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Using Variables in project setup files [message #1817105]

Fri, 15 November 2019 14:48

Lars Vogel

Messages: 1098
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

I would like to define and use custom variables as explaining in https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Authoring#Declaring_and_Using_Variables

Declaration is easy, right mouse click, New Child -> Variable

<setupTask
xsi:type="setup:VariableTask"
id="test"
name="test"
label="Testing">
<description>test</description>
</setupTask>

But if I DnD the setup file to the Oomph installer second page, I do not see this new variable. See screenshot.

What do I do wrong?

Best regards, Lars

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Re: Using Variables in project setup files [message #1817124 is a reply to message #1817105]

Fri, 15 November 2019 17:38

Eike Stepper

Messages: 6682
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Without the bigger context I would say you do nothing wrong. You should just not expect a variable that is not used anywhere to be prompted by the installer. Use it in some other task's attribute(s) and you should see it on the Variables page.

Cheers
/Eike

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