Sounds like a bug. I don't think many people use the NAnt tasks and we are looking at removing them in future versions.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Adam Kaplan <akap...@princeton.com> wrote: > I think I found a bug in the NAnt task for Candle - specifically the > "defines" and "define" elements used to assign values to preprocessor > variables. If more than 1 Define element exists, only the first one > appears to be passed to Candle. > > Ex: assume Wix file requires preprocessor variables (var.Version) and > (var.ProjectDir) > <!-- in NAnt build file --> > <candle out="Build\" extensions="WixUIExtension" verbose="true"> > <sources basedir=".\" > > <include name="*.wxs" /> > </sources> > <defines> > <define name="Version" value="1.0.0.0" /> > <define name="ProjectDir" value="WixProject\" /> > </defines> > </candle> > > Running NAnt will produce the following error: > "Undefined preprocessor variable 'var.ProjectDir'" > > If I switch the order of defines to this: > <defines> > <define name="ProjectDir" value="WixProject\" /> > <define name="Version" value="1.0.0.0" /> > </defines> > I'll get the error "Undefined preprocessor variable 'var.Version'" > > I've been able to work around this via the exec command and hand-coding the > -d parameters. > > I didn't find this behavior reported in the bug database. Is this a bug in > Wix 3.5, or might this be specific to my environment (running NAnt 0.91 on > Windows 7)? > > -- > Adam Kaplan > Consultant II > Princeton Consultants, Inc. > 590 5th Avenue, 16th Floor > New York, NY 10036 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
