MS-Build, Multi-Targeting and WiX in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcement
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Hi - I'm Ken Watson, the Release Manager for Visual Studio Platform. I'll be one of the moderators on this forum.
We have provided this forum to gather your feedback on the scenarios described in the walkthroughs that shipped with Visual Studio 2010 CTP. At this stage in the release, we are interested in hearing your thoughts on the design of features presented in these walkthrough. We'll be taking more general feedback on the product when we get to the beta.
We'll be discussing the following walkthroughs in this forum:
- How to Create a Custom Platform
- How to Create an Inline Task
- How to Create Custom Property Pages
- How to Use the C++ MSBuild Project System
- How to Deploy an Application by Using WiX.
- How to Prepare a Package for Non-Registry Deployment
We look forward to hearing from you!
thanks,
Ken Watson
Release Manager
Visual Studio Platform
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0 VotesMsbuild 4.0 Beta2 Incorrect path in Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.v90.props?
At the beginning of \Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\v90\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.v90.props it has: <Import ...
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Can i have Hybrid("Relative" and "HomeSite") ComponentsLocation of GenerateBootstrapper??
hii, i have created a setup.exe(Bootstrapper) file using GenerateBootstrapper with WIX v3.5.it smoothly run when ComponentsLocation is either HomeSite :: when this is ... -
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MSBuild for C++ with VS2005
Hi Does anyone know if it is possible to use the new .NET4 MSBuild to build a C++ project using the VS 2005 compiler and linker? I'm considering various ... -
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FORUM LOCKED: Please use the Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 Forums
Thank you for visiting Visual Studio 2010 .Net 4 CTP forums. Since the Beta1 is now available we are closing down the CTP forums and encourage you to visit the new Visual Studio 2010 ... -
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How to Deploly Databases with VSDBCMD and WIX
Hi, We are having database projects in VS2008. Currently We are deploying these databases using vsdbcmd (invoking this by batch file). I want to automate this process ... -
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Does MSBuild in vs2010 support build 1.1 application out of box?
Today my team uses MSBee to build 1.1 application. I wonder if migration to vs2010 (framework 4.0) will allow me to build 1.1 application out of box? Or is there something ... -
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Custom Task and logging errors
Hi, I have a custom task, and use Task.TaskLoggingHelper.LogError() and similar APIs to log errors, warnings and messages. As I figure, LogError should show the ...Unanswered | 0 Replies | 13035 Views | Created by Prashant Choudhari - Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:55 PM -
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How to Deploy an Application by Using WiX
Hi, my name is Candy Chiang and I am the PM for the Windows Installer XML (WiX) Toolset in Visual Studio. WiX is a set of tools that offers the ability to build MSI packages with an ...Discussion | 1 Replies | 21461 Views | Created by Candy Chiang - Friday, October 24, 2008 10:15 PM | Last reply by Ranjith S - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:10 PM -
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QuestionMSBuild 4.0: Changing command line switch from slash to hyphen
In VS 10 and MsBuild 4.0 the "\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\cl.xml" file contains descriptions of a property, for instance: <EnumValue ... -
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QuestionTemplates: ZipProjects and ZipItems targets are absent in Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 SDK
An example XML from Templates.csproj which is workable in VS 2008 <ItemGroup> <ZipProject Include="templateitem1.cpp"> ... -
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MSBuild 4.0: Changing command line switch from slash to hyphen
In VS 10 and MsBuild 4.0 the "\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\cl.xml" file contains descriptions of a property, for instance: <EnumValue ...Unanswered | 0 Replies | 14851 Views | Created by Anton Kochepasov - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:41 AM -
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Memory not freed by Dev10 after Build Task completes
Hi, I have a custom task for the Database project. I have been monitoring the memory usage of Dev10 during the build process. I notice that, after each build the ...Unanswered | 0 Replies | 12926 Views | Created by Prashant Choudhari - Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:30 PM -
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Migrating Setup projects to WiX
This must surely be a FAQ... Is there anything available now or will there be anything available to take an 'old' setup project done in VS2008 and convert it to WiX, or do I need to ...Answered | 2 Replies | 24605 Views | Created by LordTitan - Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:10 AM | Last reply by Mohamed Hegazy - Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:02 PM -
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VCPROJ upgrader - include path and output/temp directory creation issues
Originally posted to the "Core Coding Experience forum", but I think it should actually be ...Discussion | 0 Replies | 13732 Views | Created by Bob Summerwill - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:01 PM -
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New Features in VS2010 when targeting older frameworks
I have seen the new features in Visual Studio 2010 and some of it are really useful for me. Unfortunately many of my applications run on computers of my customers where .NET Framework 2.0 is ... -
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Is Multi-Targeting support this feature?
For example: I have one set of source code and I'd like to compile it to target to both .NET Framework and Silverlight. In VS2008, I have to setup two project, one for .NET Framework, one ... -
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VS 2008 Deployment project & InstallAllUsers setting
I have a 2008 deployment project that builds an MSI and installs an ActiveX. I need this to be installed on a per-user basis. Everything in my project works, the code is properly structured ...Answered | 3 Replies | 18673 Views | Created by ggianop - Friday, November 7, 2008 9:00 PM | Last reply by PhilWilson - Friday, December 19, 2008 12:26 AM -
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Add keys to the registry using Wix?
Hi, I was wondering how can I write values to the registry using VisualStudio 2010 and a Wix installer? Thanks, EricAnswered | 1 Replies | 24342 Views | Created by emaines - Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:03 PM | Last reply by Rob Mensching (ex-MSFT) - Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:37 PM -
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Better support of Item metadata in Visual Studio
So, I am in the process of creating a .targets file to include in a few of my projects, and some of the extra targets rely on certian custom metadata to be set to some of the items. When using ... -
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Create a Powerpoint File using C Sharp
I have an application which creates chart images on the fly and outputs them as an HTML table .From the HTML Table I need to insert them into a PowerPoint template that has the placeholders ...Unanswered | 1 Replies | 14780 Views | Created by shilpi1972 - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:25 PM | Last reply by Candy Chiang - Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:52 AM - Items 1 to 20 of 37 Next ›
MS-Build, Multi-Targeting and WiX in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP announcement
-
Link
Hi - I'm Ken Watson, the Release Manager for Visual Studio Platform. I'll be one of the moderators on this forum.
We have provided this forum to gather your feedback on the scenarios described in the walkthroughs that shipped with Visual Studio 2010 CTP. At this stage in the release, we are interested in hearing your thoughts on the design of features presented in these walkthrough. We'll be taking more general feedback on the product when we get to the beta.
We'll be discussing the following walkthroughs in this forum:
- How to Create a Custom Platform
- How to Create an Inline Task
- How to Create Custom Property Pages
- How to Use the C++ MSBuild Project System
- How to Deploy an Application by Using WiX.
- How to Prepare a Package for Non-Registry Deployment
We look forward to hearing from you!
thanks,
Ken Watson
Release Manager
Visual Studio Platform
