Wix variable name formats with spaces and other characters

Question

I have a project I am trying to include in my WIX Bootstrapper.

The projects name is "Project-1 With Spaces"

In my WIX Bootstrapper i am trying to access this project like so

$(var.Project-1_With_Spaces.TargetDir)

This throws an error

Undefined preprocessor variable '$(var.Project-1_With_Spaces.TargetDir)'

I believe it is the '-' character that is to blame, yet do not know how to format my variable correctly to be able to access this project. I have tried replacing '-' with underscores or removing it altogether with no luck.

Renaming the project is not possible and I don't think WIX variable naming conventions should force me to have to rename it anyway.

Answer 1

WIX variables can have spaces in, try using

$(var.Project-1 With Spaces.TargetDir)