I used to do something similar to what you are doing, and also had issues with build sequencing. In my case the wixlib had wxs code and was marked as an x86 project. The msi project was a dual platform project in which I used preprocessor to switch between building a x86 or a x64 project. It all worked great in VS, but was tedious to change to the appropriate platform prior to building each dependency. However when I would launch MSBuild from a batch script I had problems because while building the x64 MSI MSBuild would try to build the wixlib as x64. I have read that /p:BuildProjectReferences=false can be helpful in these situations, but generally I avoid using project references. When I harvest files I use the CopyFiles target to move the files to a temp folder (to filter out the unwanted files) and then use the HarvestDirectory task to harvest from that folder.
I recently came across the idea of an 'unbound' wixlib in a comment in one of posts here, and it has been very helpful in simplifying my projects. If I have code that I might use in more than one project, I place it as a Fragment in a wixlib. (IF the Fragment does not already have a reference to tie it back to a project, I create on by using an empty PayloadGroup, in a bundle, or a dummy property in a MSI.) Since I do not plan to distribute the wixlib, in the Properties\Build tab, I make sure that "Bind files into the library file" is not checked. The host project still provides the path to the source file. I use the linker -b option to provide the path. I have one wixlib for bundle related code and another for msi related code. This approach has made my many projects really simple to manage, and I think the build times are faster (although I did not do any timing). Most of the time I use batch scripts to call MSBuild and build specific projects in the sequence that I want for a particular release. I only tend to use VS when I am in the IDE doing development. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Build-order-problems-Votive-vs-MSBuild-tp7594932p7596352.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
