Depends what version of the WiX toolset you want to build. Currently, the
build expects VS2008, VS2010 and VS2012 plus several other pieces of
software (like Sandcastle) if you want to build everything.
WiX v3.7 build is a bit easier.
Why do you need to build a private version? Why can't you just use the bits
that exist?
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:03 AM, S. J. van Harmelen <s...@dds.nl> wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Thanks, that was what I was thinking exactly. Shouldn't be to hard I quess
> :)
>
> But my other question remains unanswered... How to compile the source
> correctly? Can I compile the latest sourse on a Windows 2008 R2 64bit
> machine using VS2012? I also installed the Windows 7 and .NET framework 4.0
> SDK, but I still have issues getting the vanilla source compiled.
>
> Any tips anyone? Should it work with my setup, of should I change/add
> anything?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Sander
>
> On 21 nov. 2012, at 08:19, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote:
>
> Take a look at the candle and light code. They'll show you exactly how you
> can do it. Note: that is not a public API so it can change at any time.
> You'll have to keep up.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:47 AM, S. J. van Harmelen <s...@dds.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to this list and also resonably new to WiX in general. I did read
>> the book and created a few installers, but the real challenges are still
>> ahead of me.
>>
>> I also posted this question to the users list, but I didn't receive any
>> replies on it. So hence I'm going to try it myself...
>>
>> I'm searching for a way to use the functionality contained in candle.exe
>> and light.exe, from code. My program adjust the WiX XML during runtime and
>> I would like to finish the packaging steps (creating the actuall MSI)
>> within that same running process.
>>
>> So I was wondering if there is an API of any kind available for usage
>> like this? Of course I searched for it myself, but I couldn't find the
>> needed info.
>>
>> So assuming it doesn't exist yet, I will give it a go building one. For
>> that I downloaded the WiX sourse an am now trying to compile it using
>> VS2012 on Windows 2008 64bit. Should this be possible? As I get a few
>> errors I wonder if my setup is one that should work with the WiX source
>> project. If not, then how should my dev machine look like (which OS and
>> which VS)?
>>
>> Sorry for the long story and hope that someone can help me getting
>> started!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sander
>>
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