If you're running outside of Visual Studio or MSBuild, the defines will NOT be generated for you automatically. You'll have to pass the defines manually to candle. Something like this:
-dHelpSystem.Web.Configuration=Release -d"HelpSystem.Web.FullConfiguration=Release|AnyCPU" -dHelpSystem.Web.Platform=AnyCPU -dHelpSystem.Web.ProjectDir=D:\tfs\XP\XHS\dev\Source\HelpSystem.Web\ -dHelpSystem.Web.ProjectExt=.csproj -dHelpSystem.Web.ProjectFileName=HelpSystem.Web.csproj -dHelpSystem.Web.ProjectName=HelpSystem.Web -dHelpSystem.Web.ProjectPath=D:\tfs\XP\XHS\dev\Source\HelpSystem.Web\HelpSystem.Web.csproj -dHelpSystem.Web.TargetDir=D:\tfs\XP\XHS\dev\Source\HelpSystem.Web\bin\ -dHelpSystem.Web.TargetExt=.dll -dHelpSystem.Web.TargetFileName=JackHenry.Xperience.HelpSystem.Web.dll -dHelpSystem.Web.TargetName=JackHenry.Xperience.HelpSystem.Web -dHelpSystem.Web.TargetPath=D:\tfs\XP\XHS\dev\Source\HelpSystem.Web\bin\JackHenry.Xperience.HelpSystem.Web.dll (taken from one of my builds). If something like this isn't on the command line of candle, your macro is not going to be defined. -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: Brian Enderle [mailto:bria...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 8:58 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Candle & pre-processor variables I should have mentioned that I have that included and that the Product.wxs successfully builds when I use VS 2012 to build the MSI. I am now trying to automatically harvest and deploy a website along with the items in Product.wxs. It is when I use 'candle' with Product.wxs that I am getting the error. Brian If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:46 AM, John Cooper <jocoo...@jackhenry.com> wrote: > First and foremost, you need a project reference to "ApprovalClassLibrary" > in the consuming wixproj in order for that macro to be defined. > > -- > John Merryweather Cooper > Build & Install Engineer - ESA > Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® > Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 > Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 > jocoo...@jackhenry.com > www.jackhenry.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Enderle [mailto:bria...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 8:22 AM > To: WiX Users > Subject: [WiX-users] Candle & pre-processor variables > > I am following the example of installing a website found at > http://blog.bartdemeyer.be/2013/10/create-an-installer-for-website-wit > h-wix-part-1/ > . > I am running into an issue when I try to use the following in the > setup.build file used by msbuild: > > <!-- Location of published files to compile--> > <Target Name="WIX"> > <!-- At last create an installer --> > <Message Text="TEST: @(WixCode)"/> > <Exec > Command='"$(WixPath)candle.exe" -dpublishDir=$(Publish) > -dHRActionsComponents=. @(WixCode, ' ')' > ContinueOnError="false" > WorkingDirectory="." /> > > <Exec > Command='"$(WixPath)light.exe" -out "$(MsiOut)" @(WixObject, > ' ')' > ContinueOnError="false" > WorkingDirectory="." /> > > > <!-- A message at the end --> > <Message Text="Install package has been created." /> > </Target> > > > When I try to run "msbuild /t:WIX setup.build" I get the following error: > > Product.wxs > C:\Users\benderle\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\HRActions > 10.3.2\HRActionsSetupWiX\Product.wxs(67): error CNDL0 > 150: Undefined preprocessor variable > '$(var.ApprovalClassLibrary.TargetDir)'. > [C:\Users\benderle\Documents\Visual Studi o 2012\Projects\HRActions > 10.3.2\HRActionsSetupWiX\setup.build] > C:\Users\benderle\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\HRActions > 10.3.2\HRActionsSetupWiX\setup.build(92,5): error MSB > 3073: The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.8\bin\candle.exe" > -dpublishDir=..\SetupFiles\publish\ -dHRAct ionsComponents=. > Product.wxs HRActionsWeb.wxs" exited with code 150. > > The "$(var.ApprovalClassLibrary.TargetDir)" is from my Product.wxs > file as > follows: > > <Fragment> > <ComponentGroup Id="BinComponents" Directory="INSTALL_FOLDER_BIN"> > <Component Id="ApprovalClassLibraryDLL"> > <File Id="ApprovalClassLibraryDLL" > Name="ApprovalClassLibrary.dll" > > Source="$(var.ApprovalClassLibrary.TargetDir)ApprovalClassLibrary.dll" > Vital="yes" > KeyPath="yes"/> > </Component> > > Is there something special I need to do or setup so that candle can > reference these var's? I have a number of projects in the solution > and all use the same format to include what is needed in Product.wxs. > > > Brian > > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > - Albert Einstein > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your > business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how > application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you > get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. 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