You don't need to install WIX on a "build" machine Follow the suggestions on this link: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/daily_builds.html
Steve -----Original Message----- From: ak m [mailto:wixak...@gmail.com] Sent: March-13-14 5:59 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Create MSI package with out installing Wix on Target machine Hi Artem, Thank you for your quick response.... <" But now i want to execute the same build tool on different OS to create MSI packages."> Requirement from my customer: Create a build tool to create MSI packages Build tool: Created in C#.net Packing tool : Wix Toolset To run my build tool, i need to install .Net Framework and Wix to build packages If i want to run the build tool on English Windows 7 32-bit I need to install .Net Framework and Wix If i want to run the same build tool on English Windows 8 32-bit I need to install .Net Framework and Wix If i want to run the same build tool on Winows Vista 8 32-bit I need to install .Net Framework and Wix My customer doesn't want to install Wix in each OS. Query: 1. Are there are any run time Wix files, whci can be used along with build tool to create packages? Like Candle.exe, Burn.exe etc so that we can use along with build tool and create packages with out installing Wix Best Regards, Anil On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Verbuk, Artem <artem.ver...@intel.com>wrote: > Hi, Anil > As far as I understand it (I might be not the one who knows it best), > the WIX toolset is a set of tools that allows you to create .msi file, > that can be then processed by Windows Installer. Windows Installer is > a program that comes with Windows. So first of all I would say that > .msi files intent to be used to install your program on machine that runs > Windows. > So the whole chain is like: > 1)You use your tools to develop the application (VisualStudio, > NetBeans, notepad or whatever.) 2)You build your application into > dlls, resource files, executables 3)You use WIX to create deployment > solution that can be executed by Windows Isntaller > > So, what is your question again? > " But now i want to execute the same build tool on different OS to > create MSI packages." > Why would you like to crate .msi on another platform (Linux for > example) if this .msi can only run on Windows and cannot run on another > platform? > If the question you ask really is "Can I use WIX toolset to create > setups for platforms other than Windows?" then I would say nope. > > If you are developing some code, that is cross platform, write it > cross platform in any IDE in any OS, than deploy it for Windows using > WIX, and deploy it for other OS using another appropriate tool. > > I hope I understood your question correct. > Regards > > -----Original Message----- > From: ak m [mailto:wixak...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 09:25 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Create MSI package with out installing Wix on > Target machine > > Dear all, > > I have a build tool, in which i am using msbuild to build the wix > project to create MSI package. > Here i have installed .net framework and Wix. > > But now i want to execute the same build tool on different OS to > create MSI packages. > Here i have to install .net framework and Wix again. > > > Suppose if i want to create on other OS, i need to install Wix again... > > Is there a way to create MSI packages without installing wix? i.e can > i copy any run-time required files and simply do the package.. > > Anyone please help me on this... > > > Best Regards, > Anil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > A member of the Intel Corporation group of companies > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s). 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