VS2010 includes the same MSBuild concept than building within MSBuild directly. Try to build it within VS2010 and then copy the commands from build output and maybe remove the product.generated.* stuff and try it that way.
What's the output when building it in visual studio Command Prompt ? Mean there "msbuild mySolution.sln" ? 2011/7/20 Mark Modrall <mmodr...@mzinga.com>: > Thanks for the link, Bob; I'll give it a read. > > By the by, are there known quirks when running a Wix solution via msbuild? > My build works just fine when I'm in VS 2010, but when I use msbuild to > launch it there's one module that doesn't build and doesn't give any errors. > > In the build log, I see candle and light getting run, but in obj\Release I > only see Product.Generated.wxs and nothing in bin\Release (no merge module). > > What's in the log is below. The other wix projects are producing msm and msi > but for some reason this one quirks out. Should I be using devenv.exe on the > command line instead? > > Thanks > Mark > > Compile: > C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\candle.exe > -d"DevEnvDir=*Undefined if not building from within Visual Studio*" > -dSolutionDir=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\ -dSolutionExt=.sln > -dSolutionFileName=AllProducts.sln -dSolutionName=AllProducts > -dSolutionPath=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\AllProducts.sln > -dConfiguration=Release -dOutDir=bin\Release\ -dPlatform=x86 > -dProjectDir=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\ -dProjectExt=.wixproj > -dProjectFileName=PttModule.wixproj -dProjectName=PttModule > -dProjectPath=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\PttModule.wixproj > -dTargetDir=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\bin\Release\ > -dTargetExt=.msm -dTargetFileName=PttModule.msm -dTargetName=PttModule > -dTargetPath=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\bin\Release\PttModule.msm > -dPttPreBuild.Configuration=Release > -d"PttPreBuild.FullConfiguration=Release|Win32" -dPttPreBuild.Platform=Win32 > -dPttPreBuild.ProjectDir=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\ > -dPttPreBuild.ProjectExt=.vcxproj > -dPttPreBuild.ProjectFileName=PttPreBuild.vcxproj > -dPttPreBuild.ProjectName=PttPreBuild > -dPttPreBuild.ProjectPath=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\PttPreBuild.vcxproj > -dPttPreBuild.TargetDir=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\ > -dPttPreBuild.TargetExt=.wxi -dPttPreBuild.TargetFileName=Ptt.wxi > -dPttPreBuild.TargetName=Ptt > -dPttPreBuild.TargetPath=C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\Ptt.wxi -out > obj\Release\ -arch x86 PttModule.wxs obj\Release\Product.Generated.wxs > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.5.2519.0 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > PttModule.wxs > Product.Generated.wxs > Link: > C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\Light.exe > -cultures:null -out > C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\bin\Release\PttModule.msm -pdbout > C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\bin\Release\PttModule.wixpdb > obj\Release\PttModule.wixobj obj\Release\Product.Generated.wixobj > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.5.2519.0 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > Done Building Project > "C:\svn\trunk\Installation\Wix\PttModule\PttModule.wixproj" (default targets). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:45 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to burn petrified wood? Upgrading from VS 2005 > to 2010 > > On 19-Jul-11 12:25, Mark Modrall wrote: >> For #2, we have some installation stuff we only want done once (the stuff >> that the custom action does). So the first thing the custom action exe does >> is try to check the registry setting to see if it's been done (that's what's >> failing now). When the custom action code is done, it sets that registry >> flag to show it's been done. > See http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/07/01/semi-custom-actions/. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 10 Tips for Better Web Security > Learn 10 ways to better secure your business today. 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