appveyor: start building the installer in CI

appveyor.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Build version
+version: "{build}"
+
+branches:
+  only:
+  - /^v[0-9].*$/
+
+# Build worker image (build VM template)
+image: Visual Studio 2017
+
+# build platform, i.e. Win32 (instead of x86), x64, Any CPU. This setting is optional.
+platform:
+- x64
+
+# scripts that are called at very beginning, before repo cloning
+init:
+- ver
+
+install:
+# install the whole toolchain from online sources
+- call toolchain\scripts\install-all-components.bat
+# fetch the Windows Installer XML Toolset binaries
+- call installer\wix-binaries\install-wix-binaries.bat
+
+build_script:
+# extract version number from git tag
+- git describe --tags > version
+- set /p version= < version
+- del version
+- set version=%version:~1%
+- echo Building Windows Toolchain Installer %version%
+
+# generate the toolchain installer MSI file using WiX
+- call installer\wix-project\generate-msi.bat %version%
+
+artifacts:
+  - path: installer\wix-project\build\PX4 Windows Cygwin Toolchain*.msi
+    name: Installer
+
+deploy:
+- provider: GitHub
+  auth_token:
+    secure: Za5Kwd1s8umbE1ipD2voQR031N/2VfJQPjr3qF2pFqteJjkLGr6ie4iNANBi6O8z
+  artifact: Installer

installer/wix-project/PX4.wxs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<!-- basic installer configuration (https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/getting-started/the-software-package/)
 	UpgradeCode="EED21B28-B4E2-4F96-91EC-DCC54227CF52" needs to stay unique for this "product"! -->
 	<Product Name="PX4 Toolchain" Id="*" UpgradeCode="EED21B28-B4E2-4F96-91EC-DCC54227CF52"
-		Language="1033" Codepage="1252" Version="0.5.0" Manufacturer="Dronecode">
+		Language="1033" Codepage="1252" Version="$(env.version).0" Manufacturer="Dronecode">
 		<Package Id="*" Keywords="Installer" Description="PX4 Windows Toolchain Installer"
 			Comments="Created by MaEtUgR" Manufacturer="Dronecode"
 			InstallerVersion="100" Languages="1033" Compressed="yes" SummaryCodepage="1252" InstallScope="perMachine" />

installer/wix-project/generate-msi.bat

@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 SETLOCAL
 ECHO ** Generating PX4 Toolchain MSI Installer
 
+REM determine version number from script call parameter
+SET version=%1
+IF "version" == "" (
+	ECHO Please pass a version number to the script [0.0, 255.255]
+	PAUSE
+    EXIT /b
+)
+ECHO Version number: %version%
+
 REM base directory of the source files
 SET BASEDIR=%~dp0..\..
 REM get rid of the ..\.. in the variable
@@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ ECHO *** Running WiX Light to link the installer file
 heat.wixobj PX4.wixobj ui.wixobj ^
 -b %BASEDIR% ^
 -loc ..\custom_ui_text.wxl ^
--out "PX4 Toolchain.msi"
+-out "PX4 Windows Cygwin Toolchain %version%.msi"
 
 REM remove the symbolic link backup archive from the source directory
 ECHO *** Symbolic links: Removing Backup

toolchain/scripts/setup-environment.bat

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ IF "%1" == "" (
 	ECHO This file is automatically run by the other scripts, no need to execute manually.
 	ECHO Open environment-setup.bat in an editor to modify the toolchain!
 	PAUSE
+	EXIT /b
 )
 
 REM this is the PX4 directory which is two layers above this script