Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

Hi Bob, Thanks, tht did the trick! I also found out that I had to undef the variable before redefining it. If I didn't do that Candle wouldn't redefine the variable and would kick out a warning about it. The final construct is: Thanks again! ---

Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

Geoff Kennedy wrote: > > > > Try dropping the $(...) surroundings. wants the name of a variable, whereas $(...) says to expand that variable in-place. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ -- __

Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

Thanks HeathI'll look into that. Message: 2 Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 01:36:32 -0700 From: Heath Stewart Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment vari

Re: [WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

If you use a .wixproj, you can run msbuild /v:diag and it will show all the variables for the process - whether environment variables or project variables. Details about writing a .wixproj file (wraps all the candle, light, etc. commands into a build project) can be found in wix.chm. On Fri, Apr 3

[WiX-users] Running WiX tools from Cygwin, environment variables

Hi, new to the group! My question is this: I have a Cygwin shell script which sets an environment variable called "REVISION" (set to "anotherversion"). My .wxs has the following code in it: I know the variable exists, but Candle doesn't seem to pick it up. The idea is