WIX HeatDirectory Task - Setting the preprocessorVariable

Question

I\'m trying to set the preprocessor variable in wix and i\'m unable to find an example of this or explanation on how to do it anywhere on the internet, i\'m hoping somebody

Answer 1

I created an example project on GitHub showing how to successfully use the HarvestDirectory target, which is a higher-level thing that calls the HeatDirectory task. You don't need to directly call the HeatDirectory task yourself. You can see all of the example code here:

https://github.com/DavidEGrayson/wix-example-harvest-directory

Here are the most important parts:

foo.wixproj

  
    1.0.0
    ProductVersion=$(ProductVersion);ItemDir=items
    Debug
    x86
    27e80d9b-d8b6-423a-a6ff-1d9c5b23bb31
    2.0
    foo-$(ProductVersion)
    Package
    false
    $(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets
  
  
    bin\$(Configuration)\
    obj\$(Configuration)\
    Debug;ProductVersion=$(ProductVersion)
  
  
    bin\$(Configuration)\
    obj\$(Configuration)\
  
  
    
    
      ItemDir
      Items
      var.ItemDir
    
    
  
  

foo.wxs

  

    

    

    

    
      Foo package.
    
    Foo Inc.
    https://www.example.com/