I figured it out. Inside my target that reads out the version, I use a CreateProperty tag to create a property named DefinedConstants that is the value of my version property and the existing value of DefinedConstants. Works really well.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com> wrote: > Reggie Burnett wrote: >> By using the warning element I can see that my RetrieveIdentities >> target is running. I'm trying to use my version property here >> >> <PropertyGroup> >> <DefineConstants>Version=$(CurrentVersion)</DefineConstants> >> <WixVariables></WixVariables> >> </PropertyGroup> >> >> But this doesn't appear to be working. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? >> > > I think you're running into evaluation order problems. See > http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/msbuild/usethesametargetinmultipleprojectfiles/ > and try using /v:diag to get property/item dumps. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
