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I have a Wix project from which I would like to install 32-bit drivers when built with the x86 release configuration and 64-bit drivers when built with x64.
The way I am doing this just now is with two identical projects but one referencing difxapp_x86 and the other referencing difxapp_x64. Can I improve on this?
Also, if I reference difxapp_x86 and build the 64 bit version, then unsurprisingly I get the msi error:
"DIFXAPP: ERROR - You need to use the 64-bit version of DIFXAPP.DLL to install drivers on this machine."
Is it possible to reference these conditionally based on the selected build configuration?
Thanks, Alan
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I managed to find a solution to this which involved manually editing the project file.
I changed the following part:
<ItemGroup>
<WixLibrary Include="difxapp_x86">
<HintPath>C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\difxapp_x86.wixlib</HintPath>
<Name>difxapp_x86</Name>
</WixLibrary>
</ItemGroup>
To the following:
<ItemGroup>
<WixLibrary Include="difxapp_$(Platform)">
<HintPath>C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3.5\bin\difxapp_$(Platform).wixlib</HintPath>
<Name>difxapp_x86</Name>
</WixLibrary>
</ItemGroup>
Now the path to the reference will be determined by state of the Platform variable. Hope it helps others with the same requirement.
Alan
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