You don't want to call MSBuild *from* WiX. Instead you want to mave MSBuild
call WiX. Attached is my MSBuild project file that calls candle.exe and
light.exe to build an MSI file.
You can see that I have the path to the WiX bin folder hard-coded (and my
machine is x64). So as an improvement you could use the MSBuild Community
Tasks (http://msbuildtasks.tigris.org/) to read the registry (via
RegistryRead) to dynamically determine the install location of WiX.
Hope this helps.
-Chris
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Krishnan Senthilraj <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Wix and MSBuild area. I have one fundamental quention.
>
> I completed all the building of my application in MSBuild. Now I am writing
> Wix construction. I was under impressing we can call the MSBuild project
> inside Wix.
>
> I am trying examples for this. But unfortunately I didn't get that. So I
> would like to confirm with this group that *Is it possible and workable
> solution to call the MSBuild project inside the Wix?*
>
> If answer is yes then please give some links/direction to acheive the same.
>
> Cheers
> Senthilraj
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<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";
DefaultTargets="installer">
<PropertyGroup>
<WixDir>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin</WixDir>
<WixExt>-ext WixNetFxExtension -ext WixUIExtension</WixExt>
<!-- This is overridden by the parent MSBuild file which calls this -->
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
</PropertyGroup>
<!-- Clean intermediate files -->
<Target Name="clean-int-files">
<Delete Files="VisibleStatement.wixobj;VisibleStatement.wixpdb" />
</Target>
<!-- Clean all files -->
<Target Name="clean" DependsOnTargets="clean-int-files">
<Delete Files="VisibleStatement.msi" />
</Target>
<!-- Build the installer -->
<Target Name="installer" DependsOnTargets="clean">
<Exec Command='"$(WixDir)\candle.exe" $(WixExt) -dVersion="$(Version)"
VisibleStatement.wxs'
WorkingDirectory="." Outputs="VisibleStatement.wixobj" />
<Exec Command='"$(WixDir)\light.exe" $(WixExt) VisibleStatement.wixobj'
WorkingDirectory="." Outputs="VisibleStatement.msi" />
<Delete Files="VisibleStatement.wixobj;VisibleStatement.wixpdb" />
<!-- Sign the installer package. -->
<Exec Command="signtool.exe sign /v /f ..\Greenidea.pfx /p
PleaseSignMeChris /t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll
VisibleStatement.msi" />
</Target>
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