I just saw the -template product parameter specified. That causes heat to generate the <Product/> element.
The -var parameter still works as shown previously in this case. You could use the -t parameter to specify a XSLT transform to use to modify the generated XML. You could author the XSLT transform to set those attributes to dereference a preprocessor variable: <xsl:transform version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="@Manufacturer"> <xsl:attribute name="Manufacturer">$(var.Manufacturer)</xsl:attribute> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="node() | @*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> </xsl:transform> You can define similar templates for other attributes. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 1:58 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, > Name, Title, version > > Heat does not generate a <Product/> element. > > Heat /? shows the following documentation for -var: > > -var <VariableName> substitute File/@Source="SourceDir" with a > preprocessor or a wix variable (e.g. -var var.MySource will become > File/@Source="$(var.MySource)\myfile.txt" and -var wix.MySource will > become File/@Source="!(wix.MySource)\myfile.txt" > > This does text transformation on the generated output wxs file. I created an > empty text file called test.txt and used the following command line to > harvest it using heat.exe: > > heat file test.txt -out test.wxs > > Here are the contents of test.wxs: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Fragment> > <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> > <Directory Id="dir22FE4E6795D49A83D8CC3F97AEACA344" > Name="code" /> > </DirectoryRef> > </Fragment> > <Fragment> > <DirectoryRef Id="dir22FE4E6795D49A83D8CC3F97AEACA344"> > <Component Id="cmp5BA64E6B74419477D4B75A1E802397FC" > Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > <File Id="fil67D465DE6C69EA3B3CD0B7487E6132B6" KeyPath="yes" > Source="SourceDir\code\test.txt" /> > </Component> > </DirectoryRef> > </Fragment> > </Wix> > > Notice that File/@Source="SourceDir\code\test.txt" > > If use -var like this: > > heat file test.txt -out test.wxs -var var.CodeDir > > Then I get this: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Fragment> > <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> > <Directory Id="dir22FE4E6795D49A83D8CC3F97AEACA344" > Name="code" /> > </DirectoryRef> > </Fragment> > <Fragment> > <DirectoryRef Id="dir22FE4E6795D49A83D8CC3F97AEACA344"> > <Component Id="cmp5BA64E6B74419477D4B75A1E802397FC" > Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > <File Id="fil67D465DE6C69EA3B3CD0B7487E6132B6" KeyPath="yes" > Source="$(var.CodeDir)\code\test.txt" /> > </Component> > </DirectoryRef> > </Fragment> > </Wix> > > Notice that File/@Source="$(var.CodeDir)\code\test.txt" just like the > documentation says. > > In a <Product/> element is *not* generated in either example. > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Electronic Banking Services > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sangeeta1 [mailto:snmsn...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:25 PM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Heat.exe - How to pass Product Manufacturer, > > Name, Title, version > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to generate a wxs source file using Heat.exe and wanted > > to check if I can pass values for Manufacturer, Name, Title and > > version to heat.exe? I tried using -var argument, but does nt seem to > > update it to the source file > > > > heat.exe dir c:\temp\Configuration\Files -ag -cg MyComp -ag -gg -g1 > > -ke -var Product/@Manufacturer=" > <Product/@Manufacturer=%22>ABCD" - > > template product -out c:\temp\Configuration\wixauto\mainsource.wxs > > > > > > thanks! > > > > -- > > View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix- > > toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Heat-exe-How-to-pass-Product- > > Manufacturer-Name-Title-version-tp5816654p5816654.html > > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > > > WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet > http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
