Thankyou Bob, This now works fine!
Is it possible to set the variable within the main.wxs file so that candle picks up the value though? Sorry if this is a stupid question! -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: 23 September 2010 01:32 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe On 22-Sep-10 18:11, David Amey wrote: > Basically I'm using heat to harvest a folder, simples. However I'm using the "-var" property in the command line (to replace the "sourceDir" in the output component's source attribute), using a variable declared in the main.wxs. This replaces the "sourceDir" as expected, but when it comes to candle to compile , it flags an error as if the variable isn't populated. You have to define the values for any preprocessor variables you use in your source code. How you do that depends on how you run the compiler (e.g., -d on the command line or DefineConstants in MSBuild) but both are documented in WiX.chm. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
