It's probably something unique about the .sqlproj that prevents the variables from flowing across the project references. I've never crated a ..sqlproj. How do you do that?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > I'm building the .sln in both cases. It works in Visual Studio but fails > in the command line. > > I tried adding the > <DefineSolutionProperties>false</DefineSolutionProperties> to my .wixproj > but the behavior didn't change. :-( > > I can build the .sqlproj just fine from the command line (either by itself > or as part of the .sln). > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Digital Channels > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:30 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FW: WiX using with MSBuild can't reference other > > project: error CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable > > > > What if you add > > > > <PropertyGroup> > > <DefineSolutionProperties>false</DefineSolutionProperties> > > </PropertyGroup> > > To your .wixproj? I expect you're hitting an interplay between > solutions and > > projects. That MSBuild property disables Visual Studio from creating > magical > > properties only available when you build the .sln file. If that is set > and the > > build fails then my hypothesis is correct and .sqlproj variables are > dependent > > on solutions today the way .vcproj files were in the past. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Edwin G. Castro > > <edwin.cas...@fiserv.com>wrote: > > > > > Ruslan Albu <ruslan.albu <at> kurtosys.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > But it doesn't work when I build it using MSBuild task. In my build > > > > definition I use the following: > > > > > > > > <MSBuild Projects="@(WixProject)" > > Condition="'$(CreateSetup)'=='true'" > > > > Properties > > > > ="MsiInstallVersion=$(Major).$(Minor).$(Build).$(Revision);AutoBuild > > > > =Tru > > > > e"/> > > > > > > > > I'm getting this error when using MSBuild: > > > > > > > > Product.wxs(361): error CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable > > > > '$(var.InstallDataBase.TargetDir)'. > > > > > > > > I checked the build outputs from both VS and MSBuild and the > > > > difference is that when building in MSBuild the candle.exe doesn't > > > > have the properties for the library project (for instance > > > > -dLibraryProjectName.ProjectDir, etc.). > > > > > > > > > > I'm running into this same problem. > > > > > > I have a WiX project with a reference to a .sqlproj. When I build the > > > solution the WiX project builds as expected but when I build it on the > > > command line I get error CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable > > > similar to above. > > > > > > Similarly, when I checked the output for Visual Studio and compared it > > > to the output from MSBuild I noticed that the project preprocessor > > > variables are not getting defined in MSBuild. > > > > > > I see in wix2010.targets that the > > > CreateProjectReferenceDefineConstants > > > task is > > > responsible for setting the ProjectReferenceDefineConstants property. > > > I can also see that the CreateProjectReferenceDefineConstants task > > > uses > > > @(_ResolvedProjectReferencePaths) as ProjectReferencePaths. > > > > > > My guess is that the wix2010.targets is failing to resolve my project > > > dependency on the command line but it succeeds in Visual Studio. I > > > can't figure out why the difference occurs. > > > > > > Has anybody else experienced this? If so, how did you resolve it? > > > > > > -- > > > Edwin G. 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