Ahh, that's a different problem than I thought you were trying to solve. We do this sort of thing in the WiX toolset using a tool that generates the .wxi file. You can see ours at: wix\toolsrc\GenerateWixInclude
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:41 PM, CP YEH <ntde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your answer. I may not understand your reply correctly > but I was looking for a way to keep a variable in one place for > various projects. In other words, currently I have product version > variable for future upgrade in wxs file but I need this information in > other parts of my code which is in C/C++. > > In Wix: > <?define ProductVer="1.0.2"?> > > In C/C++ project: > #define ProductVer "1.0.1" > > The thing is that I tend to forget to update this variable in both > places so sometimes my app does not work correctly and it takes time > to figure out where I did wrong. :-( > I am not looking for a way to retrieve these information from > installed product but looking for a way to define one variable in my > VS solution so that I could somehow use it from both Wix and C/C++ > projects. > If that was what I meant, I am sorry but could you give me one example > of API? Thank you very much. > > YEH > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > wrote: > > The MSI SDK provides a number of APIs to get at those pieces of data from > a > > custom action. The WiX toolset ships with many custom actions. You might > > read through those to get an idea how to read MSI databases. > > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:47 PM, CP YEH <ntde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I have Wix project that contains product codes and version information > >> and I would like to find a way to use these information from C++ > >> project because I do not want to define these variables two different > >> places. > >> Could anyone tell me how to achieve this? > >> Thanks. > >> > >> YEH > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
