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Set Variable "Search"

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  • As a Setup developer I can declaratively author setting variables such that I don’t have to write code to set variables.

Proposal

Add a new “search” element called SetVariable that can be scheduled during Detect just like any other search:

<xs:element name="SetVariable">
    <xs:annotation>
        <xs:documentation>Schedules a "search" that sets a variable to the given value.</xs:documentation>
        <xs:appinfo>
            <xse:parent namespace="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs" ref="Bundle" />
            <xse:parent namespace="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs" ref="Fragment" />
        </xs:appinfo>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexType>
        <xs:attributeGroup ref="SearchCommonAttributes" />
        <xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:string">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>New value for the variable.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
        </xs:attribute>
        <xs:attribute name="Type">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>Type of the variable, inferred from the value if not specified.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
            <xs:simpleType>
                <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
                    <xs:enumeration value="string" />
                    <xs:enumeration value="numeric" />
                    <xs:enumeration value="version" />
                </xs:restriction>
            </xs:simpleType>
        </xs:attribute>
        <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##other" processContents="lax">
            <xs:annotation>
                <xs:documentation>
                    Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema.  Schema extensions can register additional
                    attributes at this point in the schema.
                </xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
        </xs:anyAttribute>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

Considerations

If we want to allow setting variables outside of Detect, then we may want to rename this element.

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