I seem to remember that VC++ projects are not supported as project references as they do not use msbuild. Please correct me if I'm wrong though..
/Simon On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) <eric.br...@microsoft.com> wrote: > <ProjectReference Include="..\simple\simple.vcproj"> > <Name>simple</Name> > <Project>{51fd4fe2-5128-4557-b23c-be67ca3fe745}</Project> > <Private>True</Private> > </ProjectReference> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:simon.dahlba...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:22 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio > > how does the <ProjectReference> tag look in your .wixproj file? > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) > <eric.br...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> Multiple times. It always comes back yellow. There's no tooltip to >> provide any further feedback. (Also, I've tried this with a separate dummy >> project - I get the same problem.) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:07 AM >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio >> >> That is VS saying the reference is invalid somehow. I'm not sure what the >> specific problem is, but have you tried deleting the reference and >> recreating it? Sorry I can't do more to help right now, but I'm wrestling >> TFS and Team Build, and it's winning. >> >> Chris >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) < >> eric.br...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> Also, there is that yellow warning icon on the project reference. I don't >>> know what that means, and I can't find a reference in the documentation. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Christopher Karper [mailto:christopher.kar...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:17 AM >>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio >>> >>> I use spaces in my project names and project references, and they're all >>> fine. >>> I suspect his problem is something else. I'm not sure what that is, since >>> this exact scenario, even down to the environment seems to match. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Eric Brown (REDMOND) < >>> eric.br...@microsoft.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Tried using underscores and renaming; still get the same error (CNDL0150: >>> > Undefined preprocessor variable). >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Jason Ginchereau [mailto:jason...@microsoft.com] >>> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:55 PM >>> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio >>> > >>> > Any characters in the project name that are invalid for WiX preprocessor >>> > variable names get automatically converted to underscores. So without >>> > renaming the project this should work: >>> > >>> > $(var.My_Test_Project.TargetFilename) >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Alex Cater [mailto:alex.ca...@apdcomms.com] >>> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:28 PM >>> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using Wix and Visual Studio >>> > >>> > >>> > I'm guessing that you cannot have spaces in a project reference >>> variable... >>> > >>> > $(var.My Test Project.TargetFileName) >>> > >>> > Try renaming your test project to MyTestProject so the project reference >>> > variable becomes: >>> > >>> > $(var.MyTestProject.TargetFileName) >>> > >>> > -- >>> > View this message in context: >>> > http://n2.nabble.com/Using-Wix-and-Visual-Studio-tp2578030p2578131.html >>> > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > WiX-users mailing list >>> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > WiX-users mailing list >>> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > WiX-users mailing list >>> > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users