But my point is that I don't see any headers in the installation directory of any version.
I ended up with the idea that I had to download the *source code* of WiX in order to get headers for custom actions or BAs. -- Nicolás 2014-07-16 19:36 GMT-03:00 John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com>: > If you look at a C++ custom action, you'll note that it links into one or > more libraries in the SDK and has one or more include files. It is a minor, > one-time problem, but after an upgrade to a new version of Wix, these no > longer line up. The issue was actually much bigger with Wix 3.5 to 3.6 as > there were platform folders sprinkled in with the paths that had to be > contended with. Again, it's a one time problem, but it's a (minor) pain. > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > ________________________________________ > From: Nicolás Alvarez [nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:22 AM > To: WiX toolset developer mailing list > Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Wix 3.9.702 Results > > 2014-07-11 13:48 GMT-03:00 John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com>: >> However, I had to uninstall 3.9.702 and reinstall 3.8 as my custom action >> library has a few C++ paths and these don’t migrate well between versions. >> What would be nice would be some full on environment variables that define >> the version-specific parts of the paths to Header and Lib files, and then >> modifying the C++ custom action template to match so this manual migration >> would not be necessary in the future. > > What's this about? Last I checked the WiX binaries don't include > headers (which I find annoying). What C++ paths are you referring to? > > -- > Nicolás ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
