Use a Library project for the common stuff and separate Setup projects to build the different MSIs. If you want to put all that in one project, you'll learn *a lot* about MSBuild. <smile/>
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Jacob Baughman <jbaugh...@atlas-sys.com>wrote: > I'm new to MSBuild (and WiX for that matter) and I've been trying to > figure out how to use the wix.targets definitions to set up the installer > project for my .NET solution. The four project output types that come with > the Votive Visual Studio templates work fine, but what I'd like to be able > to do is build my single installer project from WiX source to executable > package, which would require building the MSI as an intermediate step. > From what I can tell, it doesn't look like this is possible with the > definitions in the wix.targets file because it would require more than one > pass through the compilation and linking steps and distinguishing between > the files that are part of the product and those that are part of the > bundle. I wanted to check if my conclusion was accurate and get advice > about how I should set up the installer project(s) in my solution. Should > I have separate projects for the MSI and the executable, or should I just > write my own .wixproj that makes use of the WixTasks.dll? The application > suite I'm working on will require building two installers, one of which > will mostly just contain a subset of components from the other. Given that > there will be a lot of fragments in common between the two, what is the > best recommendation for configuring my projects? I originally didn't > think I'd need multiple projects within my solution to handle the > installers but I'm not so sure anymore. Any guidance would be appreciated. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
