Cool I guess I didn't quite connect the dots when you suggested this option
earlier. I also realized that var.<ReferencedProjectName>.TargetDir is
essentially going to equal OutDir and OutputPath for all projects in the case
of a tfs automated msbuild .proj file processing activity.
On a sortof related note anyone know what the intended differences are supposed
to be between project macros OutputPath and OutDir and why even have them when
they should essentially be the same as TargetDir?
From: Justin Rockwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:15 PM
To: Robert O'Brien; Jason Ginchereau; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
Those are good scenarios. Just a note that you can accomplish the same thing
today by defining the variables yourself. You would just change the
<DefineConstants> in your .wixproj file (either directly or via the property
pages in the IDE). You can use an MSBuild defined variable, which will do what
you want. So, your authoring would look like this in your .wxs file:
Source="$(var.OutDir)\..."
In your .wixproj, you'd have the following in a <PropertyGroup>
<DefineConstants>OutDir=$(OutputPath)</DefineConstants>
This will work today without any bug fixes. Note that $(OutputPath) is already
defined by the project systems in MSBuild.
Justin
From: Robert O'Brien
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:06 PM
To: Justin Rockwood; Jason Ginchereau; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
Fyi - I just updated
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1934684&group_id=105970&atid=642717
with the following additional scenario for a solution/project macro variable
that if it were exposed would enable wix Source= values that has not source
tree hierarchy dependencies.
One Solution and/or Project macro that would be great to have access to enabled
if possible is $(var.OutDir) and $(var.OutputPath). The reason being is that
in the case of Tfs automated building of msbuild .proj defined build types it
sets the OutDir macro for all projects being built to the same destination
which would make it possible to use wix Source="$(var.OutDir)\<referenced
assembly != var.<projectName>.TargetPath>" and have that work in both IDE and
Tfs automated build cases. Also when tfs automated build executes it creates
this interesting folder in the OutDir destination called "_PublishedWebsites"
which contains a property structured drop of any web application type build
output. Therefore having OutDir macro access would make it possible to do non
source tree hierarchy specific wix source= references
Source="$(var.OutDir)_PublishedWebsites\SomeWebApp\web.config" and
Source="$(var.OutDir)_PublishedWebsites\SomeWebApp\SomeWcfService.svc".
From: Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:57 AM
To: Justin Rockwood; Jason Ginchereau; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
Done.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1934684&group_id=105970&atid=642717
From: Justin Rockwood
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:38 AM
To: Robert O'Brien; Jason Ginchereau; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
Sounds like a nice thing to have. Would you mind logging a feature request
including the text of your message (you explained it very well)? You can do it
here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105970&atid=642717
Thanks,
Justin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 8:55 AM
To: Jason Ginchereau; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
Having access to the Wix project project-related variables would be very
helpful. The way we setup our sources is that we have every .csproj use the
following project settings, and hopefully now .wixproj given msbuild support in
the 3.0 work.
<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" DefaultTargets="Build"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003";>
<Import Condition="'$(OpeningProjectSettings)' == ''"
Project="..\BuildSupportFiles\anyCpu\OpeningProjectSettings.targets" />
.
.
.
<Import Condition="'$(ClosingProjectSettings)' == ''"
Project="..\BuildSupportFiles\anyCpu\ClosingProjectSettings.targets" />
</Project>
The thing we do in OpeningProjectSettings is Set the $(OutputPath) property
setting for all projects so that dll, exe, msi, other output all gets placed in
same folder it will get placed in when we setup tfs automated execution of per
checkin and daily build msbuild .proj files. The great thing about tfs
automated execution of per checkin and daily build msbuild .proj files is that
it automatically sets OutDir to the <build setup enlistment
root>/Binaries/$(Configuration). This makes authoring wix30 msi sources
nice because if we could access wix project related variables we could then set
the Source attribute for all File entries to use Source="$(var.OurDir)" and not
have to worry about baking source tree build output hierarchy knowledge into
our wix sources. For the cases where the wix project itself has source files
that need to be referenced, e.g. ReadMe.txt and Other stuff not coming for
other solution build output, I'd want to be able to use
Source="$(var.ProjectDir)..." references.
From: Jason Ginchereau
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 8:31 AM
To: Robert O'Brien; 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
The project-related variables are only generated for project references. You
don't get project variables for the WiX project itself. (Hmm... would that be a
nice feature to have?) So you need to add a reference from your WiX project to
another application project to get variables for that project. And as the
documentation says, you need to include the project name in the variable, for
example: $(var.MyAppProject.TargetPath)
If you examine at the Output window of VS when you build, you can see all the
available project/solution variables where they are passed on the command-line
to candle.exe.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 8:13 AM
To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] is there a way to access wixproj macro values from
within wix sources
I removed the <DefineSolutionProperties>false</DefineSolutionProperties>
<PropertyGroup> setting from my wixproj file which I had added earlier to
address the following warning
"(default target) (1) ->(AddSolutionDefineConstants target) -> C:\Program
Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets : warning : Solution
properties are only available during
IDE builds or when building the solution file from the command line. To
turn off this warning set
<DefineSolutionProperties>false</DefineSolutionProperties> in your .wixproj
file."
that was getting generated when I built from the command line using
"msbuild myservicedeliverable.wixproj"
After making that change I can now leverage $(var.Solution*) macros, e.g.
Source="$(var.SolutionDir)..." but get still get the compiler error mentioned
earlier if I try and use wix project macros such as $(var.ProjectDir),
$(var.OutputPath), $(var.OutDir) and $(var.TargetPath). So are these ones
basically n/a but if I reference a non-wix project like a csproj generated dll
then I should expect that
$(var.<ReferencedProjectName>.<StandardIssueProjectMacro>) variable references
will work?
From: Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:41 AM
To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: is there a way to access wixproj macro values from within wix
sources
Tried using $(var.ProjectDir) in a File Source attribute field and got a
"Undefined preprocessor variable '$(var.ProjectDir)'." compiler error.
Tried using the "List of Supported Project References" documented
$(var.SolutionDir) variable which the documentation suggests is supported and
got the same compiler error, i.e. "Undefined preprocessor variable
'$(var.SolutionDir)'." for the following line
<File Id="InstalledUninstallShortcut.txt" Name="InstalledUninstallShortcut.txt"
DiskId="1" Source="$(var.SolutionDir)Setup\Resources\InstalledComponent.txt"
KeyPath="yes" />
Have I misinterpreted the "List of Supported Project References" documentation?
From: Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:29 AM
To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: RE: is there a way to access wixproj macro values from within wix
sources
. . . according to help doc section entitled "List of Supported Project
References" it would suggests that using $(var.<SolutionOrProjectMacroName>)
works for a set of $(Solution*) macro values.
Should one expect using this method to reference in wix soures other standard
issue project macros not specifically mentioned in that help document to work
as well, e.g. $(var.Configuration), $(var.OutputPath), $(var.OutDir) and
$(var.TargetPath)?
From: Robert O'Brien
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 5:14 AM
To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net'
Subject: is there a way to access wixproj macro values from within wix sources
is there a way to access .wixproj macro values from within wix sources? For
example in csproj and wixproj settings, such as pre and post build events, one
can make use of useful project related macro values such as $(Configuration),
$(SolutionDir), $(ProjectDir), $(OutputPath), $(OutDir), $(TargetDir),
$(TargetPath).
Is there a way to access these project related macro values at compile time
within my wix source files?
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