A couple notes...
the latest vdprojconverter doesn't support NAnt 0.84. Make sure you're
using a nightly build. I would strongly recommend using the
NAntContrib/bin/MSITaskTemplateVS.msi template if you plan on
importing/merging wid & wim files.
Jim
> Thanks for reply James,
>
> Following is my .build file, It try to start VS.NET first time use
> install (not sure for what reason), I've CABARC.EXE and
> MSITaskTemplate.MSI in bin folder.
> Am I missing something? Why it try to start VS.NET install?
> ----
>
> <project name="testmsi" default="createmsi" description="test project">
>
> <property name="nant.settings.currentframework" value="net-1.1"/>
> <property name="nant.vsnet.dialog.dir" value="C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
> 2003\Common7\Tools\Deployment\VsdDialogs" />
>
> <target name="createmsi" >
> <msi output="Setup1.msi"
> sourcedir="C:\nant-0.84\examples\TestNantWinApp\WindowsApplication1\obj\Debug">
> template="${nant.location}/MSITaskTemplate.msi">
> <properties>
> <property name="ProductCode"
> value="{04F505B2-D113-404C-AF6E-9837C0766F91}" /> <property
> name="PackageCode" value="{EAAB1E53-2BBD-451A-A56A-86BAA75619D5}" />
> <property name="ProductLanguage" value="1033" />
> <property name="ProductName" value="Setup1" />
> <property name="UpgradeCode"
> value="{2665171F-A813-45D3-B814-094DC401D3AA}" /> <property
> name="ARPCONTACT" value="Default Company Name" />
> <property name="Manufacturer" value="Default Company Name" />
> <property name="ProductVersion" value="1.0.0" />
> </properties>
> <!--<directories/>-->
> <components>
> <component name="_E00B576168BE4A87B7607ACFDB93C1D1"
> id="{29EFDB5B-EEB4-4521-B714-C4DF0BF42208}" attr="2"
> directory="TARGETDIR" feature="DefaultFeature">
> <key file="WindowsApplication1.exe" />
> <fileset
>
basedir="C:\nant-0.84\examples\TestNantWinApp\WindowsApplication1\obj\Debug">
> <include name="WindowsApplication1.exe" />
> </fileset>
> <forceid file="WindowsApplication1.exe"
> id="_1C8DE64E3A23479BBC181ED6C9B02896" attr="512"
> checkinterop="false" />
> </component>
> </components>
> <!--<launchconditions>
> <launchcondition name=".NET Framework" condition="1">
> <description>[VSDNETMSG]</description>
> </launchcondition>
> </launchconditions>-->
> <features>
> <feature name="DefaultFeature" title="DefaultFeature" display="1"
> typical="true" />
> </features>
> <mergemodules>
> <merge feature="DefaultFeature">
> <modules>
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdAdminFinishedDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdAdminProgressDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdFinishedDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdUserInterface.wim" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdWelcomeDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdConfirmDlg.wid" />
> <includes name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdFolderDlg.wid"
> /> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdAdminWelcomeDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdAdminConfirmDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdAdminFolderDlg.wid" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdBasicDialogs.wim" />
> <includes
> name="${nant.vsnet.dialog.dir}/1033//VsdProgressDlg.wid" />
> </modules>
> <configurationitems>
> <configurationitem module="VsdAdminProgressDlg.wid"
> name="ShowProgress" value="1" /> <configurationitem
> module="VsdFinishedDlg.wid" name="UpdateText" value="#1258" />
> <configurationitem module="VsdWelcomeDlg.wid" name="Welcome"
> value="#1203" /> <configurationitem module="VsdWelcomeDlg.wid"
> name="CopyrightWarning" value="#1202" /> <configurationitem
> module="VsdAdminWelcomeDlg.wid" name="Welcome" value="#1203" />
> <configurationitem module="VsdAdminWelcomeDlg.wid"
> name="CopyrightWarning" value="#1202" /> <configurationitem
> module="VsdProgressDlg.wid" name="ShowProgress" value="1" />
> </configurationitems>
> </merge>
> </mergemodules>
> </msi>
> </target>
> </project>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Geurts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:43 AM
> To: Manish Jain
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [NAntC-Dev] VDProjConverter and MSI task
>
>
> The alternative to using the wid and wim files (merge modules) is to
> hand code the dialog information by yourself... I perosnally think that
> is a bit tedious and would opt to just copy the wid and wim files to
> the build machine. As far as the component structures that
> vdprojconvert creates... it *should* create valid elements, but of
> course you can clean them up (combine related components) to utilize
> NAnt's fileset support. Also, don't expect any updates to the
> vcprojconverter project, as I wont be getting my primary development
> machine until November sometime.
>
> Jim
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I would be interested to know if anybody is successfully using
>> VDProjConverter to convert their .vdproj files to MSI taks I'm trying
>> to use it but facing few issues, like it try to invoke VS.NET
>> components so not sure script will work on build machine as well as do
>> you using wid files for dialogs, is there any alternative to that? In
>> that case i need to copy all wid files to build machine?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Manish
>>
>>
>>
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