Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format ofthefile 'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Eric,
My apologies for leaving that part out. CustomOutputPath needs to be used
to set the value of OutputPath. So your Debug and Release PropertyGroups
end up looking like the following
$(CustomOutputPath)
obj\Debug\
Debug
$(CustomOutputPath)
obj\Release\
Note that in the above your output path ends up being the same for debug and
release.
Gavin :)
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Latendresse
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:02 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format ofthefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Thanks Gavin,
I think I'm very close. It still builds my .msi, but I can't get the
CustomOutput argument to work. I haven't worked with msbuild project
files before so I'm sure my code is wrong. Maybe you can easily see what
I'm doing wrong.
Nant Code:
Project File:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";>
Debug
3.0
{2891ae0b-bf21-405f-b3af-87075ee2f574}
2.0
SuiteSetup
Package
$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets
$(ProgramFiles)\Windows Installer XML
v3\bin\
bin\Debug\
obj\Debug\
$(CustomOutputPath)
Debug
bin\Release\
obj\Release\
$(CustomOutputPath)
Eric Latendresse
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gavin Bee
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:54 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format ofthefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Sounds like you need to pass the desired output path to msbuild from
nant.
You can use the /property command line argument to msbuild.exe to pass
property values from NAnt into MSBUILD.
We use the a NAnt exec task that looks something like the following:
You could just add another argument to the list of args
You will then have to update your wixproj file to use these property
values
to populate OutputPath and OutputName as appropriate.
Hope that helps,
Gavin :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric
Latendresse
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:50 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of thefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Great, that worked. I was able to build my installer using my NAnt build
file. However. I need to specify an output path every time the .msi gets
built. Right now the output path is what is set in the protect
properties. The reason I need to separate the build versions is that
ultimately I need to look at the different versions to create patches.
Can you recommend a way to do this with the msbuild command?
Eric Latendresse
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:01 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of thefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
One option to consider is using the shipping MSBuild .targets file that
has a complete build process for WiX in conjunction with NAnt. Trying to
re-construct a build process using individual tasks is often fraught
with peril, and using the one that ships with WiX is almost always a
better idea.
You would create a .wixproj that uses the MSBuild process for building
WiX (a quick way to do this is to create a WiX project in Visual
Studio), and then in your nant build script just do . You'll get our well-tested and supported
build process for free, yet still be able to use nant as your overall
build driver.
Neil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric
Latendresse
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:36 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of the file
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
I am using NAnt to build my WiX project. Here is the code:
Here is the error I am getting:
BUILD FAILED - 1 non-fatal error(s), 0 warning(s)
D:\Development\SuiteBuild_Development\BuildProcess.build(209,4):
Failure scanning \"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML
v3\bin\Microsoft.
Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks.dll\" for extensions.
The format of th
Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format ofthefile 'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Thanks Gavin,
I think I'm very close. It still builds my .msi, but I can't get the
CustomOutput argument to work. I haven't worked with msbuild project
files before so I'm sure my code is wrong. Maybe you can easily see what
I'm doing wrong.
Nant Code:
Project File:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";>
Debug
3.0
{2891ae0b-bf21-405f-b3af-87075ee2f574}
2.0
SuiteSetup
Package
$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets
$(ProgramFiles)\Windows Installer XML
v3\bin\
bin\Debug\
obj\Debug\
$(CustomOutputPath)
Debug
bin\Release\
obj\Release\
$(CustomOutputPath)
Eric Latendresse
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gavin Bee
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:54 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format ofthefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Sounds like you need to pass the desired output path to msbuild from
nant.
You can use the /property command line argument to msbuild.exe to pass
property values from NAnt into MSBUILD.
We use the a NAnt exec task that looks something like the following:
You could just add another argument to the list of args
You will then have to update your wixproj file to use these property
values
to populate OutputPath and OutputName as appropriate.
Hope that helps,
Gavin :)
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric
Latendresse
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:50 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of thefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Great, that worked. I was able to build my installer using my NAnt build
file. However. I need to specify an output path every time the .msi gets
built. Right now the output path is what is set in the protect
properties. The reason I need to separate the build versions is that
ultimately I need to look at the different versions to create patches.
Can you recommend a way to do this with the msbuild command?
Eric Latendresse
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:01 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of thefile
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
One option to consider is using the shipping MSBuild .targets file that
has a complete build process for WiX in conjunction with NAnt. Trying to
re-construct a build process using individual tasks is often fraught
with peril, and using the one that ships with WiX is almost always a
better idea.
You would create a .wixproj that uses the MSBuild process for building
WiX (a quick way to do this is to create a WiX project in Visual
Studio), and then in your nant build script just do . You'll get our well-tested and supported
build process for free, yet still be able to use nant as your overall
build driver.
Neil
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric
Latendresse
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:36 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Build Fails with NAnt. The format of the file
'NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
I am using NAnt to build my WiX project. Here is the code:
Here is the error I am getting:
BUILD FAILED - 1 non-fatal error(s), 0 warning(s)
D:\Development\SuiteBuild_Development\BuildProcess.build(209,4):
Failure scanning \"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML
v3\bin\Microsoft.
Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks.dll\" for extensions.
The format of the file
'Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks.dll' is invalid.
Total time: 0.1 seconds.
Eric
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