pymsbuild-msix 0.1.0a2

A pymsbuild extension for producing MSIX packages.

pymsbuild-msix

This is a pymsbuild extension for compiling packages to MSIX.

Quick Start

In your _msbuild.py, import AppxManifest from pymsbuild_msix (using import * is okay, and there are more names you may need).

from pymsbuild import *
from pymsbuild_msix import *

METADATA = {...}

PACKAGE = Package(
    'package',
    PyFile("__init__.py"),
    AppxManifest("appxmanifest.xml"),
)

The extension adds a new msix command to build the MSIX. It behaves like the wheel and sdist commands, including with the --layout-dir option followed by the pack command.

$> python -m pymsbuild msix

# Or

$> python -m pymsbuild msix --layout-dir $DIR
# Modify (e.g. sign) the files in $DIR
$> python -m pymsbuild pack --layout-dir $DIR --add @additional_files.txt

Additional types that can be used in the package definition include ResourcesXml, to identify a file to run with makepri.exe as part of build, and AppInstaller. The latter currently does nothing special.