WiX Fails on Build Server

Question

I have a project that using WiX. It works fine on my local machine but when I publish to the build server the build blows up with the following.

From the MSBuild log

Using "HeatDirectory" task from assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\\WixTasks.dll".
Task "HeatDirectory"
  Command:
  C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\Heat.exe dir "C:\Builds\3\Project\Foo Bar - CI\Sources\Company.Foobar.UI\obj\BuildServer\Package\PackageTmp\\" -cg Company.Foobar.UI_Project -dr INSTALLLOCATION -scom -sreg -srd -var var.WebServiceProjectDir -ag -sfrag -out web\Company.Foobar.UI.wxs
  Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\Heat.exe' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
     at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
     at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly reqAssembly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
     at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly reqAssembly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
     at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence securityEvidence, Byte[] hashValue, AssemblyHashAlgorithm hashAlgorithm, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
     at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(String assemblyFile)
     at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Build.Tasks.WixToolTask.ExecuteToolThread(Object parameters)

I have Wix 3.6 installed on the build server and the account running tfs build is listed in the domain administrators group.

Answer 1

Try wrapping your command in double quotes

"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.6\bin\Heat.exe"

MS build can have problems with paths that have spaces in it.

Answer 2

Actually the issue was all to do with a architecture mistmatch. One of the projects only compiles in x86 so had to change the buildserver to use x86.

Edit Build, Process, MSBuildPlatform X86