Re: [WiX-users] heat / "SourceDir"

[Castro, E. G. C. (Hillsboro) <Edw...@Fi...>]

Take a look at the -var option for heat.exe. If you give it '-var var.xyz' then it will do the "search/replace" for you.

I don't think there are any problems with using the feature but I could be wrong.

Edwin G. Castro
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sas...@gm...]
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:36 PM
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] heat / "SourceDir"
>
> Hi,
>
> I recall in a recent thread that heat generated .wxs files will search
> for files with the path "SourceDir\..." in folders specified with the
> "-b" switch to light, but can't find anything in the documentation
> about this feature/
>
> Currently I'm just doing a search/replace and replacing "SourceDir\"
> with a $(var.xyz) preprocessor variable on the heat output, is there
> any benefit/problems with either method?
>
> Sascha
>
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