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Reputation: 389

How to ingest property value to cpack-wix without need for running cmake again?

I am using cmake and cpack and wix to build and deploy my project. The installer has some properties that user can enter via GUI or MSI-command-line options. I set default property values in my CMakeLists.txt using:

set(CPACK_WIX_PROPERTY_<PROPERTY> <value>)

The problem is that if I change these values, I should rerun cmake command before cpack command.

I am looking for a way to change default value of these properties without need for rerunning cmake.

I tried adding additional wxs files using CPACK_WIX_EXTRA_SOURCES or patching generated files with additional xml files using CPACK_WIX_PATCH_FILE, but couldn't find the right code to put in wxs or xml files to accomplish my goal.

I tried The SetProperty command and found out its behavior is not easy to control, I gave up when I saw the user provided values don't replace the initial values and suggested solution at https://web.archive.org/web/20180205001358/http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Unable-to-override-SetProperty-value-with-Edit-Control-value-td7591569.html didn't work. I hope there is a simple way, but even a complex answer using SetProperty is allright.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 696

Answers (1)

Tsyvarev
Tsyvarev

Reputation: 66089

I am looking for a way to change default value of these properties without need for rerunning cmake.

A script specified in CPACK_PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE variable is the one, which affects on CPack, but which changing doesn't require cmake to re-run. So you may place setting of CPACK_WIX_PROPERTY_<PROPERTY> here: Changing this setting would require only to re-run CPack without re-run cmake on the main project.

Also, when the script specified in CPACK_PROJECT_CONFIG_FILE variable is parsed, CPACK_GENERATOR variable contains the exact CPack generator which is currently processed. This opposites to behavior of the variable inside CMakeLists.txt, when it contains a list of generators.

Upvotes: 1

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