Using Variables with YesNoType Attributes

[jnewton]

I have a scenario where I need to changed the value of a YesNoType attribute based upon a property I specify. In particular, during our beta period, we remove assemblies from the GAC. However, during release, we leak the assemblies to the GAC. This is done by setting the Permanent attribute on a component. I would like to do something like:

<?if Beta = 0 ?>
<?define permanent = "Yes" ?>
<?else ?>
<?define permanent = "No" ?>
<?endif?>

<Component ... Permanent="$(var.permanent)" />

But the problem is variables don't match the YesNoType.

Anybody got throughts on the best way to handle this issue?

[Yan Sklyarenko]

Try it lowercased: 'yes' and 'no', instead of 'Yes' and 'No'.

-- Yan

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I have a scenario where I need to changed the value of a YesNoType
attribute
based upon a property I specify. In particular, during our beta period,
we
remove assemblies from the GAC. However, during release, we leak the
assemblies to the GAC. This is done by setting the Permanent attribute
on a
component. I would like to do something like:

<?if Beta = 0 ?>
<?define permanent = "Yes" ?>
<?else ?>
<?define permanent = "No" ?>
<?endif?>

<Component ... Permanent="$(var.permanent)" />

But the problem is variables don't match the YesNoType.

Anybody got throughts on the best way to handle this issue?
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[jnewton]

Yeah, I meant to put 'yes' or 'no' in the post, but it doesn't matter. The wix compiler always says the value is invalid according to its datatype.

[Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)]

That smells like a bug to me. The validation code for Component/@Permanent _probably_ validates the literal attribute value rather than expanding preprocessor variables first and then validating. I've noticed this problem with other attributes too. From a toolset architecture perspective, which component is responsible for preprocessing wix source files before the compiler processes them?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jnewton [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:46 AM
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> Subject: [WiX-users] Using Variables with YesNoType Attributes
>
>
> I have a scenario where I need to changed the value of a YesNoType
> attribute
> based upon a property I specify. In particular, during our beta period,
> we
> remove assemblies from the GAC. However, during release, we leak the
> assemblies to the GAC. This is done by setting the Permanent attribute
> on a
> component. I would like to do something like:
>
> <?if Beta = 0 ?>
> <?define permanent = "Yes" ?>
> <?else ?>
> <?define permanent = "No" ?>
> <?endif?>
>
> <Component ... Permanent="$(var.permanent)" />
>
> But the problem is variables don't match the YesNoType.
>
> Anybody got throughts on the best way to handle this issue?
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> with-YesNoType-Attributes-tp3182903p3182903.html
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[Bob Arnson-6]

jnewton wrote:
> Yeah, I meant to put 'yes' or 'no' in the post, but it doesn't matter. The
> wix compiler always says the value is invalid according to its datatype.
>  

What's the actual error message? Is it coming from the compiler or
Visual Studio?

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[jnewton]

Hi Bob,

I found out it actual works but you just get a warning from Visual Studio. I assume its validating the datatype in schema to what's being used. So everything is fine now.

Thanks