Re: [Nant-users] RE: RE: vdproj and solution task in NAnt

[Jim G. <jg...@gm...>]

I was thinking about this as I started working on the VDProjConverter
program again... btw, the link to download it
(http://software.biasecurities.com/Software/VDProjConverter/VDProjConverter.zip)
is working again.

I'm starting to think that integrating this into the <solution> task
might not be a good idea.  When I convert the vdproj to the xml markup
for the NAntContrib tasks, I expect that visual studio is installed on
the box.  This is because visual studio uses .wid files as merge
modules representing the common dialogs to be used in an install.

I suppose the user could specify where the wid files are located, via
a parameter on the solution task.  Either that or we could create
similar merge modules that represent the dialogs from the vs.net
install.  Those merge modules could be checked into NAntContrib and
then a VS.Net install wouldn't be required at all...

What do you guys think?  I personally lean towards checking in merge
modules that represent common dialogs.

Jim


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:58:44 -0500, Jeff Hoover <red...@gm...> wrote:
> Thanks guys!
> I was able to get exec to devenv working as a stopgap. That will hold
> me until Jim can get the vdproj functionality into the msi task.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> >
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Subject: RE: [Nant-users] vdproj and solution task in NAnt
> > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:13:43 -0500
> > From: "Foster, Richard - PAL" <RF...@qu...>
> > To: <jef...@bi...>,
> >        <nan...@li...>
> >
> > Jeff,
> >
> > I have used the exec to devenv option. It works well, but as you
> > mentioned there are licensing issues.
> >
> > I have also tried the NantContrib MSI tasks, and MSI2XML. I would not
> > now choose either of them, and I am in the process of converting the
> > installation creation tasks to use WiX (see http://wix.sourceforge.net).
> >
> > Alas, apart from the Devenv option, you probably will have to throw away
> > your initial setup project, however at least with WiX, you can decompile
> > the MSI and/or MSM file(s) to use as a starting point.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Regards,
> > Richard=20
> >
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:29:57 -0600
> > From: Jim Geurts <jg...@gm...>
> > Reply-To: Jim Geurts <jg...@gm...>
> > To: "Foster, Richard - PAL" <RF...@qu...>
> > Subject: Re: [Nant-users] vdproj and solution task in NAnt
> > Cc: jef...@bi..., nan...@li...
> >
> > Hey guys...
> >
> > I wrote the vdprojconverter project.  It does not require WiX.  I
> > added "support" to convert vdproj files to wix syntax, along the way.=20
> > The original point of the converter was to convert to the NAntContrib
> > msi/msm task xml.
> >
> > so... At this point, the NAntContrib msi/msm tasks now support
> > everything that is possible (and more) from a vdproj.  I'll look at
> > updating that code base to fully support vdproj files and generate
> > 100% valid xml.
> >
> 
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