Votive doesn't support wildcards or variables in the include path for Compile items. You'll still be able to build it from the command line, but you won't be able to load the project in Visual Studio.
Newer versions of Votive in WiX 3.5 should give an error message when loading projects using wildcards. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Clark [mailto:mcl...@fullarmor.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wixproj <compile> question Ya, I have tried all permutations. It looks like it's a bug. -Michael 2243 -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:18 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wixproj <compile> question As far as I know, VS uses an "msbuild-like" parser/engine instead of simply using msbuild "out-of-the-box" and that engine may be "concerned" over the use of variables outside of its control. However, without testing it, what happens if you put the backslash Peter suggests between the env-value and the filename? -----Original Message----- From: Michael Clark [mailto:mcl...@fullarmor.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 8:35 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wixproj <compile> question That's what I thought to, but adding that line to the project file prevents the file from being loaded into VS. VS throws "Value does not fall within expected range" <compile include="$(envvar)foo.wxs" /> -Michael 2243 -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:18 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] wixproj <compile> question wixproj files are msbuild files, not wix files, so you would use the msbuild syntax to read the value of an environment value, which is just $(envvar) <compile include="$(someenv)\foo.wxs" /> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Clark [mailto:mcl...@fullarmor.com] Sent: 05 March 2010 15:52 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] wixproj <compile> question Quick question. when using <compile include="foo.wxs" /> is it possible to do <compile include="$(env.someenv)\foo.wxs">. I have tried several permutations and can't seem to get it correct. 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