If we're building with Visual Studio (or devenv.exe) are we still using msbuild under the hood?
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Rob Mensching <rob.mensch...@microsoft.com>wrote: > You need to separate the WiX toolset from MSBuild in your mind. Treat the > WiX toolset the way you would treat csc.exe or vbc.exe or (actually more > like) cl.exe/link.exe. Anything written in the language being compiled is > completely contained within the compilation process. MSBuild (or NAnt or > make.exe or whatever you want to use) is driving the outputs from those > tools in a coordinated manner. You need some MSBuild syntax to set the > property you want. I'm not an MSBuild guru so I'm not much more help than > that. Sorry. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 15:52 > To: wix-users > Subject: [WiX-users] Setting the output name with a variable > > I've asked this before but haven't gotten a solid answer, so I'll try one > more time. > > I need to be able to incorporate a modified form of the package version > into > the .msi name. > > What would be ideal would be the ability to reference the > "!(bind.fileVersion.MyPackageEXE)" as part of the output name, something > like: > > DeluxeInstaller_!(bind.fileVersion.MyPackageEXE).msi > > I've had no luck shooting in the dark with different forms of the variable. > > Setting the "OutputName" field to include either a $() variable or a !() > bind variable doesn't work, and the bind variable seems to no longer be in > scope at the post-build-event stage (where I could simply write a line of > DOS that renames the file. > > Is the only option to me at this point truly to write a separate > stand-alone > application that will have to go get the version information from the > binaries itself and do a rename? > > That seems incredibly lame, since all the information I need is available > during the wix processing, but I just don't seem to be able to get at it. > > I REALLY don't want to have to make an ugly hack just to add the version > number into the filename. > > Please don't tell me that that is the only way. > > -- > Regards, > cf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
