Whad do you use for building your setups? I had defined the variable in the CCnet build project. Then I put it to candle -dVersion=$(MyCCNetVersion). Or candle -dVersion=1.2.3.
2009/7/16 Konstantin Vlasenko <konstantin.vlase...@gmail.com> > I see. It looks like the some problem with the "WixVariabl". > > > 2009/7/16 <rh_maill...@mac.com> > >> I don't believe that is correct. Visual studio setup projects use 3 >> digits for the product version number and my #define only has 3 digits as >> the version number but that works. >> >> And regardless of that, I'd tried it with 4 digits and get the same error >> message so it doesn't work with 3 or 4. >> >> Cheers >> >> Russell >> >> On Thursday, 16 July, 2009, at 07:58AM, "Konstantin Vlasenko" < >> konstantin.vlase...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >Shoul be 4 digits as you use it for the VERISOn attribute in the >> <Product> >> >element. >> ><WixVariable Id="TheVersion" Value="0.3.0"/> - incorrect >> ><WixVariable Id="TheVersion" Value="0.3.0.0"/> - correct >> > >> >2009/7/16 <rh_maill...@mac.com> >> > >> >> My product wxs starts as this: >> >> >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> >> <?define VERSION="0.3.0"?> >> >> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> >> >> <Product Id="*" >> >> Name="!(wix.ProductName) !(wix.TheVersion)" >> >> Language="1033" >> >> Version="!(wix.TheVersion)" >> >> Manufacturer="My Company" >> >> UpgradeCode="!(wix.UpgradeID)"> >> >> >> >> <Package InstallerVersion="200" >> >> Compressed="yes" >> >> Description="!(wix.ProductName) !(wix. TheVersion) Setup" >> /> >> >> >> >> <WixVariable Id="ProductName" Value="My Product Name" /> >> >> <WixVariable Id="UpgradeID" >> >> Value="{5FC4DAE6-D1B9-42D6-BF3A-6DA600FB8A3F}" /> >> >> <WixVariable Id="TheVersion" Value="0.3.0"/> >> >> >> >> This fails to compile with the following errors: >> >> >> >> Error 1 The Product/@Version attribute's value, >> >> '!(wix.TheVersion)', is not a valid version. Legal version values >> should >> >> look like 'x.x.x.x' where x is an integer from 0 to 65534. >> >> C:\russell\ServerTools\trunk\IssueChooserWix\Product.wxs 4 >> 1 >> >> IssueChooserWix >> >> Error 2 The Product/@Version attribute was not found; it is >> >> required. C:\russell\ServerTools\trunk\IssueChooserWix\Product.wxs >> >> 4 1 IssueChooserWix >> >> >> >> If I change the product version from using the WixVariable to the >> defined >> >> VERSION e.g. >> >> >> >> <Product Id="*" >> >> Name="!(wix.ProductName) !(wix.TheVersion)" >> >> Language="1033" >> >> Version="$(var.VERSION))" >> >> Manufacturer="My Company" >> >> UpgradeCode="!(wix.UpgradeID)"> >> >> >> >> Then this works as expected. But using the WixVariable works in the >> >> Product Name string, but not as the product value. Even if I declare >> the >> >> variable as >> >> >> >> <WixVariable Id="TheVersion" Value="$(var.VERSION)" /> >> >> >> >> It still fails as the product version. Is this a bug in the compiler? >> >> >> >> I'd like to define this variable in a common library shared by all my >> setup >> >> projects in a single solution but this is preventing that. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> 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. 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