > > > > > <PropertyGroup> > > > > > > > > > > > <WixToolPath>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\Dependencies\WiX\3.7\</W > > ixToolPath> > > > <WixTargetsPath>$(WixToolPath)Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath> > > > <WixTasksPath>$(WixToolPath)wixtasks.dll</WixTasksPath> > > > </PropertyGroup> > > > > > > and I have removed the two default entries for WixTargetsPath > > > > > > ...so I'm not quite sure why the clean operation can't find > > > WixTargetsPath. Or for that matter why it is looking for it in > > > "...MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX..." rather than in "...\Dependencies\WiX..." > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > VS2012, TFS2012, WiX 3.7 > > > -- > > > Tony > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------- 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. 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