[wix-users] [Wix]: MSI package creation failed due to sequence of " passing as an argument

[David Watson]

Try wrapping your constant in quotes.
<DefineConstants>Debug;CommandArg="$(cmdArg)"</DefineConstants>

It looks like its currently being replaced as
<DefineConstants>Debug;CommandArg="""<DefineConstants>

And the ; are splitting the string up.


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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Dileep S
Sent: 18 February 2016 13:00
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: [wix-users] [Wix]: MSI package creation failed due to sequence of " passing as an argument

Dear All,

I have found one issue while building WixProject.
In my wixproject file i have added one constant variable in <DefineConstants>.

<DefineConstants>Debug;CommandArg=$(cmdArg)</DefineConstants>
>

This $(cmdArg) value will be passed from the command line argument.


C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319>MSBuild.exe
/p:cmdArg=""""" "E:\WorkFolder\BuildMSI.wixproj" /t:Rebuild

Following error is displayed after compiling wixproject.

*"E:\WorkFolder\BuildMSI.wixproj" (Rebuild target) (1) ->(Compile target)
->*
*  candle.exe : error CNDL0288: The variable '&quot' with value '' was previously declared with value ''. [E:\WorkFolder\BuildMSI.wixproj]*

Please help me how to solve this issue.

This issue occurs only when sequence of " passing as an argument.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Dileep

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