libapp.so Not added into Windows release installation.

[edTheGuy00]

When Building a windows MSI file with hover build windows-msi The installed application will not run. After digging around, I found that libapp.so is missing from C:\Program Files (x86)\MY_APP.

If I run hover build windows and manually copy libapp.so file from windows-release directory into C:\Program Files (x86)\MY_APP\libapp.so then everything run fine.

[edTheGuy00]

Ok I figured it out.

I added

<Component Id="libapp.so" Guid="*">
         <File Id="libapp.so" Source="build{{.pathSeparator}}libapp.so" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>

and

<ComponentRef Id="libapp.so"/>

into packaging/windows-msi/{{.packageName}}.wxs.tmpl file. Should this be added to the standard template?

[provokateurin]

Yes that should be added

[provokateurin]

The code can be improved as a whole so that every file gets automatically included. Currently some files are manually included like libapp.so should be.

[pchampio]

The code can be improved as a whole so that every file gets automatically included.

Yea, we have to take into account that some component are dependent on the compile mode.
libapp.so is only present when complied for release...
Wild-card inclusion is a possible solution.

[provokateurin]

I think wildcard inclusion is not possible, but the current strategy is to generate all entries on building.