Re: [Boost-build] Simple WiX toolset

From: Andrei Melnikov (andy.melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-20 08:51:17

On 20/07/06, Reece Dunn <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Andrei Melnikov wrote:
> > 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
>   ;
>
It didn't work because msvc was my default toolset. When I specify wix
on the command line, it works.

Is this a bug? msvc toolset doesn't have generators for msi.