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HI , I am using TFS (2010) build to create btdf MSI. I need help to figure out this -> With every TFS build, I want the ProductVersion to be incremented & automatically checked-in to btdfproj...
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You will have to customize your TFS build template to add a WF activity to create or increment the version number, and another to create a GUID. I recommend the Community TFS Build Extensions library....
View ArticleNew Post: Retrieve name of SQL Server of BizTalk Group
Hi Tom, I noticed that the registry also holds SQLScriptPath, which is the path to the folder where all kind of BizTalk related SQL scripts are stored. This gave me the idea of not just executing some...
View ArticleNew Post: BTDF for Visual Studio 2013
I am building a BizTalk Server 2013 R2 Enterprise on a MS Server 2012 R2 with Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate installed. I see that compatibility is not listed for any of the above. Will there be any new...
View ArticleNew Post: BTDF for Visual Studio 2013
Version 6.0 supports BizTalk 2013 R2. It's currently available in a stable beta. All known issues are logged in the Issues tab. Thanks, Tom
View ArticleNew Post: Next Full version of BTDF for BizTalk 2013R2
Hi , We are going to use BizTalk 2013 R2 but BTDF version 5.5 doesnt support biztalk 2013R2. we can see beta version is release(6.0.1) but just wanted to know when full version of BTDF will get...
View ArticleNew Post: Auto Increment ProductVersion & use a new ProductID in btdfproj...
Sorry for late reply. Thanks for the help , Tom ! The idea itself is clear, currently I am working (struggling) with WF activity & possible ways to do it (maintain a seed file / sync to build...
View ArticleNew Post: Anyway to customize the default btdfproj file?
We are using BTDF on some large projects and every time we add BTDF to a solution we have to make the same changes to the btdfproj file, is this file created from code every time or does it use a...
View ArticleNew Post: Anyway to customize the default btdfproj file?
It uses a template in the BTDF installation folder under the Developer subfolder.
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
I have tried to modify the WIX file as per the documentation but I don't seem to be able to do some of the things I want to do and I don't know exactly why. First, the default install location is...
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
You can set the default installation path using an MSBuild property named DefaultInstallDir in your .btdfproj. As for the WiX UI, I'm not sure what you mean by "it [WixUI_Mondo] does not work." Have...
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
Thanks for your reply. I will try the DefaultInstallDir setting. But I'm curious why setting a folder structure in the wxs file doesn't have the desired effect. As for the WixUI_Mondo; I can't select...
View ArticleNew Post: Deployment Window Not Opening When I Run The MSI
I can easily run my deployment from within Visual Studio using the BizTalk Deployment Framework but when I try to do it from the MSI and click "Start Deploying to BizTalk when I click Finish" then a...
View ArticleNew Post: Deployment Issue
I can easily run my deployment from within Visual Studio using the BizTalk Deployment Framework but when I try to do it from the MSI and click "Start Deploying to BizTalk when I click Finish" then a...
View ArticleNew Post: Deployment Window Not Opening When I Run The MSI
Please try one of the sample applications included with the Deployment Framework, unmodified except for the Visual Studio upgrade, and see if you end up with the same result. Thanks, Tom
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
I didn't ask what version of the Deployment Framework you're using. I'm assuming v5.5. There's nothing special about this application of WiX. WixUIExtension.dll is already referenced, so any WiX UI is...
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
Hi Tom, I've done as you mention. And, I do not see any change in the UI.You've edited the copy of GenericBizTalkMSI.wxs in your deployment project folder to replace<UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir"...
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
After doing as I mentioned in my last post...I now see the customized UI.
View ArticleNew Post: Customizing the MSI User Interface NOT the Deployment UI
Thanks for tracking that down, and sorry for the inconvenience. It turns out I already fixed it in v6.0. Thanks, Tom
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