How can I set the WiX installer version to the curent build version?

Hi All,

I wrote an application and its WiX installer and put it under version control using subversion. When the WiX installer builds I want its version number to be the current build version of the application. How do I accomplish this? I used c# to code the application.

N.B. I am using ccnet to build this project

From stackoverflow

• This looks reasonably close to what you are trying to accomplish. See what the equivalent is in cruise control.

  http://www.ageektrapped.com/blog/setting-properties-for-wix-in-msbuild/

• You could use Product/@Version="!(bind.FileVersion.FileId)" and light.exe will populate the value with the version of the file referenced by the FileId.

  Nicholas Piasecki : Just what I was looking for! Although I had to use "!(bind.FileVersion.FileId)" (a "!" instead of "$"), otherwise I got a preprocessor directive error.

  Rob Mensching : Yeah, sorry, constant mental mistake I make. $ is preprocessor variable and ! is binder variable.

• I did this in one of my projects by writing a preprocessor extension to read the file version from my executable. So the WiX file looks something like:

  <?define ProductName="$(fileVersion.ProductName($(var.MyApp.TargetPath)))" ?>
  <?define CompanyName="$(fileVersion.CompanyName($(var.MyApp.TargetPath)))" ?>
  <?define ProductVersion="$(fileVersion.ProductVersion($(var.MyApp.TargetPath)))" ?>
  <Product 
      Id="<product ID>" 
      Name="$(var.ProductName)" 
      Version="$(var.ProductVersion)" 
      Manufacturer="$(var.CompanyName)" 
      Language="1033" 
      UpgradeCode="<upgrade code>">
  

  I've posted the code for in on CodePlex: http://wixfileversionext.codeplex.com/