If you use $(var.MyProjectName.TargetDir)MyAssemblyName.dll correctly, it will just work. Building with TFS 2010 or later, the Default Template will set OutDir to the Binaries location for all projects. One of the many reasons this is done is for performance--file I/O is one of the biggest time killers in a build, and dropping all the files in one folder is efficient from this point of view.
When one violates this assumption and tries to force TFS to build into the source tree and not into the binaries tree, bad things happen. One of those bad things is a significant increase in build times cause by the extra file copies. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer -- ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.(r) Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: RHaggard [mailto:hagg...@msn.com] Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 12:46 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to detect an environmental variable's value? Ah. Figured it out. It appears that the syntax of the conditional was incorrect. This works: <?ifdef env.IsTfsBuildAgent ?> <?define SourcePath = "..\..\..\binaries" ?> <?else ?> <?define SourcePath = "..\bin\$var.Configuration)" ?> <?endif ?> Note the absence (despite what it says elsewhere in the documentation) of the '$(' around the env.IsTfsBuildAgent. This simple little trick makes it possible to build on either a TFS build agent or a developer's desktop without making any changes more complicated than adding the one single environmental variable to the TFS build agent itself. No need to create new build scripts or otherwise alter the workflow template. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-detect-an-environmental-variable-s-value-tp7589501p7589503.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134791&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
