How can I pass a Visual Studio project's assembly version to another project for use in a post-build
- by Coder7862396
I have a solution with 2 projects:
My Application 1.2.54 (C# WinForms)
My Application Setup 1.0.0.0 (WiX Setup)
I would like to add a post-build event to the WiX Setup project to run a batch file and pass it a command line parameter of My Application's assembly version number. The code may look something like this:
CALL MyBatchFile.bat "$(fileVersion.ProductVersion($(var.My Application.TargetPath)))"
But this results in the following error:
  Unhandled Exception:The expression
  """.My Application" cannot be
  evaluated. Method 'System.String.My
  Application' not found.  C:\My
  Application\My Application Setup\My
  Application Setup.wixproj
  
  Error: The expression """.My
  Application" cannot be evaluated.
  Method 'System.String.My Application'
  not found.  C:\My Application\My
  Application Setup\My Application
  Setup.wixproj
I would like to be able to pass "1.2.54" to MyBatchFile.bat somehow.