The build machine doesn't even need WiX installed in order to be able to build. Is your goal to create a custom WiX that you can then deploy to your in house developers, or do you just need a WiX Build machine for building installers for projects?
If it's just for the build machine to be able to generate installers, have a look at: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/daily_builds.html -----Original Message----- From: Steve-Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 11:45 AM To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Building Wix 3.8 RTM because we created a new build machine and used the link: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/wixdev/building_wix.html To create a build that can be installed on different machines, create a new strong name key pair and point OFFICIAL_WIX_BUILD to it: sn -k wix.snk Then run the build: msbuild /p:Configuration=Release /p:OFFICIAL_WIX_BUILD=C:\wix.snk we were getting errors when trying to build our installers on this new build machine I have changes some burn code (string) and trying to build via: call "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" wix.proj /p:VisualStudioVersion=11.0 /p:Configuration=Release /p:OFFICIAL_WIX_BUILD="C:\Dev\SetupCommon\Releases\4.3.Beta1\WIX_ToolSet_v3.8\wix.snk" -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Building-Wix-3-8-RTM-tp7596025p7596028.html Sent from the wix-devs mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
