Using VS2012 devenv build from command line fails

[barney_nicholls]

Hi Guys

I'm trying to build my installshield project from the command line and it is failing.

I can build it from inside visual studio but when I use the command line to do an automated build in a separate directory by retrieving the source etc it fails.

This is the command I am using:

"%VSCOMPILER%" /build "Release" /project "iSM.Installer\iSM.Installer.isproj" /projectconfig Release /out "%RELEASEDIR%\ism_Build.txt" "%RELEASEDIR%\iSM\iSM.sln"

The solution appears to build fine with no errors but it doesn't appear to build the msi properly and falls over at the first project:

66>------ Build started: Project: iSM.Installer, Configuration: Release ------
66>Created release folders
66>AdminExecuteSequence table successfully built
66>AdminUISequence table successfully built
66>AdvtExecuteSequence table successfully built
66>AdvtUISequence table successfully built
66>InstallExecuteSequence table successfully built
66>InstallUISequence table successfully built
66>Directory table successfully built
66>Feature table successfully built
66>FeatureComponents table successfully built
66>Component table successfully built
66>Loading File table
66>ISDEV : error : -6225: Resolving Visual Studio .NET project output "ClassLibrary\ClassLibrary.csproj\|ContentFiles"
66>Default Configuration\Release - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
66>Log file has been created:
66>

Any help would be appreciated

thanks in advance

[Serge_Matskov]

Has same problem.

My command line:
devenv InstallShieldTest.sln /build "Release|Any CPU"


Output:

Microsoft (R) Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Version 11.0.51106.1.
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
1>------ Build started: Project: Sample, Configuration: Release Any CPU ------
1> Sample -> D:\Projects\Onixs\InstallShieldTest\Sample\bin\Release\Sample.exe
2>------ Build started: Project: Setup, Configuration: SingleImage ------
2>Created release folders
2>ISEXP : warning : -7235: InstallShield could not create the software identification tag because the Tag Creator ID setting in the General Information view is empty.
2>AdminExecuteSequence table successfully built
2>AdminUISequence table successfully built
2>AdvtExecuteSequence table successfully built
2>AdvtUISequence table successfully built
2>InstallExecuteSequence table successfully built
2>InstallUISequence table successfully built
2>Directory table successfully built
2>Feature table successfully built
2>FeatureComponents table successfully built
2>Component table successfully built
2>Loading File table
2>ISEXP : error : -6225: Resolving Visual Studio .NET project output "Sample\Sample.csproj\|ContentFiles"
2>Express\SingleImage - 1 error(s), 1 warning(s)
2>Log file has been created:
2>
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========


From Visual Studio project was build without errors.

My test project was attached:

Please let me know if there any way to build installshield project from command line.

Thanks in advance.

[mikael_akelid]

I have the same problem. Can someone please help us out here?

[mikael_akelid]

Hi, looks like it works if built with msbuild.

Thanks,
Mikael

[Roman1]

Hi,

try to use:
ISCmdBld.exe