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.
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New York, NY 10036
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