The value must be evaluating to blank because it would be failing if the variable was not defined at all.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Adam Langley <alang...@winscribe.com> wrote: > Argh! > > We had a fully functional build server (TFS 2008), creating our installers, > then on Friday the builds just started turning red. > The problem seems to be, we pass variables to candle, which defines the > root folder for all content file locations: > > e.g. (truncated) > C:\Program Files\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe > -d"Tasks=D:\TFSBuild\Temp\Product\Installers_v1.0_Trunk\Sources\Tasks\" > > This is then used in the source files like this > <File Name="NLog.dll" > Source="$(var.Tasks)\_PublishedWebsites\EmailRelay\bin\NLog.dll" Vital="yes" > /> > > And we're getting "file with path, > \_PublishedWebsites\EmailRelay\bin\NLog.dll, not found" from light.exe. > > I looked at the .obj file generated by candle.exe, and it turns out that > the Source of the file has failed to embed the value of $(var.Tasks) (it has > evaluated to empty string), meaning that of course light.exe isnt going to > be able to find the source files - the problem lies in candle.exe. > > Why would candle.exe just start doing this all of a sudden? We havent > changed anything in the source files, nor updated our WiX installation. > We can SEE that candle is being passed the value on the command-line, but > it just FAILS to put it into Source paths! > > Help! > > Thanks > > Adam Langley > Senior Developer > +64 9 486 9010 > alang...@winscribe.com > www.winscribe.com > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
