How to convert vdproj file to WiX format?

Question

Hi all,

I need to convert a vdproj file to WiX format so that I can get it building using msbuild. One solution was to call the devenv executable from msbuild and build the vdproj file from there but that's just nasty. I thought that I would try manually converting the file to WiX format but looking at its contents scared me quite a bit. Are there any tools or elegant solutions that could possibly help with this conversion?

Answer 1

You can try work with Dark which can convert any MSI into Wix, and you will need to remove a lot of "junk" especially in the UI areas.

Answer 2

I am doing something similar this article helped me.

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