Read my First Reply: $(sys.BUILDARCH) should be used when determining Build time Components on the DEVELOPER MACHINE
$(var.Platform) should be used to determine the TARGET MACHINE'S bitness. Your having a tough time here because $(sys.BUILDARCH) is always equal to $(var.Platform) on the DEVELOPER MACHINE. Caveat: The above is always true unless setting the CPU Type in VS as Phil Stated. Quoting Steven Ogilvie <steven.ogil...@titus.com>: > Classification: Public > Yes it was a pain in the a$$ to maintain two product.wxs files for > the same project. Blending them to one file has made work so much > easier. > I have the configuration set in the wix project file to handle > whether it is an x86 debug/release or x64 debug/release build. > > The issue I have is I am not sure which is proper, using </if > $(sys.BUILDARCH) = 64 ?> or using <?if $(var.Platform) = x64 ?> for > setting variables for either x86/x64 > > Same when installing a file for 32 bit or 64 bit (having 2 files but > need to install only one depending on the bitness of the MSI and OS) > > Thanks, > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] > Sent: January-22-14 4:53 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Confused... when installing a 32/64 bit MSI > using 1 product.wxs file > > The link provided by eyoung100 was helpful to me in packaging some > printer drivers, using a single MSI project with different build > configurations to produce x86 and x64 packages. The bundle then > includes both packages and installs the one which is appropriate for > the architecture of the target system. The two variations of this > approach that I took was: > > 1) In the MSBuild project configurations section as displayed in > that link, add the following MSBuild property, which causes the > -arch flag to get set by the build process. > <InstallerPlatform>x64</InstallerPlatform> > or > <InstallerPlatform>x86</InstallerPlatform> > > 2) Since the printer driver that I install must have all of the files (both > x86 and x64) 'pre-staged on the target system for the driver signing > signature to validate, when building x86 the above > InstallerPlatform property causes all components to be marked for > x86, and when x64, all components are marked for x64. This means > that the advice in the link to set the component attribute can be > ignored, as it will be done based on the InstallerPlatform (-arch) > flag. > > Also if the VS solution is used to do the build, and if projects use > the 'Any CPU' setting, when building this project it is necessary to > actually select x86 or x64 (or modify the project file so that one > of those outcomes is selected). I have multiple projects which take > this approach. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Confused-when-installing-a-32-64-bit-MSI-using-1-product-wxs-file-tp7591962p7591966.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > This message has been marked as Public by Steven > Ogilvie on January-22-14 5:47:47 PM. > > The above classification labels were added to the message by TITUS > Message Classification. For more information visit www.titus.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
