[wix-users] How to read Preprocessor variables in C# Bootstrapper code?

[Edwin Castro]

Preprocessor variables are usable only by the WiX compiler,
candle.exe. If you want your bootstrapper to see that value, then
you'll want to author a Variable whose value is the value of your
preprocessor variable. See
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/variable.html
and http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/preprocessor.html
for details.

I expect you'll need something like the following:

<Variable Name="FullVersionNumber" Value="$(var.FullVersionNumber)"/>

You should then be able to access FullVersionNumber as a regular
property in the bootstrapper.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Harinatha Narisetty
<harinatha.narisetty at us.abb.com> wrote:
> Hi ,
> I have preprocessor variables defined as FullVersionNumber=1.5.6;
> I want to read this my custom bootstrapper .. Any idea how to read this?
>
> Thanks
> Hari
>
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