Can I reference the MSI output from a WiX Setup project in my wix Bootstrapper project?

Question

For example, I want to do this, but it generates an error:

<Chain>
  <MsiPackage SourceFile="$(var.SetupProjectWiX.TargetPath)" />
</Chain>

- where SetupProjectWiX is my MSI WiX project.

I do something similar when creating the MSI itself, and figured the above was possible. Here's the MSI creation referencing a VS project

<File Source="$(var.uCamera.TargetPath)" />

Edit:

I had not added the MSI project as a reference in the bootstrapper project - now it works like a charm :-)

Swash

Answer 1

Yes. the same project referencing and variables techniques apply to Bootstrapper projects, too.

Meantime

But when I reference the MSI package, as shown in my OP $(var.SetupProjectWiX.TargetPath), it fails to build the bootstrapper - no error that I can see in the Output :( When I reference the project using the actual path it's fine. – Swash

You didn't show the project reference (i.e., text from the bootstrapper .wixproj); You did show the variable reference. The variable is not defined unless the project reference exists. Did you miss that step? – Meantime

Certainly did! Thank youuuuuuuuuu! – Swash