Thank you Phill, That worked!
For future readers, I created a .targets file, inside a Targets folder, that includes the <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> will all the HeatFile and HeatDirectory tasks inside a project tag. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"; ToolsVersion="4.0"> <PropertyGroup> <Name>Harvest</Name> </PropertyGroup> <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> ..... </Target> </Project> In the .wixproj I then included the following at the end <Import Project="Targets\Harvest.targets" /> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:53 AM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > That's because Imports are evaluated at PreBuild. In VisualStudio, that > only occurs on Solution load. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise > Notification Service > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS 66214 | Ext: 431050 | > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] > Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 11:43 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Doing an Include file for HeatDirectory and > HeatFile tasks? > > The e-mail below is from an external source. Please do not open > attachments or click links from an unknown or suspicious origin. > > The wixproj file is a MSBuild targets file. MSBuild .targets files do not > need to have a .targets extension. You can put the > HarvestDirectory/HeatFile targets in a .targets file (named as you wish) > and then in the .wixproj file add a 'Import' statement with the path of the > file. My code that is specific to particular project I put in a > harvest.targets file in that project folder. For code that is common to > many projects I put in a Common.targets folder (at a common path) > (Actually I have one common targets file for bundles, another for msi setup > projects, and one for signing, etc. > > <Import Project="..\Common\Targets\Common.targets" /> <Import > Project="Harvest.targets" /> > > I include the harvest.targets file in my project with Build Action set to > none. However I have noticed that any change to a .targets file does not > take effect until the solution is closed and reloaded (generaly I just > close and reload VS). > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Doing-an-Include-file-for-HeatDirectory-and-HeatFile-tasks-tp7600501p7600503.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 > > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are > intended > exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The > message, > together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. > Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or > distribution > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
