WiX and custom extensions for primary output?

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This one has me stumped. I am using Visual Studio 2013 and have been forced change my MSI packaging system. I have installed Wix and have gone through the bumpy ride of trying to make it do something..

My project is nothing more than a plugin (a DLL) for a larger app. The wrinkle is that rather than using "DLL" for the extension, it uses a custom extension. (".xyz" for this example.)

Currently, I have gotten an MSI package with cab file working. But I believe that only the .msm files are embedded.

When I run the MSI, my destination folders are created, but that is about it. I suspect that because of the custom DLL extension, the output from VC++ isn't being recognised by Wix.

Can anyone suggest a place to look?

Thanks in advance!

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Well, this is a fore-head slapper! I went into my solution's Properties, and changed the Target Extension from .dll to .xyz.

After a cleanup and build of my solution, everything worked as expected. Woohoo!