Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)

[Foster, R. - P. <Ric...@qu...>]

Oliver,
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I'm still a bit unsure about where you are getting the error (I.e. are
you building the installation from the command line? Within Visual
Studio 2005? Somewhere else?). Unfortunately, I also don't use Votive so
the vast majority of this reply is guesswork!
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I suspect that the MSBuild variable "Configuration" is being set, but
that when you are seeing the error it is because this variable is never
being passed to WiX.
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Depending on your build process, to get the information to WiX you may
need to pass it via the command line (e.g.
-dWixVariableName=3D$(MSBuildVariableName) ), in which case you would
access it using $(var.WixVariableName), or set an environment variable
(e.g. set SomeEnvironmentVariable=3D$(MSBuildVariableName) ) and access i=
t
in WiX using $(env.SomeEnvironmentVariable).
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It is likely that Votive is intended to do this for you (like I said, I
don't use Votive, so I don't know for certain), in which case you may
have uncovered a bug.
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I also notice that you mention that you found a batch file setting
"var.Build" to "$(ConfigurationName)". If true, this may not be
desirable, since within WiX you may then need to reference that variable
as $(var.var.Build). Within it's scripts, WiX requires the addition of
the var prefix to indicate that you want to use a WiX variable (not an
environment variable or system setting), but you do not specify that
prefix when defining the variable.
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Hopefully this offers at least some additional information which may
help you determine where you need to look.
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Regards,
Richard
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From: wix...@li...
[mailto:wix...@li...] On Behalf Of Friedrich,
Oliver
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 03:37
To: wix...@li...
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)


Well, seems like $(Configuration) is set by Votive, but inside the
WiX-code I can not access it?
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With : <Property Id=3D'MyProp' Value=3D$(Configuration)/>
I get the Errormessage:=20
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Error 1 Ill-formed preprocessor variable 'Configuration'.  Variables
must have a prefix (like 'var.', 'env.', or 'sys.') and a name at least
1 character long. Z:\Projects\Aldi -
Intranet\EwsSetup\Features\Ews_Mmc.wxs 5 1 EwsSetup
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Those three throw "Undefined preprocessor variable":
<Property Id=3D'MyProp' Value=3D$(var.Configuration)/>
<Property Id=3D'MyProp' Value=3D$(sys.Configuration)/>
<Property Id=3D'MyProp' Value=3D$(env.Configuration)/>
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On the properties of the .wixproj in the linker tab, there I can set
userdefined variables, there I added "Configuration=3D$Configuration" but
even then, I can not access this variable like above inside my WiX-code.
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Oliver
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=09From: Justin Rockwood [mailto:roc...@cs...]=20
=09Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:58 AM
=09To: 'Bob Arnson'; Friedrich, Oliver
=09Cc: wix...@li...; roc...@cs...
=09Subject: RE: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)
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=09The variable $(Configuration) is set by most MSBuild scripts
automatically (C#, VB, VJ#, WiX, etc.). Also, $(ConfigurationName) is
usually set as well, but I'd probably go with $(Configuration). You
won't be able to know what the configuration is outside of MSBuild, but
assuming that you're using C# or VB.NET, then you should already have
this defined for you by the time you call your Pre-build event.

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=09If you're using Votive (and therefore wix.targets), then you
also get $(Configuration) defined for you. I'm not sure if
$(ConfigurationName) is defined. If not, it's a bug.

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=09Justin

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=09From: Bob Arnson [mailto:wi...@bo...]=20
=09Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:28 PM
=09To: Friedrich, Oliver
=09Cc: wix...@li...; roc...@cs...
=09Subject: Re: [WiX-users] preprocessor variable $(var.Build)

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=09Friedrich, Oliver wrote:=20

=09Alright, just found out, where this variable was set. It is set
on the commandline while calling the batch-file to start the compilation
of the setup.

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=09The batch-file is called as "Pre-build event command line" in
VS2005. The variable "var.Build" is set to the value of
"$(ConfigurationName)". The last is homemade of VisualStudio. How can I
access this "ConfigurationName" under WiX-V3?

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=09WiX doesn't support that as it's a Visual Studio-specific
concept. Votive might, though. JRock?
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