Re: [WiX-users] DTF in MSBuild

[Christopher Karper]

Oh yeah, also note, this depends on you having a file named
CustomAction.config in your project.   I great improvement would be to have
it check for the file's existence before including it.  :-)

YMMV.

Chris

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Christopher Karper <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've got the DTF wrapper bit running as a simple exec task by adding the
> following to the end of my project file for the CA dll.
>
> It uses the project output and appends an _Sfx to it to mark it as the
> wrapped version.   It's brute force, and it steals from the wix.targets
> file....
> Pay special attention to the DTFBin Property.  you can find a better way to
> populate it, or just change it to point to your installation.   I had to
> build the DTF myself and disable a bunch of the signing to get this to work,
> since MakeSfxCA.exe wasn't included in the binary distro for this release.
>
> It's uglybut hey, if someone wants to use it/improve it, be my guest.
>
> Chris
>
> --------
>
>    <Target Name="AfterBuild">
>         <CallTarget Targets="MakeSfxCA" />
>     </Target>
>
>     <!--
>     From the Wix.targets file - CMK
>
>   Several properties must be set in the main project file, before using
> this .targets file.
>   However, if the properties are not set, we pick some defaults.
>   -->
>     <PropertyGroup>
>
>         <!-- Not a good way, but it works for me.   This should use
> registry search, the same way the wix.targets does -->
>         <DTFBin>c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML
> v3\sdk\</DTFBin>
>
>         <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == ''
> ">Debug</Configuration>
>         <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)'=='' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
>         <OutputPath Condition=" '$(OutputPath)' == ''
> ">bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
>         <!-- Ensure any OutputPath has a trailing slash, so it can be
> concatenated -->
>         <OutputPath Condition=" '$(OutputPath)' != '' and
> !HasTrailingSlash('$(OutputPath)') ">$(OutputPath)\</OutputPath>
>         <_OriginalOutputType>$(OutputType)</_OriginalOutputType>
>         <OutputType Condition=" '$(OutputType)' == ''
> ">Library</OutputType>
>     </PropertyGroup>
>     <PropertyGroup>
>         <!-- Example, bin\Debug\ -->
>         <OutDir Condition=" '$(OutDir)' == '' ">$(OutputPath)</OutDir>
>         <!-- Ensure OutDir has a trailing slash, so it can be concatenated
> -->
>         <OutDir Condition=" '$(OutDir)' != '' and
> !HasTrailingSlash('$(OutDir)') ">$(OutDir)\</OutDir>
>
>         <!-- Example, MyCA -->
>         <ProjectName Condition=" '$(ProjectName)' == ''
> ">$(MSBuildProjectName)</ProjectName>
>
>         <!-- Example, MyCA.csproj -->
>         <ProjectFileName Condition=" '$(ProjectFileName)' == ''
> ">$(MSBuildProjectFile)</ProjectFileName>
>
>         <!-- Example, .csproj -->
>         <ProjectExt Condition=" '$(ProjectExt)' == ''
> ">$(MSBuildProjectExtension)</ProjectExt>
>
>         <!-- Example, c:\MyProjects\MyCA\ -->
>         <ProjectDir Condition=" '$(ProjectDir)' == ''
> ">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\</ProjectDir>
>
>         <!-- Example, c:\MyProjects\MyCA\MyCA.csproj -->
>         <ProjectPath Condition=" '$(ProjectPath)' == ''
> ">$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectFileName)</ProjectPath>
>
>         <!-- Example, MyCA -->
>         <TargetName Condition=" '$(TargetName)' == ''
> ">$(OutputName)</TargetName>
>
>         <!-- Example, MyCA.dll -->
>         <TargetFileName Condition=" '$(TargetFileName)' == ''
> ">$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</TargetFileName>
>
>         <!-- Example, MyCA_Sfx.dll -->
>         <TargetSfxName Condition=" '$(TargetSfxName)' == ''
> ">$(TargetName)_Sfx$(TargetExt)</TargetSfxName>
>
>         <!-- Example, x86, x64 -->
>         <TargetArchitecture Condition=" '$(TargetArchitecture)' == ''
> ">x86</TargetArchitecture>
>
>         <!-- Example, c:\MyProjects\MyCA\bin\Debug\ -->
>         <FullOutDir Condition=" '$(FullOutDir)' == ''
> ">$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)</FullOutDir>
>     </PropertyGroup>
>
>     <Target Name="MakeSfxCA">
>         <Exec Command="&quot;$(DTFbin)MakeSfxCA.exe&quot;
> &quot;$(FullOutDir)$(TargetSfxName)&quot;
> &quot;$(DTFbin)$(TargetArchitecture)\SfxCA.dll&quot;
> &quot;$(FullOutDir)$(TargetFileName)&quot;
> &quot;$(ProjectDir)CustomAction.config&quot;
> &quot;$(DTFbin)Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll&quot;
> &quot;$(DTFbin)Microsoft.Deployment.Resources.dll&quot;" />
>     </Target>
>
>
>
>
>

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