[wix-users] Changing the Product Name dynamically without rebuilding WiX Project

[Venkatesan, Ravikumar]

Now, I have a follow-up question. I read from the Internet that the ORCA support has been discontinued by the Microsoft. Is it still the recommended way to do what I want to do? Or is there any other/better way?

Please suggest.

Thanks.




Ravikumar Venkatesan | Lead Engineer II | Bally Technologies India Private Limited  | (M) +91 98 8436 0607

-----Original Message-----
From: Venkatesan, Ravikumar
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 12:55 PM
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Subject: RE: [wix-users] Changing the Product Name dynamically without rebuilding WiX Project

Thanks. That was what I was looking for!


-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Walter Dexter
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 4:44 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Changing the Product Name dynamically without rebuilding WiX Project

Can you open it up with Orca and edit it in each? I'm not quite clear on what you're trying to do.

> On Aug 31, 2016, at 1:50 AM, Venkatesan, Ravikumar <Ravikumar.Venkatesan at scientificgames.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
>                We have a product which is in “15.0” version.  I’ve a WiX Installer project for releasing my patches. We’ve successfully released the minor versions of the product using this WiX project as a MSI file, viz. “15.0.1”, “15.0.2” & “15.0.3”. All is well, so far. Also, I don’t foresee any code changes for the minor version release of any “15.0.x”.
>
>                Now, my problem is that, I need to change the product name to reflect the exact version for each release. Just for that, I am forced to open the solution and rebuild, which gives me another MSI file.
>
> Is there a way in which I can change the product name without rebuilding the project? Or is there any way to build an MSI which refers to some file [which can be changed when the version changes] during runtime to read the product name? Basically, I am trying to find out if there exists a mechanism which allows me to build once and change the product name on the fly for each minor version’s release.
>
> I hope, I’ve tried my best to describe my requirement. Please let me know, if you want any clarification on the same.
>
> Regards,
> Ravi
>
>
> Ravikumar Venkatesan | Lead Engineer II | Bally Technologies India Private Limited<http://www.ballytech.com>   | (M) +91 98 8436 0607
>
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