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WixSharp: create .msi at RunTime, not CompileTime

Thanks in advance!

At the moment, my .msi is being built cat Compile time.

Compiler.BuildMsi(managedProject);

Is it possible to make so that the .msi is created at Run time?

Solution

  • The author of WixSharp gave a good answer here: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/wixsharp/issues/136

    Just to clarify the "build process". Your Wix# project is a console application project. If its executable run then it invokes "main" and the msi is generated. The Wix# project template is configured in such a way that the exe is executed after every successful project compilation. This creates an effect of the "Compile build" but technically speaking it is a "Runtime build".