I have built an installer using WiX that consists of multiple .exe files that are ‘Release’ builds of other .Net projects (VS 2008). Each time I update one of the projects, I build that project and copy the Release build into the installer and then build and release the installer.
I find it a very tedious job to constantly check if the exe’s that the installer has are the latest version or not. Is there a way that I can automate this build process so that as soon as I build the installer, it will generate the latest release builds of the associated projects and place the .exe file in the installer project.
I am new to VS and WiX, please advise. Thanks in advance.
You should be able to create a Solution containing:
Once you are there, you should be able to right click on the Installer Project and set dependencies to all the projects which create your EXEs. You should be able to build your Solution with the right EXEs bundled in your Installer.