Re: [WiX-users] using a WixVariable element in package and product elements

Smith, David S. wrote: > I would like to use a WixVariable for things such as my product name and > version, package description, comments. > First, as Brian points out, you can more easily use preprocessor variables for those kinds of things. WiX variables are bind-time variables, so they'r

Re: [WiX-users] using a WixVariable element in package and product elements

Hey David, I don't know if this would be any help to you or not, but $(var.CompanyName) could work at compile time (candle.exe). Do you need to have late binding variables in light or could you do this earlier? Thanks, Brian -- Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - BR http://www.code

[WiX-users] using a WixVariable element in package and product elements

I would like to use a WixVariable for things such as my product name and version, package description, comments. Looking at the WixVariable element it seems it can have these parents: Fragment, Module, Product. When I try declaring my WixVariable's as child elements of Product before my packag