Re: [Boost-build] Simple WiX toolset

From: Reece Dunn (msclrhd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-19 19:20:06

Andrei Melnikov wrote:
> On 10/06/06, Reece Dunn <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > I have attached a simple WiX (Windows Installer for XML) toolset.
> >
> > At the moment, this is very basic and raw. It works - I have been using
> > it in my toolchain for a while now - but it only has minimal functionality.
> >
> > You can't use this in the same run as the build process, so you need
> > to do something like:
> >
> >    bjam msvc-7.1
> >    bjam wix-2.0
> >
> How should I configure the WiX installation path? using wix : 3.0 :
> d:/experiments/wix-3.0 ; doesn't work.

You need to specify the full path of candle.exe, like you do with cl.exe
for msvc:

   using wix : 3.0 : d:/experiments/wix-3.0/bin/candle.exe ;

Then, you can say things like:

msi MyInstaller
  :
    [ glob ../*.wxs ]
    ../wixui.wixlib
  :
    <localisation>installer.wxl
    <search-path>.

    <variant>debug:<define>builddir=$(INSTALLDIR)/debug
    <variant>release:<define>builddir=$(INSTALLDIR)/release
  ;

HTH,
- Reece
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