"Best Method" is subjective but I know the method I personally would use and it would probably only take me about 1 hour to do it. See:
http://blog.iswix.com/2011/03/installation-collaboration-workflows.html Basically I'd use VS 2013 Integrated Shell, WiX 3.8 and IsWiX 2.4 (latest build) to create a second solution with a setup project and a merge module project. I'd configure your first solution(s) to postbuild copy the files to a staging folder ('deploy'). Then I'd use IsWiX to author all the files into the merge module wxs source. Finally I'd use Heat to do a one time harvest of the Com Visible assemblies and your VB6 COM DLL's and copy/paste the COM elements into your merge module wxs file. You'll have to tweak some references as the directory properties and file keys will be a little different. Once it's all done you'll shouldn't have to worry about Heat or the COM metadata again. This solution can then be included in your continuous integration process using MSBuild. I'd me more then happy to do a tele-meeting to show how it all works. Chris ---------------------------------------- From: "Graham Allwood" <gallw...@sdasoftware.net> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 2:23 AM To: "wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [WiX-users] Best method for authoring my Wix setup Hi, I use VS 2013 Express and VB6 to develop my application. It has serveral .NET assemblies that are exposed via COM and used in the VB6 app. I also have some pure .NET apps / utilities. Because I have a COM exposed components, I have to use HEAT to extract the registration information. Should I do this every time I build the setup. This leads me to how I should author my project. I cannot use VS 2013 Express for my Wix Project. I have tried using SharpDevelop and it works ok, but I don't know if I can use it to run HEAT every time I build. I could use raw MSBuild and use the HarvestFile task . Not tried this yet. I'm edging towards the MSBUILD route. Does anyone have any words of wisdom they could offer me? Regards Graham ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
