Hi Bill,
Thanks for you help. It indeed helped
particularly, when I was not able to find any relevant examples.
Now, the build is successful, but the msi
file is unable to install.
Error msg: “Error opening Sourcelist
key. Error:’87’”.
I guess it is because, it can not find the
source files. I tried to play around with the file targets, but didn’t
help.
Any ideas?
Your help is much appreciated Bill.
Sush
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7:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Building
MSI files using NAnt Contrib
Hi Goel,
Yes, you need some nested elements
to the <msi> task. At a minimum, I think you'll probably need
something the snippet below. The documentation on the <msi> task
assumes that you already know a bit about the windows installer database.
A good starting point for this if your not familiar with it is the
Microsoft site
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/installer_database.asp). The
<msi> task is basically a wrapper that inserts data into the database.
Once you understand the database structure, then the elements of the task
all make a lot more sense.
If you are going to do any serious
installer work, then I found it's also worth installing the Platform SDK
Installer bits. This is a free download from the microsoft site if you don't
have MSDN, just go to http://msdn.microsoft.com and search for Platform SDK.
It comes with a useful tool called ORCA that lets you view the MSI
databases you create, and can be helpful at times for comparing the way they
get generated from VS compared to via the <msi> task. When you come
to test your install, you can also use the msiexec command line interface to
get debug onformation and there's a diagnostic tool in the SDK for viewing the
log file. (WiLogUtl.exe)
HTH,
Bill
<msi sourcedir="."
output="install/HelloWorld.msi" debug="true">
<properties>
<property name="ProductName" value="Hello World" />
<property name="ProductVersion" value="1.0" />
<property name="Manufacturer" value="My Company" />
<property name="ProductCode" value="A guid value" />
<property name="UpgradeCode" value="A guid value" />
</properties>
<components>
<component name="C_MyComponent" directory="TARGETDIR"
feature="F_MyFeature" id="{a guid value}"
attr="0" >
<key file="HelloWorld.dll" />
<fileset basedir=".">
<include name="HelloWorld.dll" />
</fileset>
</component>
</components>
<sequences>
<sequence type="installexecute" action=""
condition="NOT TARGETDIR" value="120" />
<sequence type="installexecute" action=""
condition="" value="1" />
<sequence type="installui" action=""
condition="NOT TARGETDIR" value="120" />
<sequence type="installui" action=""
condition="" value="1" />
</sequences>
<launchconditions>
<!--
Check the framework is installed. -->
<launchcondition name="CheckFramework"
condition="MsiNetAssemblySupport">
<description>This applicaiton requires the Microsoft .NET
framework. Please install the framework first, then re-run this
install.</description>
</launchcondition>
</launchconditions>
<features>
<feature name="F_MyFeature" title="My Feature"
typical="true" display="1" directory="TARGETDIR"
attr="8">
</feature>
</features>
</msi>
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From Sushant Goel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@lists.sourceforge.net
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01/03/2006
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Hi
All,
I have been trying to generate MSI (Microsoft
Installer) file for a simple
"hello world" application written in C#.
I am using NAnt Contrib. Getting
object reference error.
Code for the build script is as follows:
BUILD SCRIPT:
<target name="build" description="compiles
the source code">
<csc
target="exe" output="hello.exe" debug="none">
<sources>
<includes
name="C:\sushant\test_projects\hello_world\hello_world\class1.cs"
/>
</sources>
</csc>
</target>
=================================
Generating MSI file script:
<target name="build-msi2"
description="building msi file using msi task"
depends="build">
<loadtasks assembly="c:\Program
Files\Nant\NantContrib\bin\nantcontrib-0.85-rc3\bin\NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.dll"
/>
<msi
output="C:\sushant\test_projects\mymsi.msi"
sourcedir="C:\sushant\test_projects\hello_world\hello_world">
</msi>
</target>
==================================
The error msg I am getting is:
"Object reference not set to an instance of
an object."
==================================
Do I need any of the nested elements in
<msi> task as well? Or any pointers
on contrib documentation would also be
appreciated.
TIA,
Sush
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