Classification: Public Yes it was a pain in the a$$ to maintain two product.wxs files for the same project. Blending them to one file has made work so much easier. I have the configuration set in the wix project file to handle whether it is an x86 debug/release or x64 debug/release build.
The issue I have is I am not sure which is proper, using </if $(sys.BUILDARCH) = 64 ?> or using <?if $(var.Platform) = x64 ?> for setting variables for either x86/x64 Same when installing a file for 32 bit or 64 bit (having 2 files but need to install only one depending on the bitness of the MSI and OS) Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Phill Hogland [mailto:phogl...@rimage.com] Sent: January-22-14 4:53 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Confused... when installing a 32/64 bit MSI using 1 product.wxs file The link provided by eyoung100 was helpful to me in packaging some printer drivers, using a single MSI project with different build configurations to produce x86 and x64 packages. The bundle then includes both packages and installs the one which is appropriate for the architecture of the target system. The two variations of this approach that I took was: 1) In the MSBuild project configurations section as displayed in that link, add the following MSBuild property, which causes the -arch flag to get set by the build process. <InstallerPlatform>x64</InstallerPlatform> or <InstallerPlatform>x86</InstallerPlatform> 2) Since the printer driver that I install must have all of the files (both x86 and x64) 'pre-staged on the target system for the driver signing signature to validate, when building x86 the above InstallerPlatform property causes all components to be marked for x86, and when x64, all components are marked for x64. This means that the advice in the link to set the component attribute can be ignored, as it will be done based on the InstallerPlatform (-arch) flag. Also if the VS solution is used to do the build, and if projects use the 'Any CPU' setting, when building this project it is necessary to actually select x86 or x64 (or modify the project file so that one of those outcomes is selected). I have multiple projects which take this approach. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Confused-when-installing-a-32-64-bit-MSI-using-1-product-wxs-file-tp7591962p7591966.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 This message has been marked as Public by Steven Ogilvie on January-22-14 5:47:47 PM. The above classification labels were added to the message by TITUS Message Classification. For more information visit www.titus.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
