"Incompatible platform error" building MSI
I have a Windows service application and am trying to add an MSI project to the solution. Application uses 64 bit Oracle Data Access DLL and is built as 64 bit app.
I added new "Project Setup" project to the solution and went through the steps. There are two other DLLs in the application project: log4net.dll and System.Net.Http.dll.
Windows Service by itself worked fine. When I try to build the solution, I get File 'Oracle.DataAccess.dll' targeting 'AMD64' is not compatible with the project's target platform 'x86' error. I checked for this error and every article said to set the taget platform of installer to x64, which makes sense. The only thing is when I open the properties window of installer project, there is no option to select target platform and it is blank.
This is screen shot of "Application Folder" section of installer:
This is the installer properties:
This is the Windows service application's properties:
Procedure: You need to set the MSI architecture in the setup project's properties window. This is a different property page than the one you show.
- Left click the
Visual Studio Installer Projectinside theVisual Studio Solution. - Press
F4to go to the property page for the project. - In the
TargetPlatformselectx64.
Tip: Try googling the exact error message you get when you face issues like these. Here is a previous answer: Can't set 64 bit target for Setup Project in Visual Studio 2017 (I added a new one to get a screen shot in).
Heads-Up: And a heads-up on the use of Visual Studio Installer projects. They have many limitations: Visual Studio Publish Project Into One Simple Installer.
MSI Tools: Here is a quick overview of other MSI tools. And here is a detailed overview / review.
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