Thanks, Rob, for informing me that these NAnt tasks are going to be deprecated. I'll stick to using the <exec> task from here on out.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>wrote: > 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 > -- Adam Kaplan Consultant II Princeton Consultants, Inc. 590 5th Avenue, 16th Floor New York, NY 10036 212.575.2626 x313 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
