That's kinda what I'm already doing (but with a .wxi instead)
... <?define XYZSrc="..\..\blah\src" ?> ...
... <File Id="xyz" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.XYZSrc)\myapp.exe" /> ...
compared to:
light.exe -b ..\..\blah\src
... <File Id="xyz" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\myapp.exe" /> ...
Specifically I'm interested if there is any documentation on how Light
deals with the replacement of "SourceDir", can that be anything and it
will just look for "myapp.exe" in any folder passed with "-b", how
does it handle subdirectories, etc. I'm not sure if I'm missing
something in the docs, or if the behavior isn't fully documented :)
Sascha
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Castro, Edwin G. Castro
(Hillsboro)<edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote:
> Take a look at the -var option for heat.exe. If you give it '-var var.xyz'
> then it will do the "search/replace" for you.
>
> I don't think there are any problems with using the feature but I could be
> wrong.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:36 PM
>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>> Subject: [WiX-users] heat / "SourceDir"
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recall in a recent thread that heat generated .wxs files will search
>> for files with the path "SourceDir\..." in folders specified with the
>> "-b" switch to light, but can't find anything in the documentation
>> about this feature/
>>
>> Currently I'm just doing a search/replace and replacing "SourceDir\"
>> with a $(var.xyz) preprocessor variable on the heat output, is there
>> any benefit/problems with either method?
>>
>> Sascha
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