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Kiran
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Newell,Tim <trnew...@mdanderson.org> wrote:
> I having an issue with a WiX setup project I recently added to a Visual
> Studio 2012 (Ultimate, Update 4) web service project.
>
> When the Candle utility processes the Product.wxs file, it's complaining
> that it can't find any of the var.<ProjectName>.* preprocessor variables.
> At first I thought it might be just .ProjectName, but none of the others,
> such as .ProjectPath, .Configuration, .TargetDir, etc. work, so clearly the
> whole <ProjectName>.* set is not being defined.
>
> I have used WiX without issue on several other projects, but those are VS
> 2010 projects, so I'm wondering if there's something special about VS 2012
> w/r/t WiX that I'm missing?
> When I installed WiX, I already had VS 2010 and VS 2012 installed, so WiX
> project types were added without issue.
>
> The target project is called DMICoreService and the setup project is
> called DMICoreService_Setup.
>
> Below are the relevant fragments of the DMICoreService_Setup.csproj and
> Product.wxs files and build output that I think will be helpful:
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Project reference for target project:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> <ItemGroup>
> <ProjectReference Include="..\DMICoreService\DMICoreService.csproj">
> <Name>DMICoreService</Name>
> <Project>{e793a8ce-2dc7-403d-a43c-566cc846b71c}</Project>
> <Private>True</Private>
> <DoNotHarvest>True</DoNotHarvest>
> <RefProjectOutputGroups>
> </RefProjectOutputGroups>
> <RefTargetDir>INSTALLFOLDER</RefTargetDir>
> <WebProject>True</WebProject>
> </ProjectReference>
> </ItemGroup>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> The following fragment is to get the web transforms to happen and pulled
> into the final build.
> It also defines some constants to be made available to WiX.
> This fragment has been used successfully, as-is, in several other projects
> (as noted above).
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
> <PropertyGroup>
>
> <ProjectReferenceFilename>%(ProjectReference.Filename)</ProjectReferenceFilename>
> </PropertyGroup>
> <MSBuild Projects="%(ProjectReference.FullPath)" Targets="Package"
> Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=AnyCPU"
> Condition="'%(ProjectReference.WebProject)'=='True'" />
> <Copy
> SourceFiles="%(ProjectReference.RootDir)%(ProjectReference.Directory)obj\$(Configuration)\TransformWebConfig\transformed\web.config"
> DestinationFiles="%(ProjectReference.RootDir)%(ProjectReference.Directory)obj\$(Configuration)\Package\PackageTmp\web.config"
> Condition="'%(ProjectReference.WebProject)'=='True'">
> </Copy>
> <ItemGroup>
> <LinkerBindInputPaths
> Include="%(ProjectReference.RootDir)%(ProjectReference.Directory)obj\$(Configuration)\Package\PackageTmp\"
> />
> </ItemGroup>
> <HeatDirectory OutputFile="%(ProjectReference.Filename).wxs"
> Directory="%(ProjectReference.RootDir)%(ProjectReference.Directory)obj\$(Configuration)\Package\PackageTmp\"
> DirectoryRefId="INSTALLFOLDER"
> ComponentGroupName="$(ProjectReferenceFilename.Replace('-','_'))_Project"
> AutogenerateGuids="true" SuppressCom="true" SuppressFragments="true"
> SuppressRegistry="true" SuppressRootDirectory="true"
> ToolPath="$(WixToolPath)"
> Condition="'%(ProjectReference.WebProject)'=='True'" />
> <GetAssemblyIdentity
> AssemblyFiles="%(ProjectReference.RootDir)%(ProjectReference.Directory)bin\%(ProjectReference.Name).dll">
> <Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="AssemblyVersion" />
> </GetAssemblyIdentity>
> <PropertyGroup>
>
> <DefineConstants>AssemblyVersion=%(AssemblyVersion.Version)</DefineConstants>
> <DefineConstants
> Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='DemoRelease'">$(DefineConstants);VirtualDirSuffix=Demo</DefineConstants>
> <DefineConstants
> Condition="'$(Configuration)'!='DemoRelease'">$(DefineConstants);VirtualDirSuffix=</DefineConstants>
> </PropertyGroup>
> </Target>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Product.wxs fragment (build dies when it gets to the <Product> element
> because it can't find the preprocessor variable):
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:iis="
> http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/IIsExtension";>
> <Product Id="*"
> Name="$(var.DMICoreService.ProjectName)-PID-839-($(var.Configuration))-v$(var.AssemblyVersion)"
> Language="1033" Version="$(var.AssemblyVersion)" Manufacturer="My Employer"
> UpgradeCode="7753fa5e-6c89-4af4-99bb-53653afb1d05">
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Partial build output:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 1> C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\Heat.exe dir
> C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService\obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\
> -cg DMICoreService_Project -dr INSTALLFOLDER -scom -sreg -srd -ag -sfrag
> -out DMICoreService.wxs
> 1> C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\candle.exe -v
> -dAssemblyVersion=1.0.0.0 -dVirtualDirSuffix= -d"DevEnvDir=C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\\"
> -dSolutionDir=C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\
> -dSolutionExt=.sln -dSolutionFileName=DMICoreService.sln
> -dSolutionName=DMICoreService
> -dSolutionPath=C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService.sln
> -dConfiguration=Debug -dOutDir=bin\Debug\ -dPlatform=x86
> -dProjectDir=C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService_Setup\
> -dProjectExt=.wixproj -dProjectFileName=DMICoreService_Setup.wixproj
> -dProjectName=DMICoreService_Setup
> -dProjectPath=C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService_Setup\DMICoreService_Setup.wixproj
> -dTargetDir=C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService_Setup\bin\Debug\
> -dTargetExt=.msi -dTargetFileName=DMICoreService_Setup.msi
> -dTargetName=DMICoreService_Setup
> -dTargetPath=C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService_Setup\bin\Debug\DMICoreService_Setup.msi
> -out obj\Debug\ -arch x86 -ext "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset
> v3.9\bin\\WixIIsExtension.dll" DMICoreService.wxs Product.wxs
> 1>C:\Users\TNewell\Documents\Projects\DMICoreServices\DMICoreService_Setup\Product.wxs(6,0):
> error CNDL0150: Undefined preprocessor variable
> '$(var.DMICoreService.ProjectName)'.
> 1>Done building project "DMICoreService_Setup.wixproj" -- FAILED.
>
>
> TIA
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Tim Newell
> Program Manager, IS
> Department of Biostatistics
> MD Anderson Cancer Center
> 713-792-8391
>
>
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