Jeff, I have used the exec to devenv option. It works well, but as you mentioned there are licensing issues.
I have also tried the NantContrib MSI tasks, and MSI2XML. I would not now choose either of them, and I am in the process of converting the installation creation tasks to use WiX (see http://wix.sourceforge.net). Alas, apart from the Devenv option, you probably will have to throw away your initial setup project, however at least with WiX, you can decompile the MSI and/or MSM file(s) to use as a starting point. Hope this helps, Regards, Richard -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Hoover Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:23 To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nant-users] vdproj and solution task in NAnt I have a VS 2003 solution that contains a C# project and a (setup) vdproj. I'd like to use the solution task to build both projects in the solution. I know that building vdproj projects isn't directly supported. I've noticed that there are a couple of possible routes build my vdproj from NAnt, namely VDProjConverter and msi2xml/xml2msi. Additionally, some people suggest shelling out to devenv to build the vdproj, but the requirement of installing VS on the build server doesn't sit well with me and it seems like an ugly work-around. Finally, there's MAKEMSI which looks like it would work, but I'd have to throw away my vdproj and start fresh to create my setup. Would anyone who is building a vdproj in any of these ways (or in some way I haven't found yet) care to comment on their success? ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list Nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
