Wixout File Not Possible Without a Proj File Hack

[wixbot]

Hello,

It is not possibly to build .wixout files because of the following in the wix.targets file:

In the MSBuild Wix Targets (wix2010.Targets) the link target has the following as an output file:
<Link…. OutputFile="$(TargetDir)%(CultureGroup.OutputFolder)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)"…/>

The general properties of the wix.targets file (NOT in the link target) look like this:

.msi
.msm

.pcp

.wixlib

.exe

And finally the condition on the link target:
<Target Name=”link” ….. Condition=" ('$(OutputType)' == 'Package' or '$(OutputType)' == 'PatchCreation' or '$(OutputType)' == 'Module' or '$(OutputType)' == 'Bundle')">

This makes it impossible to make a .wixout file without setting TargetExt = wixout after wix.targets has run. The msbuild targets should handle wixouts properly.

Thanks,
Eric

Originally opened by erickulcyk

[wixbot]

Why do you need a .wixout?

Originally posted by robmen

[wixbot]

We do some post processing on the wixouts and then use them as the inputs to a number of further tools in our build process. Since the task supports .wixout as primary file type, shouldn't the msbuild target?

Originally posted by erickulcyk

[wixbot]

It's not required that targets expose every possible attribute in the tasks. In this case, .wixouts are an advanced case that require additional manual build work, so there's not much interest in trying to fit into the WiX targets. See also http://wixtoolset.org/issues/4567/.

Resolution set to suspend
Status changed from Untriaged to Resolved