Hi, I've just noticed an unexpected behaviour while using a WixVariable in f...@source attribute. For example:
<WixVariable Id="AppName" Value="TestApp"/> [...] <File Source="SourceDir\!(wix.AppName).exe"/> [...] The doc states, that if I don't specify Name or Id, WiX will generate them for me. When I looked into the generated MSI with Orca it appeared that the generated Id for the file is "__wix_AppName__exe". It looks like the variable didn't get resolved while generating f...@id and then it was "canonicalized" or it was "canonicalized" while generating Id and therefore it couldn't be resolved. Another thing that striked me is that the ShortName part of FileName column is different when I use WixVariable. The LongName part looks ok. When I tried to do something like this: <File Source="SourceDir\!(wix.AppName).exe" Id="!(wix.AppName).exe" /> I got this error: error CNDL0014 : The File/@Id attribute's value, '!(wix.AppName).exe', is not a legal identifier. Identifiers may contain ASCII characters A-Z, a-z, digits, underscores (_), or periods (.). Every identifier must begin with either a letter or an underscore. Is it a bug in WiX or maybe I just want the moon on a stick. Kamil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
