Me too. WiX v3.7 is much easier to build. On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Hoover, Jacob <jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com>wrote:
> I was able to build a while back when I had an x86 machine, but once I > upgraded to 64 bit I wasn't able to get a successful build done. I do > remember the help file giving a list of prerequisites, as well as a few > late nights using your favorite search engine to find random links with > bits and pieces. I'm excited to see all that nightmare go away and be > replaced by MSBuild. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert MacFadyen [mailto:rmacfad...@rmtrack.com] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:51 PM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Trying to build Wix to debug a nasty problem... > having problems > > Thanks Jacob! > > Is there a guide to hacking on wix36? > > I haven't used nant in years... what should I be "nant'ng" (for toolsrc > and wix itself)? > > Regard, > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] > Sent: October-19-12 3:43 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Trying to build Wix to debug a nasty problem... > having problems > > 3.6 is not meant to be built by Visual Studio and MSBuild. 3.6 is a mess > of Nant build scripts and is quite fragile. 3.7 is being redone to build > using just MSBuild or Visual Studio (though I haven't checked to see any of > the progress). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert MacFadyen [mailto:rmacfad...@rmtrack.com] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:32 PM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: [WiX-users] Trying to build Wix to debug a nasty problem... > having problems > > Hey all, > > I'm trying to build Wix in VS2010 and I'm having a problem. > > I've downloaded the source from CodeProject using hg clone/hg update (to > wix36 tag). > > The .sln appears to convert to vs2010 ok. Not sure why it was doing a > conversion though... should I be using vs2008? > > When I try and build a specific extension, WixUtilExtension, I'm getting > the following error: > Error reading resource file > 'c:\its\WixDevelopment\build\debug\x86\\util.wixlib' -- 'The system cannot > find the file specified. ' WixUtilExtension > > > When I try and build the entire solution I get several similar messages. > > So my question is where/when do the XXX.wixlib files get created? > > Regards > > Rob > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for > free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
