Fixed it. There were 2 issues, the File/@Source should be File/@Name as
Peter's suggested but also ComponentGroup/@Source needs a trailing \ on
the path e.g.:
Source="$(var.SolutionDir)output\"
Having a trailing slash doesn't match directory use anywhere else so I
think this is probably a bug.
Neil
>I am trying to use the ComponentGroup/@Source to set the source path for
>some components but it is not working, the syntax I am using is:
>
> <ComponentGroup Id="Test" Directory="APPLICATIONFOLDER"
>Source="$(var.SolutionDir)output">
> <Component>
> <File Source="Dummy.exe" />
> </Component>
> </ComponentGroup>
>
>I would expect that to find Dummy.exe in the path
>"$(var.SolutionDir)output" but it fails with a the error:
>LGHT0103: The system cannot find the file 'Dummy.exe'
>
>If I change the File element to the following it works ok:
><File Source="="$(var.SolutionDir)output\Dummy.exe" />
>Even if I change the $(var.SolutionDir) to a full path it still fails.
>
>Should this work?
>
>Neil
>
>Neil Sleightholm
>X2 Systems Limited
>n...@x2systems.com<mailto:n...@x2systems.com>
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