I might be the only one, but I was not surprised by the WiX project not
building since it is consistent with the behaviour of Visual Studio
Setup Projects. Confusing? Yes, but OTOH I had already "paid" for that
confusion before so it was not confusing any more.
What is best? Not sure, but I am fine with the explicit build as is. I
don't want it to slow me down every time I compile my code. The setup
project should only be built on the integration server anyway.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob
Mensching
Sent: den 17 april 2008 07:53
To: dB.; Candy Chiang; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build behavior for WiX projects
I basically agree. I understand the desire to avoid having the WiX
projects rebuild every time you hit F5, but this behavior is going to be
very difficult to puzzle out without searching the wix-users archive.
Personally, I would pick only building by default in the Release
configuration over this new behavior. Although, building all the time
might be okay too... especially if validation didn't take so freaking
long (a different battle to tackle)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dB.
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 22:01
To: Candy Chiang; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build behavior for WiX projects
I am a little confused by this change. In my opinion this should behave
exactly like any other project in the solution, whether it's written in
C++, C# or even LOGO :)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Candy
Chiang
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:11 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Build behavior for WiX projects
In the recent builds, we have changed the build behavior of WiX project
so that it only builds by default if it is the only project in the
solution. If you have more than one project in a solution, the WiX
project will not build automatically. This allows you to skip building
the WiX project with no overhead when you make tweaks in your
application code until you have all your bits ready to be packaged.
This implies that when you build the solution using MSBuild on the
command line, the WiX project in the solution (assuming there is more
than one project) will not be built. If you want the WiX project to
build with the solution, you will need to change the build configuration
via the Configuration Manager console in Visual Studio. Alternatively,
you may choose to build the .wixproj separately through another process.
We want to get a feel from the community how this new build behavior is
working out for people. A few things to consider:
* How do you like this new build behavior? Is it intuitive and
easier to use?
* Consider other options and how those might be better:
o Make WiX project to always build by default in the solution.
o Make WiX project to only build by default in Release configuration
but not in Debug configuration.
o Others suggestions?
Please let us know your thoughts.
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