[wix-users] Use variables in bundle theme

[Edwin Castro]

The theme file is not compiled (and thus not preprocessed). Burn reads the
theme file at install time which is why any referenced properties have to
exist at runtime.

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Edwin G. Castro

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 11:10 AM, Helge Kruse via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Sorry for writing the question in the wrong way. I gave the snippet from
> the theme.wxs that includes a file Defines.wxs directly. The bundle doesn't
> need to know the version of the MSI. It should have it's own version, I
> just gave both the same version by sharing the include file.
>
> How can I customize a line in the theme.xml independent of the
> localization? I would prefere if the version could be set in the include
> file. But I want to avoid changing the theme.xml for each version of the
> bundle.
>
> Regards,
> Helge
>
>
> Am 25.06.2018 um 15:48 schrieb Blaine Wheeler via wix-users:
>
>> The bundle doesn't know the msi version unless you have it stored as a
>> property the bundle can read in the bundle's wxs as you create the bundle.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 3:43 AM Helge Kruse via wix-users <
>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>>
>> I have an installer package (MSI) that is packed in a bundle. The
>>> bundle adds the required run-time libraries.
>>>
>>> I want to show the current version in the bundle's welcome dialog. For
>>> that purpose I customized the theme file:
>>>
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>> <?include Defines.wxi?>
>>> <Theme xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/thmutil/2010">
>>>    ...
>>>    <Page Name="Install">
>>>      <Text Name="X" X="50" Y="100" FontId="3" Height="80"
>>> Width="300">This is mySoft #(var.CurrentVersion)</Text>
>>>     ...
>>>    </Page>
>>> </Theme>
>>>
>>> The file Defines.wxi contains just the definition of the current version:
>>>
>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>> <Include>
>>>    <?define CurrentVersion="1.03.01"?>
>>> </Include>
>>>
>>> The Bundle.wxs references the theme file using
>>> WixStandardBootstraspperApplication:
>>>
>>> <Bundle Name="mySoft" Version="$(var.CurrentVersion)"
>>> Manufacturer="me" UpgradeCode="GUID">
>>>   <BootstrapperApplicationRef
>>> Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" >
>>>      <bal:WixStandardBootstrapperApplication LicenseFile="lic.rtf"
>>> ThemeFile="Theme.xml" />
>>>    </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
>>> </Bundle>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately the CurrentVersion is not expanded when the bundle is
>>> build. How can this be done?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Helge
>>>
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