OK. Does the easy way to do it involve TFS?

On 08/10/2013 01:03, Blair Murri wrote:
> Yes, that can be done. In fact, I did it last month. Someone knowledgeable 
> with MSBuild would be able to set that up in a short time. In fact, that 
> other project could build all or any combination of lang/bitness you want in 
> one invocation.
>   
> The rest (of us) buy the book 
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735626286?ie=UTF8&tag=sedodream-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0735626286)
>  or read the blog by the author (http://sedodream.com/default.aspx).
>   
> I do short off-site contracts if you need it in a hurry.
>   
>> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:38:52 +0100
>> From: techsupport...@gmail.com
>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [WiX-users] Howto override variables from a file using      
>> MSBuild/VS2012
>>
>> Hi,
>> I've recently switched from using build cmd files to trying to use
>> votive/VS2012 and have run in to a slight issue trying to do something that
>> was a lot easier when it was all in cmd files.
>>
>> (Not sure if this is a msbuild or WiX issue):I have a WiX Setup project in
>> vs2012 (WiX3.7) that I already has eight different language/bittage build
>> configurations. I want to override variables for source paths without
>> having yet another build configuration or having to check a file out, edit
>> the default value and then build. This is mainly so someone, probably not
>> me, can build the existing installer with a different set of
>> resources/content. So I thought I might be able to have another project in
>> the same solution that could set these variables and then build the 'main'
>> installer project where I have a 'ifndef variable' which will override if
>> the variable exists already (and so if you just call the main installer
>> wixproj you get the defaults). Is this feasible, or is there a better way
>> to do this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Matt O'Connell
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