Invoking msbuild against the project file works but so does running candle and
light e.g.:
candle -out obj\ *.wxs
light obj\*.wixobj -o Setup.exe
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Hole [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 28 September 2012 21:06
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Building a bootstrapper from the command line
I haven't actually. I can certainly do that, but it seems a bit weighty.
Cheers.
On 12-09-28 01:06 PM, Hoover, Jacob wrote:
> I haven't tried it, but have you tried just invoking the Project or Solution
> via MSBuild?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hole [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 1:59 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [WiX-users] Building a bootstrapper from the command line
>
> I have looked around at some length for a command line interface definition
> building a bootstrapper from the command line.
>
> I need to integrate the WiX build process into a larger multi-platform build
> management system and need access to the underlying command line facilities
> of WiX to do that properly. I have successfully build .msi files for
> individual bundle components and I have successfully built a Bundle
> definition that works inside of Visual Studio. I have also integrated the
> WiX command set for building non-Burn .msi files into the system with Candle
> and Light.
>
> While the XML configuration for Bundles is pretty well documented, any hint
> of command line interface doesn't appear to be described at all.
> Can anybody point me to an example or doc that describes a manual build
> sequence?
>
> Cheers.
>
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