ExcelDna.Build.props not swallowing the suffix setting?

[jan.m...@googlemail.com]

Hi everybody,

I have been using ExcelDna since quite a while and ran into the following issue: I would like my 64 bit XLL not to have the "64" suffix. However, when removing the suffix in the ExcelDna.Build.props file via ...

<ExcelDna64BitAddInSuffix Condition="'$(ExcelDna64BitAddInSuffix)' == ''"></ExcelDna64BitAddInSuffix>

... this change is not taken into account. The built xll still has the "64" suffix. I tried to close and reopen Visual Studio (and rebuild the solution) several times, but the result is still the same. Is there any tweak to get rid of the suffix?

Many thanks for your help,

Jan

[Govert van Drimmelen]

Hi Jan,

As I recall, MSBuild does not have a good way to set a property value to an empty string if the default is something else.

With the latest pre-release versions (I think since v1.7.0-rc2), you can use the magic %none% value for this property.

<ExcelDna64BitAddInSuffix>%none%</ExcelDna64BitAddInSuffix>

-Govert

[jan.m...@googlemail.com]

Hi Govert,

ah, I see... Then I'll wait for the next official release containing that feature.

Thanks a lot for your fast reply,

Jan