Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-16 Thread Alex Ivanoff
This is what I ended up doing. -Original Message- From: John Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:52 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line > So you are saying it is not possible?

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-16 Thread John Hall
> So you are saying it is not possible? I don't know; I'm no expert. Rather than pass in two variables embedded in 'MyVariable' can you not just pass Name1 and Name2 as variables in their own right? And then msbuild myinstall.wixproj /p:Name1=value1 /p:Name2=valu

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-16 Thread Alex Ivanoff
So you are saying it is not possible? -Original Message- From: John Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 03:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line Could you not just pass in Name1 and

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-16 Thread John Hall
Could you not just pass in Name1 and Name2 seperately? Regards, John > -Original Message- > From: Alex Ivanoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 October 2008 18:13 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build from comm

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread Alex Ivanoff
: Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line > Let me rephrase. How do I specify preprocessor variables when > I build from command line with MSBuild? > > msbuild myinstall.wixproj /p:??? I've modified by wixproj file to take parameters from the commandline and pass them

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread John Hall
> > I've modified by wixproj file to take parameters from the > > commandline and pass them into WiX: > Does it mean there is a bug in WiX MSBuild-related stuff or > it is not implemented? I don't know. I just assumed that they were different things and that you need to plumb them together yours

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread Alex Ivanoff
Does it mean there is a bug in WiX MSBuild-related stuff or it is not implemented? -Original Message- From: John Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 03:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Build from command

Re: [WiX-users] Build from command line

2008-10-15 Thread John Hall
> Let me rephrase. How do I specify preprocessor variables when > I build from command line with MSBuild? > > msbuild myinstall.wixproj /p:??? I've modified by wixproj file to take parameters from the commandline and pass them into WiX: You need to add something like this to the BeforeBu