Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line

2015-03-19 Thread Phill Hogland
Ara; Are you looking for -dr (or ) which can be any DirectoryRef (Property) defined in your MSI. (Run heat.exe -? for more details.) You could use -dr APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY to install the files under that location on the target system. Personally I avoid using VS solut

Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line

2015-03-19 Thread Ara Bravo Condas
M To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line You can use these variables: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/votive/votive_project_references.html Note that they're available only within a Visual Studio context. As far as I r

Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line

2015-03-19 Thread Nir Bar
You can use these variables: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/votive/votive_project_references.html Note that they're available only within a Visual Studio context. As far as I remmember you can use $(var.ProjectDir) for your own project as well as the other project-reference variable

Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line

2015-03-19 Thread Ara Bravo Condas
forge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line You can use this: -var Substitute File/@Source="SourceDir" with a preprocessor or a wix variable (e.g. -var var.MySource will become File/@Source="$(var.MySource)\myfile.txt" and -var wix.MySource

Re: [WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line

2015-03-19 Thread Nir Bar
You can use this: -var Substitute File/@Source="SourceDir" with a preprocessor or a wix variable (e.g. -var var.MySource will become File/@Source="$(var.MySource)\myfile.txt" and -var wix.MySource will become File/@Source="!(wix.MySource)\myfile.txt". Or this: -wixvar Generate binder va

[WiX-users] using custom variables on heat command line

2015-03-19 Thread Ara Bravo Condas
Hi. I'm new to wix and am trying to use a custom variable in the heat.exe -dir parameter in order to simulate a dynamic folder structure. Is this possible? Thanks. ~ Ara Email Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this transmission is confidential, proprietary or privileged an