It would seem to me that if a solid transform could be created to go from vdproj to wixml (ooh ooh - new word!) there would be no reason the solution task couldn't use that or depend on a new wix task(s).
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Subject: Re: FW: [Nant-users] Wix!!!
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 23:28:59 +0900
This looks interesting. Would we be able to hook it to the solution task to just build vdproj projects or is some manual editing required post conversion ?
Ian
>
>In the mean time, I�ll also switch gears with my vdproj converter
>project
>and look at generating the necessary xml fragment to be consumed by
>Wix.
>
>Thoughts on this are definitely welcomed...
>
>Jim
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>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian
>>MacLean Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 1:21 AM
>>To: Ian MacLean
>>Cc: Ryan Cromwell; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Wix!!!
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>>Note that I think the wix announcement is cool just for the fact of
>>microsoft releasing somthing on sourceforge. If there is widespread
>>uptake migrating the msi tasks to the wiks format might be the
>>right
>>move.
>>
>>Ian
>>
>>Ian MacLean wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Heres a response from Jayme Edwards - the original author of NAnts
>>>msi
>>>tasks - which actually perform in a similar manner to wix. ( posed
>>>as
>>>a reply to the original announcement )
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Wow,
>>>>
>>>>Well here we go again. As the original contributor of the MSI
>>>>task to
>>>>NAnt's "NAntContrib" project (http://nant.sourceforge.net), I
>>>>knew
>>>>how useful an XML representation of MSI would be and put alot of
>>>>work
>>>>into getting these to do nested directory configurations just
>>>>like
>>>>demonstrated in the snippet above working, and automatically
>>>>registering COM and .NET .dlls properly.
>>>>
>>>>Many developers in the NAnt community put alot of hours into
>>>>refactoring these tasks, adding MSM support, and at my employer
>>>>(Rockwell Software) we use these tasks to actually build some
>>>>product
>>>>installations with a high degree of success.
>>>>
>>>>What I don't understand is why Microsoft can't put the hours it
>>>>obviously spent copying what's in NAnt (MSBuild) and now the
>>>>MSI/MSM
>>>>tasks (WiX) into building some high quality addins for Visual
>>>>Studio
>>>>.NET that just generate and edit XML adhering to the NAnt MSI/MSM
>>>>task schemas? I mean I actually wrote an XML Schema definition
>>>>for
>>>>the MSI/MSM tasks specifically to make integration easy, and
>>>>while
>>>>Microsoft have been quick to "embrace and extend" even open
>>>>source
>>>>projects, I've yet to see them play nicely with people who have
>>>>taken
>>>>their technology (Microsoft .NET) and embrace it without having
>>>>to
>>>>copy, rename, and confuse efforts.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe it's just me, but I'm looking forward to the days when
>>>>Microsoft returns to bringing some real innovation to the table
>>>>like
>>>>before the Java lawsuits hit.
>>>>
>>>>Bummed,
>>>>
>>>>Jayme Edwards
>>>>Product Architect
>>>>RSProduction Portal
>>>>Rockwell Software
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Ian
>>>Ryan Cromwell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>How exciting would an NAnt Wix task or refactoring of the
>>>>NAntContrib
>>>>- Msi/Msm tasks be! Maybe I'll work on a transform for vdproj ->
>>>>Wix xml.
>>>>
>>>>http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/archive/2004/04/05/107709.aspx
>>>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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