In my Defines.wxi I have:
<?define MajorVersion="1" ?>
<?define MinorVersion="08" ?>
<?define BuildVersion="11" ?>
In my MyProject.Setup.wixproj I have:
<OutputName>MyProject</OutputName>
<OutputType>Package</OutputType>
Is it possible to include the version variables in the filename somehow, so that my file can be named MyProject.1.08.11.msi?
This didn't work (no such variable is defined):
<OutputName>MyProject-$(MajorVersion)</OutputName>
<OutputType>Package</OutputType>
This didn't work (no such variable is defined):
<Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
<Copy SourceFiles="$(OutputPath)$(OutputName).msi" DestinationFiles="C:\$(OutputName)-$(MajorVersion).msi" />
</Target>
It seems very clear to me that $(MajorVersion) is not the correct way of fetching the definition from the Defines.wxi file. What is?
Update
I tried to put this in MyProject.Setup.wixproj:
<InstallerMajorVersion>7</InstallerMajorVersion>
<InstallerMinorVersion>7</InstallerMinorVersion>
<InstallerBuildNumber>7</InstallerBuildNumber>
...
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
<OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
<IntermediateOutputPath>obj\$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
<DefineConstants>PrebuildPath=..\..\obj\prebuild\web\;InstallerMajorVersion=$(InstallerMajorVersion);InstallerMinorVersion=$(InstallerMinorVersion);InstallerBuildNumber=$(InstallerBuildNumber)</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>
And this in Defines.wxi:
<?define MajorVersion="$(var.InstallerMajorVersion)" ?>
<?define MinorVersion="$(var.InstallerMinorVersion)" ?>
<?define BuildVersion="$(var.InstallerBuildNumber)" ?>
<?define Revision="0" ?>
<?define VersionNumber="$(var.InstallerMajorVersion).$(var.InstallerMinorVersion).$(var.InstallerBuildNumber)" ?>
Didn't work either. Got these error messages:
This is what I ended up with, and it works!
Setup.Version.proj
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<InstallerMajorVersion>55</InstallerMajorVersion>
<InstallerMinorVersion>66</InstallerMinorVersion>
<InstallerBuildVersion>$(BuildNumber)</InstallerBuildVersion>
<InstallerBuildVersion Condition="$(InstallerBuildVersion) == ''">0</InstallerBuildVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>
MyProject.Setup.wixproj
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="Setup.Version.proj" />
<PropertyGroup>
<OutputName>MyProject_$(InstallerMajorVersion)_$(InstallerMinorVersion)_$(InstallerBuildVersion)</OutputName>
<OutputType>Package</OutputType>
<DefineConstants>InstallerMajorVersion=$(InstallerMajorVersion);InstallerMinorVersion=$(InstallerMinorVersion);InstallerBuildVersion=$(InstallerBuildVersion)</DefineConstants>
...
Defines.wxi
<?define MajorVersion="$(var.InstallerMajorVersion)" ?>
<?define MinorVersion="$(var.InstallerMinorVersion)" ?>
<?define BuildVersion="$(var.InstallerBuildVersion)" ?>