Something like this should do it: <!-- If Var1 not defined use preset value --> <?ifndef Var1?> <?define Var1 = "Value1"?> <?endif ?>
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Joe Osman [mailto:joe.os...@tait.co.nz] Sent: 19 January 2010 03:05 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] How to assign a default value to preprocessor properties I am using preprocessor properties in my WIX project and I assign them values in msbuild when building the WIX project from the command line . For example I have the following preprocessor properties: Var1=$(Var1);Var2=$(Var2) I assign them values in msbuild in this way: msbuild /p:Var1="value1";Var2="value2" The problem is that when I build the project in Visual Studio those properties get an empty value. I want to give these properties a default value so that I will be able to build the WIX project from Visual Studio and not just from the command line using msbuild. Is there any way to assign these properties a default value that can be overridden by msbuild ? Thanks for your help ! ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. ======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
