[QBS] Fwd: Function to enumerate all files in desired directory

[Denis Shienkov]

Hi guys.

I have a trouble using the "heat.exe" utility to generate an *.wxs file.

I got an error:

...
generating myfiles.wxs

C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.8\bin/heat.exe dir . -cg MyProjectFiles -gg
-scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var env.MyProjectFilesDir
-template fragment -out myfiles.wxs

heat.exe : error HEAT0319 : The '-out' or '-o' parameter must specify a
file path.

Process failed with exit code 319.

...


but same command line perfectly works from the "cmd.exe" if I run it
manually.

Even when I cut the command line up to: "C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset
v3.8\bin/heat.exe dir . -out myfiles.wxs" then I got same error...

The source code of my Rule:


Rule {

        id: heater

        inputs: [ "xslt" ]

        Artifact {

            fileTags: [ "wxs" ]

            fileName: product.destinationDirectory + "/myfiles.wxs"

        }


        prepare: {

            var args = [];

            args.push("dir .");

            args.push("-cg MyProjectFiles");

            args.push("-gg");

            args.push("-scom");

            args.push("-sreg");

            args.push("-sfrag");

            args.push("-srd");

            args.push("-dr INSTALLLOCATION");

            args.push("-var env.MyProjectFilesDir");

            args.push("-template fragment");

            args.push("-out " + FileInfo.fileName(output.fileName));


            var cmd = new Command("heat.exe", args);

            cmd.description = "generating " +
FileInfo.fileName(output.fileName);

            cmd.highlight = "generator";

            cmd.workingDirectory = FileInfo.path(output.fileName);

            return cmd;

        }

    }


UPD: If I to do replacing an arguments to one line:

args.push("dir . -cg MyProjectFiles -gg -scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr
INSTALLLOCATION -var env.MyProjectFilesDir -template fragment -out " +
FileInfo.fileName(output.fileName));

then I got another error:

...
generating mtrfiles.wxs

C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.8\bin/heat.exe dir . -cg MyProjectFiles -gg
-scom -sreg -sfrag -srd -dr INSTALLLOCATION -var env.MyProjectFilesDir
-template fragment -out myfiles.wxs

heat.exe : error HEAT0318 : A harvest source must be specified after the
harvest type and can be followed by harvester arguments.

Process failed with exit code 318.

...

I found a similary problem in Google:
http://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/2378/
but those recommendations (with quoted the paths) do not helps..

Guys, what is strange error? :(

BR,
Denis



2014-06-03 11:08 GMT+04:00 Denis Shienkov <denis.shienkov at gmail.com>:

> Guys, many thanks for yours help.
>
> BR,
> Denis
>
>
> 2014-06-02 19:34 GMT+04:00 Jake Petroules <jake.petroules at petroules.com>:
>
> On 2014-06-02, at 11:12 AM, <Johannes.Matokic at microchip.com> <
>> Johannes.Matokic at microchip.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Denis,
>>
>> If you only need the files for use with WiX there might be a workaround.
>>
>> WiX provides the tool head.exe which can create wxs files with a
>> component containing all files found in one directory.
>> This tool could be easily used in special rule or transform which
>> requires only one file as the root of the directory structure as input.
>>
>> This rule would then call “heat.exe dir sourceDir -out output.wxs” with
>> extra arguments as required and would produce output.wxs which when tagged
>> as “wxs” should be used by the wix module like any normal wxs-file.
>>
>> You then don’t have a list of all files inside qbs but they will still be
>> included in the installer.
>> However I don’t think that heat is able to filter for specific files. You
>> have to make sure that only the files you really want are inside the
>> directory.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Johannes
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>>
>> This is a good point. The task for implementing WiX support in Qbs
>> (QBS-413) is still incomplete; there's a lot of functionality to add and it
>> will be a while before I'll be able to get to it all. heat is the perfect
>> tool for a 'WixFileCollection' product type or something of the sort.
>> Perhaps it could even collect output artifacts of dependent products
>> allowing for a clean, smooth way of getting your EXEs and DLLs into your
>> MSI.
>> --
>> Jake Petroules - jake.petroules at petroules.com
>> Chief Technology Officer - Petroules Corporation
>>
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