Hey Russell, Have you tried putting brackets around the GUID?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368767(VS.85).aspx Thanks, Brian Rogers "Intelligence removes complexity." - Me http://blogs.msdn.com/icumove <-- NEW On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:31 AM, <rh_maill...@mac.com> wrote: > I'm trying to put a GUID in to a wix variable but can't seem to make it > work. I've successfully put the same GUID in to a pre-processor define and > it works correctly. Is this a bug in Wix 3 or am I trying to use wix > variables incorrectly. > > I've declared the define like this: > > <?define UPGRADE_ID = "5FC4DAE6-D1B9-42D6-BF3A-6DA600FB8A3F"?> > > And was accessing it like this: > > <Upgrade Id="$(var.UPGRADE_ID)"> > > Which worked fine. > > I've then tried to declare this as a wix variable so it can go in a library > project like this: > > <WixVariable Id="UpgradeID" Value="5FC4DAE6-D1B9-42D6-BF3A-6DA600FB8A3F" /> > > But if I then try and use this variable in an upgrade section: > > <Upgrade Id="!(wix.UpgradeID)"> > > I get the following 2 errors: > > Error 1 ICE03: Invalid GUID string (Be sure GUID is all UPPER > case); Table: Upgrade, Column: UpgradeCode, Key(s): > 5FC4DAE6-D1B9-42D6-BF3A-6DA600FB8A3F..0.2.0..256 > C:\russell\ServerTools\trunk.wix\IssueChooserWix\Common.wxi 7 1 > IssueChooserWix > Error 2 ICE61: In Upgrade table UpgradeCode > 5FC4DAE6-D1B9-42D6-BF3A-6DA600FB8A3F is not a valid GUID > C:\russell\ServerTools\trunk.wix\IssueChooserWix\Common.wxi 7 1 > IssueChooserWix > > Is this the correct syntax to use wix variables? > > Thanks > > Russell > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
