GetOptionsObject - Properties for WiX global object?

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I regularly need to update the global options for tools at run time after checking them out from version control.  However there is almost no documentation of these, so can these please be listed somewhere as I've spent long enough in the past trying to find them by browsing the package binaries or by guessing names in the script debugger ;-)

However for now could you please let me know the property names for the following WiX global options (protected package) and confirm that 'WiX' is the correct name for the global options object:

WiX Binaries Directory

WiX Binaries Version

WiX Compiler Include Search Path

Thanks,

Simon

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Hi Simon,

Here is the script to set the WiX global options:


var wixOptions = GetOptionsObject(“WIX”);

wixOptions.Properties.PropertyAsString(“installPath”) = “…”;
wixOptions.Properties.PropertyAsString(“searchPath”) = “…”;
wixOptions.Properties.PropertyAsInteger(“WiXVersion”) = 2 or 3;


I’ll see what we can do about documentation for the global options, it may be something we’ll work on for the next version.

Regards,
Paul.

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I'll see what we can do about documentation for the global options, it may be something we'll work on for the next version.

Documentation would but ideal or code completion where applicable, but failing that even a plain dump of property names per action in a file somewhere would give enough information to work it out.