Question

I have added a basic MSI project to my vS2010 solution, it builds fine on my machine, but when I check in my code and request a build using TFS then it doesn t build and generates the following error:

C:Program FilesMSBuildInstallShield2011InstallShield.targets (68): OutputGroups item "e:BldTmp2MyProjectMy Project BuildSourcesMy projectlib.proj.Countdownsobjx86Releaselib.proj.Countdown.pdb" of "lib.proj.Countdown.debug symbols" does not appear to exist.

why MSBuild or SAB 2011 are looking for pdb file? I don t want to add pdb file to my installer. I have checked the path and I can see that the pdb file exist, but the build generates this error!!

Answer 1

It will not be MSBuild generating this error, it will be InstallShield s Stand Alone Builder.

What you have most likely done is when adding the files for the MSI, you selected a folder and created a dynamic file link which includes all files, or more specifically doesn t exclude any files. To fix this you should leave it as is, but adjust the link settings to exclude *.pdb files. Or you could delete the link and recreate the component manually, and manually add whichever files you want.

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