Suite Project and Build Automation

[rguggisberg]

Is it possible to include a Suite project when using TFS Build Automation?
When I tried I got this message in the log:
": warning MSB4078: The project file "******.issuite" is not supported by MSBuild and cannot be built."
Thanks

[rguggisberg]

Has anybody done this?
Maybe I have to use IsCmdBld.exe in a PostBuild script?

[kolotik]

Offical Flexera support said they don't support this, at least yet.
However we managed to do it 🙂 We use IS2014 SP1 and VS2013, so I don't know if this works for IS2013.

I can give the general idea, we have a lot of specific details, so I cannot just copy-paste the entire solution here.
The command line for building Suite with MsBuild looks like that:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe Build.proj /target:BuildDemoInstSuite

File Build.proj contains the target named BuildDemoInstSuite.
This is the extraction from the Build.proj we use:

    DefaultTargets="">
  
  
             AssemblyFile="$(ProgramFilesRoot)\MSBuild\InstallShield\$(InstallShieldShortVersionPath)\InstallShield.Tasks.dll"/>

  
       
    
        InstallShieldPath="$(InstallShieldPath)"
        Project="Project.issuite"
        ProductConfiguration="%(InstProj.Config)"
        ReleaseConfiguration="%(InstProj.Release)"
        OutDir="$(ISBuildDir)\%(InstProj.Config)"
        StopOnFirstError="$(StopOnFirstError)"
        PropertyOverrides="@(InstallShieldProps)"
        PathVariables="@(InstallShieldPathVariableOverrides)"
        BuildSetupExe="%(InstProj.BuildSetupExe)"
        BuildCompressed="%(InstProj.BuildCompressed)"
        Build="Complete"
    />
  

Hope this helps!

[rguggisberg]

kolotik,
Thanks for the post. I may use that later. For now I have it working by using IsCmdBld.exe in a PostBuild script.