That variable comes from the project system. If you look at the command-line to candle.exe during the build, you'll see it (and may other things) passed in as the -D switch.
You've asked a couple basic questions about the preprocessor. Have you read the WiX.chm documentation? Hu, Pan wrote: > I have the following component in my Product.wxs file for my WiX > project: > > > > <Component Id="ProductComponent" > Guid="17e13748-8d44-47f6-b020-66d29f8a84fe"> > > <File Id="InstallationTarget.exe" > > > Source="../../InstallationTarget/bin/Debug/InstallationTarget.exe"></Fil > e> > > </Component> > > > > My question is, I want to use a preprocessor variable, i.e. > $(var.MyApp.TargetFilePath) for the 'Source' attribute of the 'File' > element above. In Votive 3.0, is var.<Project>.TargetFilePath a built-in > preprocessor? How do I define this in the project properties? Thanks! > -Pan > > Pan Hu, Application Engineer | EDS - HP | 202-414-8528 | > pan...@eds.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
