Hmm Maybe you got a point there
I was thinking about the ability to compile the (to be build) API against
the the different WiX parts. Or should I be able to reference the already
compiled wix.dll instead? Didn't have a look at that I must admit If that
is possible I of course will not rebuild the whole toolset myself, but just
include the wix.dll in my API project.
As said I'm just starting with WiX, so I do have to get into the setup of
the tools and how they work together from a coding perspective.
Sander
From: Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>
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Date: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012 4:03 PM
To: Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list
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Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Compile issues and API availability...
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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