Are you launching from a VS command prompt? If so, which one. My builds
work when I don't use VS command prompt for VS2010, VS2012 and
VS2010+VS2012.

IIRC, that error happens when the VisualStudio property is not set
correctly.


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Neil Sleightholm <[email protected]>wrote:

>  I have all versions of VS from 2005 to 2012 installed!****
>
> ** **
>
> The first error in the log is this:****
>
>         Project "D:\WiX\WiX3.8\Source\src\ca\ca.proj" is building
> "D:\WiX\WiX3.8\Source\src\ca\wcautil\wcautil.vcxproj" (default targets):**
> **
>
> ** **
>
>         Target PlatformPrepareForBuild:****
>
>             C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(518,5):
> error MSB8008: Specified platform toolset (v110) is not installed or
> invalid. Please make sure that a supported PlatformToolset value is
> selected.****
>
>         Done building target "PlatformPrepareForBuild" in project
> "wcautil.vcxproj" -- FAILED.****
>
> ** **
>
> Then I get about 20 more followed by:****
>
> candle.exe : error CNDL0144: The extension
> 'D:\WiX\WiX3.8\Source\src\setup\ManagedSdkMsi\WixVSExtension' could not be
> loaded because of the following reason: Could not load file or assembly
> 'file:///D:\WiX\WiX3.8\Source\src\setup\ManagedSdkMsi\WixVSExtension' or
> one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.****
>
> ** **
>
> Not sure if that helps.****
>
> ** **
>
> I am building with this command line:****
>
> msbuild.exe wix.proj /l:FileLogger,Microsoft.Build.Engine;logfile=build.log
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Neil****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Rob Mensching [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* 21 February 2013 20:47
> *To:* Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [WiX-devs] 3.8 build failure****
>
> ** **
>
> Can you provide more of the error message and what version of VS are you
> building with? I'm struggling to get the code compiling in VS2010, VS2012
> and VS2010+VS2012. <sigh/>****
>
> ** **
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Neil Sleightholm <[email protected]>
> wrote:****
>
>   I have just pulled the latest 3.8 changes and I get a lot of these
> errors:****
>
>  ****
>
> C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(518,5):
> error MSB8008: Specified platform toolset (v110) is not installed or
> invalid. Please make sure that a supported PlatformToolset value is
> selected.****
>
>  ****
>
> Is that a problem with the build or a local configuration problem?****
>
>  ****
>
> Neil****
>
>  ****
>
> Neil Sleightholm
> X2 Systems Limited
> [email protected]****
>
>  ****
>
>
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