Thanks bob, i missed that <?ifdef?> syntax in the help file omits the $(var. )
So now I have broken this down to the simplest example i can think of and still
seem to be having troubles.
I created a new solution, added one class library and one wix installer
project. I added a reference to ClassLibrary1 in the wix project.
I added:
<?ifndef ClassLibrary1.TargetDir ?>
<?error preprocessor definition value: $(var.ClassLibrary1.TargetDir) ?>
<?endif?>
when i try to compile i get this error:
Error 1 preprocessor definition value:
C:\code\Test\ClassLibrary1\bin\Debug\
what this tells me is that the check to see if the preprocessor definition
exists says that it doesn't, but the value is expanded correctly in the error
statement so it must.
what am i doing wrong ?
Steve Baker
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From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 5:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset."
<wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Testing for existence of a Project Reference
Steve Baker wrote:
> I am trying to test if a project reference has been defined from inside a wxi
> file by testing one of the constants that should be defined like this:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>
$(var.id) is a variable resolution, to expand the id into its variable
value. and are looking for the id itself, so just drop the
$(var.) portion.
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