Okay so that's why it might be heat that is causing my problem with vs complaining about having extra files. I need to either let heat pull the file into the wix installer or explicitly specify inclusion of the file in the wix installer. Thanks again for your help.
From: Phill Hogland [via Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset] [mailto:ml-node+s687559n7599376...@n2.nabble.com] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 5:47 AM To: assassinator27 Subject: Re: WSX file contains extra files? .targets files are MSBuild "scripts". https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164312.aspx MSBuild is used by VS and by wix. In fact each project file (.csproj or .wixproj) is a .targets file, as the .targets extension is just a 'default' extension for a MSBuild "script" file. A developer can write .targets files to customise and control the MSBuild build process, which is what appears to have been done in the code that was posted earlier. heat.exe is just one of the tools in the wix toolset, which is used to automatically generate wix authoring (wxs files) by looking in a folder (or some other optional location). http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/alltools.html _____ If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WSX-file-conta ins-extra-files-tp7599291p7599376.html To unsubscribe from WSX file contains extra files?, click here <http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/template/Naml Servlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=7599291&code=Y2hyeXMucGVyZHVlQHN5 bmVzaXM3LmNvbXw3NTk5MjkxfDg2MzM0NzA4OA==> . <http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/template/Naml Servlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=na bble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace -nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nab ble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21n abble%3Aemail.naml> NAML -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WSX-file-contains-extra-files-tp7599291p7599382.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
