I believe that WiX should just work with TFS since we use MSBuild. Admittedly, I haven't tried TFS builds before, but from what I understand, they're also driven by MSBuild. My guess is that you're not defining $(WixTargetsPath) early enough - you <Import Project="yourproject.wixproj" /> before defining $(WixTargetsPath). If that's the case, you just need to make sure you define $(WixTargetsPath) before importing the wixproj file. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question, however. I do know that there are teams that successfully use TFS with building wixproj files, though, so it should work.
Justin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dmitry Berkovich Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team build server Jonh, This is a reason that I am trying to inegrate WiX on build server in this way, Thanks that you wrote those reason. Did anybody have any idea how to do it? I have found some ugly way to pass parameters: I just write some task that add all my required properties to task.BuildEngine.GlobalProperties collection, but I am doing it by reflection, since task.BuildEngine implement IBuildEngine inerface, where class that implement this interface is : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.EngineProxy. So I am looking for more nice way to integrate WiX to team build. Dima On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:33 PM, John Nannenga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2 big benefits I can think of: > > 1) Machine maintenance > If you have 5 build machines, you don't have to update WiX on all 5 of the build machines. The synch process pulls down the appropriate WiX version during the build process. > > > 2) Large projects that share Build machines don't need to all share the same version of WiX. > Individual projects within a greater product build process could use different /specific versions of WiX. If 1 of your 50 projects needs to move to a later version of WiX (bug fixes, feature enhancements, etc...) it can do so without wondering what side effects might be introduced to the other projects should they all have moved to the later version of WiX. > > Etc... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Karper > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 3:25 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Integration of WiX v3 on team build server > > How would you expect the build server to be able to use the WiX tools > without them being installed? > > I mean, strictly speaking you don't need to install them, just make them > available. But what would be the benefit? > > Chris > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Dmitry Berkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I want compile WiX projects on team build server, but I don't want >> install WiX on build server, so I am planning add all needed files to >> source control. >> I have some problem when I am compile wixproj file. wixproj file >> contains those 2 lines: >> <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' >> ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath> >> <Import Project="$(WixTargetsPath)" /> >> >> Since WiX not installed on build machine I override CoreCompile target >> of Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets in my TFSBuild.proj file, so >> I can transfer WixTargetsPath to MSBuild task. The problems that build >> failed since I have error: >> Solution file warning MSB4122: Scanning project dependencies for >> project "MyProj.wixProj" failed. Blablabla since "WixTargetsPath" not >> exist. >> >> What I need to do to resolve this problem? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Dima >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! >> Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, >> along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness >> and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. 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