build: Extract units for installer into a separate file

.gitignore

@@ -239,3 +239,4 @@ Dyssol.VC.VC.opendb
 /Documentation/_build
 /Documentation/conf.py
 /install/
+/DyssolInstallers/Scripts/UnitsList.iss

DyssolInstallers/Installer/Installer.vcxproj

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@
   </ImportGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64' OR '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <CustomBuildStep>
-      <Command>run_create_installer.bat $(SolutionDir) $(SolutionPath) $(QtInstallDir) $(InstallerDocumentation) $(InstallerSDK) $(InstallerSDKLibs) $(InstallerPreBuild) $(InstallerPreDocs)</Command>
+      <Command>
+      call run_generate_units_list.bat $(SolutionDir)\DyssolInstallers\Scripts\_UnitsToAddToInstaller.txt $(SolutionDir)\DyssolInstallers\Scripts\UnitsList.iss
+      call run_create_installer.bat $(SolutionDir) $(SolutionPath) $(QtInstallDir) $(InstallerDocumentation) $(InstallerSDK) $(InstallerSDKLibs) $(InstallerPreBuild) $(InstallerPreDocs)
+      </Command>
       <Message>Building required projects and packing the installer...</Message>
       <Outputs>Fake</Outputs>
     </CustomBuildStep>

DyssolInstallers/Installer/generate_units_list.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# paths to files
+$inputFilePath  = $args[0]
+$outputFilePath = $args[1]
+
+# read the list of units from the input file
+$units = Get-Content -Path $inputFilePath | ForEach-Object { $_.Trim() } | Where-Object { $_ -ne "" }
+
+# initialize the output content
+$outputContent = @()
+# add comments
+$outputContent +=  "; This file was generated by the Installer project."
+$outputContent +=  "; All manual changes will be reverted after the next project build."
+# add header
+$outputContent += "#dim UnitsDll[$($units.Count)]"
+# iterate through units
+for ($i = 0; $i -lt $units.Count; $i++) {
+    $outputContent += "#define UnitsDll[$i] `"$($units[$i])`""
+}
+# add footer
+$outputContent += "#define I"
+
+# write the content to the output file
+Set-Content -Path $outputFilePath -Value $outputContent -Encoding UTF8
+
+Write-Host $outputFilePath " file generated successfully!"

DyssolInstallers/Installer/run_generate_units_list.bat

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+powershell -executionpolicy bypass -File %~dp0\generate_units_list.ps1 %1 %2

DyssolInstallers/Scripts/Units.iss

@@ -3,26 +3,7 @@
 ; All rights reserved. This file is part of Dyssol. See LICENSE file for license information. 
 
 #include "CommonConstants.iss"
-
-#dim UnitsDll[17]
-#define UnitsDll[ 0] "Agglomerator"
-#define UnitsDll[ 1] "Bunker"
-#define UnitsDll[ 2] "Crusher"
-#define UnitsDll[ 3] "CrusherPBMTM"
-#define UnitsDll[ 4] "CycloneMuschelknautz"
-#define UnitsDll[ 5] "Granulator"
-#define UnitsDll[ 6] "HeatExchanger"
-#define UnitsDll[ 7] "Inlet"
-#define UnitsDll[ 8] "Mixer"
-#define UnitsDll[ 9] "Mixer3"
-#define UnitsDll[10] "Outlet"
-#define UnitsDll[11] "Screen"
-#define UnitsDll[12] "ScreenMultideck"
-#define UnitsDll[13] "Splitter"
-#define UnitsDll[14] "Splitter3"
-#define UnitsDll[15] "TimeDelay"
-#define UnitsDll[16] "GranulatorSimpleBatch"
-#define I
+#include "UnitsList.iss"
 
 [Files]
 #sub UnitsDllFileEntry

DyssolInstallers/Scripts/_UnitsToAddToInstaller.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Agglomerator
+Bunker
+Crusher
+CrusherPBMTM
+CycloneMuschelknautz
+Granulator
+GranulatorSimpleBatch
+HeatExchanger
+Inlet
+Mixer
+Mixer3
+Outlet
+Screen
+ScreenMultideck
+Splitter
+Splitter3
+TimeDelay