At the moment in visual studio a "Setup Project" only builds in "Release"
configuration by default. (at least thats how it works on my system here)
I can see having wix projects match this beahavior to keep consistency with
the "installer building project types", but that is only one scenario for
the usage of wix (within visual stuido). Does not cover manual command line
builds, unattended build servers etc.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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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