Highlights of WiX v3.0.4207.0
WiX v3.0.4207.0 was released on Saturday, 7-June-08. You can download it from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/3.0.4207.0/. Note that WiX v3.0.4206.0 was released on Friday but contains a bug that breaks MSBuild-based projects.
New features
- All the command-line handling for tools like Candle.exe was refactored to simplify repetitive code and do better error-checking.
- Project reference preprocessor variables are now populated by the project reference name rather than the project base name itself.
- When adding a new component to a new feature in a patch, the feature is now automatically added to the patch.
- .wixproj projects now define project output groups.
- Votive projects now support x86, x64, and ia64 platforms (dropping the invalid AnyCPU platform).
June 17th, 2008 at 13:46 #Christopher Painter
Do you mind going into a little detail was AnyCPU was killed ( and my build automation in the process ).
June 17th, 2008 at 13:46 #Christopher Painter
s/was/why
June 17th, 2008 at 19:51 #Bob Arnson
Because MSI packages can’t be platform-neutral. AnyCPU is a .NET-ism.
June 17th, 2008 at 20:31 #Christopher Painter
Trying to stay out of the weeds, but as we saw with the google app engine, not all `programs` are in PE format. Also since 64bit OS support 32bit subsystems, I guess in my mind the use of a 32bit package on a 64bit system sorta is the equivilant to AnyCPU.
Ohwell, I fixed my build automation so moving on…