Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
I should also mention that I don't use around the element. I set the Platform attribute to $(var.Platform): So far I only use to choose between ProgramFilesFolder and ProgramFiles64Folder. With any luck I won't need to be choosy anywhere else (we're depending on the build system to place files in the right place). -- Edwin > -Original Message- > From: Castro, Edwin (Hillsboro) [mailto:egcas...@checkfree.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:11 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag? > > I accomplished the same thing as follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I use the Platform msbuild property set in *.wixproj to tell me whether > I'm building for x86 or not. It would be simple to replace the > conditional to use something more appropriate to your build process. > > Best part of all, no CustomAction needed!! ;-D > > -- > Edwin -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
I accomplished the same thing as follows:
I use the Platform msbuild property set in *.wixproj to tell me whether I'm
building for x86 or not. It would be simple to replace the conditional
to use something more appropriate to your build process.
Best part of all, no CustomAction needed!! ;-D
--
Edwin
> -Original Message-
> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:06 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
>
> OK, here's how I handle that.
>
> Your directory structure should look something like this:
>
>
>
>
>
> Then, you have a CA set the TARGETDIR property, giving the install
> location. (This is covered in so many posts and replies, you should
> have no
> trouble finding this)
>
> After='LaunchConditions'>TARGETDIR=""
>
>
> Thenm instead of having one CA target, you have one for each build
> architecture.
>
> Value='[ProgramFiles64Folder][Manufacturer]\[ProductName]\' />
>
> Value='[ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer]\[ProductName]\' />
>
>
> That's that! One stop shopping.
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Peter Oehlert <
> poehl...@securityinnovation.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm actually already using a $(var.Platform)=x64?>
> > around the package element to make the MSI 64 or 32 bit. However my
> files
> > are placed in ProgramFilesFolder\{my folder}. My issue is that
> > ProgramFilesFolder is resolving to the wrong place in x64. I assume I
> can
> > fix this if I use a on each file element in each component and
> > specify the platform as x64 or x86 appropriately and map it to the
> *SAME*
> > binary file. I can do this because my binaries are platform agnostic.
> >
> > I was hoping there was something easier however.
> >
> >
> > --Peter
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:03 PM
> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
> >
> > MSI requires that the installer be marked as 32-bit or 64-bit.I
> just
> > made one WXS file that will work for both, then I set my target
> directory
> > to
> > the correct place for that platform.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Peter Oehlert <
> > poehl...@securityinnovation.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm doing dual x64/x86 installers and my application is all based
> on .net
> > > (MSIL) and is hence platform agnostic. Is there a way to specify a
> file
> > as
> > > platform agnostic in a component? Currently my x64 installer is
> putting
> > > everything in Program Files (x86) b/c I don't specify the Platform=
> > > attribute of the File element.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Certainly others have this issue, I mean a text file is hardly
> platform
> > > specific.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this an MSI limitation?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > -
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Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
OK, here's how I handle that.
Your directory structure should look something like this:
Then, you have a CA set the TARGETDIR property, giving the install
location. (This is covered in so many posts and replies, you should have no
trouble finding this)
TARGETDIR=""
Thenm instead of having one CA target, you have one for each build
architecture.
That's that! One stop shopping.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Peter Oehlert <
poehl...@securityinnovation.com> wrote:
> I'm actually already using a
> around the package element to make the MSI 64 or 32 bit. However my files
> are placed in ProgramFilesFolder\{my folder}. My issue is that
> ProgramFilesFolder is resolving to the wrong place in x64. I assume I can
> fix this if I use a on each file element in each component and
> specify the platform as x64 or x86 appropriately and map it to the *SAME*
> binary file. I can do this because my binaries are platform agnostic.
>
> I was hoping there was something easier however.
>
>
> --Peter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
>
> MSI requires that the installer be marked as 32-bit or 64-bit.I just
> made one WXS file that will work for both, then I set my target directory
> to
> the correct place for that platform.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Peter Oehlert <
> poehl...@securityinnovation.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm doing dual x64/x86 installers and my application is all based on .net
> > (MSIL) and is hence platform agnostic. Is there a way to specify a file
> as
> > platform agnostic in a component? Currently my x64 installer is putting
> > everything in Program Files (x86) b/c I don't specify the Platform=
> > attribute of the File element.
> >
> >
> >
> > Certainly others have this issue, I mean a text file is hardly platform
> > specific.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this an MSI limitation?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
I'm actually already using a
around the package element to make the MSI 64 or 32 bit. However my files
are placed in ProgramFilesFolder\{my folder}. My issue is that
ProgramFilesFolder is resolving to the wrong place in x64. I assume I can
fix this if I use a on each file element in each component and
specify the platform as x64 or x86 appropriately and map it to the *SAME*
binary file. I can do this because my binaries are platform agnostic.
I was hoping there was something easier however.
--Peter
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:03 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
MSI requires that the installer be marked as 32-bit or 64-bit.I just
made one WXS file that will work for both, then I set my target directory to
the correct place for that platform.
Chris
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Peter Oehlert <
poehl...@securityinnovation.com> wrote:
> I'm doing dual x64/x86 installers and my application is all based on .net
> (MSIL) and is hence platform agnostic. Is there a way to specify a file as
> platform agnostic in a component? Currently my x64 installer is putting
> everything in Program Files (x86) b/c I don't specify the Platform=
> attribute of the File element.
>
>
>
> Certainly others have this issue, I mean a text file is hardly platform
> specific.
>
>
>
> Is this an MSI limitation?
>
>
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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Re: [WiX-users] platform agnostic file flag?
MSI requires that the installer be marked as 32-bit or 64-bit.I just made one WXS file that will work for both, then I set my target directory to the correct place for that platform. Chris On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Peter Oehlert < poehl...@securityinnovation.com> wrote: > I'm doing dual x64/x86 installers and my application is all based on .net > (MSIL) and is hence platform agnostic. Is there a way to specify a file as > platform agnostic in a component? Currently my x64 installer is putting > everything in Program Files (x86) b/c I don't specify the Platform= > attribute of the File element. > > > > Certainly others have this issue, I mean a text file is hardly platform > specific. > > > > Is this an MSI limitation? > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Peter > > > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > ___ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
