Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features...

2010-11-23 Thread David Watson
r XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features... That sounds good. I'm not sure I know how to do that. I learned from a basic example and built it off of that, but I will hit the help files and examples and find out! Thanks, John > ---

Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features...

2010-11-23 Thread John D. Marinuzzi
y, November 23, 2010 10:49 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features... > > Or maybe get rid of the Feature tree and just use checkboxes? > > I remember we had a problem like this in Offic

Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features...

2010-11-23 Thread Rob Mensching
> > > > > > > . > . More Zones > . > > > So, yes, the user can select just one or two "Subs" from within the East > Coast, or the whole East Coast, or all the VDatum files (East Coast, West > Coast, etc.). I thought

Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features...

2010-11-23 Thread John D. Marinuzzi
lly, you gave me a suggestion on my last question (patches) that worked out great. Thank you! > -Original Message- > From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 6:17 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. >

Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features...

2010-11-23 Thread David Watson
Hi, Features are meant to be groups of functionality of your software, not empty containers. You should be able to restructure your feature list so that installing just a specific feature "Will be installed on local Hard Drive" will install something meaningful and work. A child feature is usually

Re: [WiX-users] Installation of features and sub-features...

2010-11-23 Thread Pally Sandher
To answer your question, no I don't think that's possible. I think you need at least one Component under that Feature to enable that option. FYI Features install Components not files & Components can contain more than just files. You could try & work around that by creating a Component which instal