Thanks for the explanation.

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On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It's a WiX thing, but a good thing. By adding a reference to the build DLL,
> you get the following added in the setup project's wixproj file:
>
>   <ItemGroup>
>     <WixExtension Include="AwesomeExtension">
>       <HintPath>AwesomeExtension.dll</HintPath>
>       <Name>AwesomeExtension</Name>
>     </WixExtension>
>   </ItemGroup>
>
> Adding the project itself does not add this. Adding a project has uses for
> /other/ things. Such as if you want to include the output files of some
> project in your installer, you can add the project as a reference and then
> use the $(var.MyProjectName.TargetDir) variable to point to that project's
> output directory, allowing:
>
> $(var.MyProjectName.TargetDir)MyLibrary.dll
>
> for easy reference to files for use in Components. But for custom
> extensions, reference the built assembly.
>
>
>
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