If you install the WiX toolset on the build machine, I believe you can use the built in project variables to reference the other projects.
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:27 AM, pmdarrow <pdar...@metaworks.com> wrote: > > Here's what I'm trying to do: I have two solutions - one for my main > application and its associated projects and another for my database (VS > .dbproj) and its associated projects. What I'd like to do is include the > output from the database project (a .dbschema and some SQL scripts) in my > installer (which exists in the main application solution.) This involves > having TFS build the DB solution immediately before the main application > solution. I've got that part working properly, but I'm having trouble > referencing the output of the DB solution from my installer. > > I'm using relative paths to reference the output in my .wxs file (e.g. > <?define DBProjectOutputDir = > "..\..\MyDatabaseSolution\MyDatabaseProject\sql\"?>) which works fine > locally, but fails when building via TFS build. This is because TFS Build > changes the output dir of each project to one common location. Instead of > the path to my database project being > "..\..\MyDatabaseSolution\MyDatabaseProject\sql\" like it is when building > locally, it gets set to something like "..\..\..\Binaries\Release\". How > can > I get around this and have my WiX project build locally and via TFS? > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-and-TFS-Build-tp5019254p5019254.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
