Fixed a typo below, I botched a closing PropertyGroup tag. Neil
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Enns Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:10 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Overriding DefaultConstants or sending variables to candle using TFSBuild You can definitely do this. My first question is why are you using CreateProperty instead of setting a property directly using <PropertyGroup> elements? You should only have to use CreateProperty if the value is something computed on the fly by the build. Here's what our project file looks like: <!-- This group contains properties we use to indicate the location of various files on disk --> <PropertyGroup> <!-- Location of the redistributables that get built into setup. --> <RedistPath>$(EXTPATH)\BootstrapFiles</RedistPath> <!-- Where the source files are for the installation package. --> <SourceFileLocation>$(INETROOT)\target\$(Configuration)\i386</SourceFileLocation> </PropertyGroup> <!-- Override the defined constants from the Wix Targets to pass in appropriate constants from the environment. --> <PropertyGroup> <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);SourceFileLocation=$(SourceFileLocation);RedistPath=$(RedistPath)</DefineConstants> </PropertyGroup> The values for $(DefineConstants), $(SourceFileLocation), etc. can come from anywhere, including from your TFSBuild.proj file I believe. In our case they happen to be in the same .wixproj as the <DefineConstants> element. Neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Pub Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:03 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Overriding DefaultConstants or sending variables to candle using TFSBuild Hi, I am using Wix 3.0.4318.0. I have created a Wix project using Votive and have added it to TFS. I am attempting to either customise the whole DefaultConstants property inside my TFSBuild.proj file or create a property which is referenced in the DefaultsConstants property at no avail. I have created a property insode the BeforeCompile target inside TFSBuild.proj like this <CreateProperty Value="TestString"> <Output TaskParameter="Value" PropertyName="TestProp"/> </CreateProperty> and then Votive has a reference to using the Define preprocessor Test=$(TestProp). When checking the Build log, the candle command line lists the Test var as empty. I have also tried another approach of attempting to override the whole DefaultsConstants property inside TFSBuild.proj. Is there a way to get variables to the candle compiler? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
