Hi Francis, Ah, yes - of course. That makes perfect sense. Putting the FeatureRefs in the main tree does exactly what I want it to do.
Thanks for your help./ - Brian Brian Gillespie Rhinoceros Development Robert McNeel & Associates/// Francis Kam wrote: > Sounds about right. I've been down this road too. You don't need to end up > with any Component* elements in your main feature tree. What I ended up > doing was something more like this in your main: > > <Feature ... > > <FeatureRef ... /> > <FeatureRef ... /> > </Feature> > > And then in your fragments have something like: > > <Feature ...> > <Component* /> > </Feature> > > -Francis > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Brian Gillespie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi Rob, >> >> > References start at the Product and work down. If a Fragment does >> > not get a reference into it, it will never be included in the build. >> > Would that explain the behavior you are seeing? >> >> Probably. Maybe I'm trying to organize my XML files in a way that WiX >> isn't designed to handle. >> >> My hope was to have a top level wxs file to define the skeleton of my >> installer: common things including the directory structure and the >> feature tree structure, but no components. >> >> Then each feature would be defined in a separate fragment with >> corresponding DirectoryRef and FragmentRef references to hook back to >> the main wxs file: >> <Fragment> >> <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLLOCATION"> >> <Component Id="C1" Guid="..."> >> <File Id="Fi1" Source="files\f1.txt"/> >> </Component> >> </DirectoryRef> >> >> <FeatureRef Id="F.1"> >> <ComponentRef Id="C1"/> >> </FeatureRef> >> </Fragment> >> >> But it appears that doing this orphans the component. Is this by design? >> >> I was trying to avoid having a big pile of Components, ComponentRefs, >> ComponentGroups, or ComponentGroupRefs back in the main skeleton wxs >> file, thinking (perhaps incorrectly) that it would be easiest to >> maintain if everything related to the feature was in one file. >> >> - Brian >> >> Brian Gillespie >> Rhinoceros Development >> Robert McNeel & Associates >> >> Rob Mensching wrote: >> >>> References start at the Product and work down. If a Fragment does not >>> >> get a reference into it, it will never be included in the build. Would that >> explain the behavior you are seeing? >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Brian Gillespie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 15:13 >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [WiX-users] Bug in FeatureRef? >>> >>> WiX release 3.0.4513.0 >>> >>> When I use a ComponentRef inside a FeatureRef inside a Fragment file, >>> the File in my single Component doesn't end up in my MSI. However, if I >>> move the FeatureRef into the main Product file, it works as I expect. >>> >>> Confused? Me too. Here's a tiny WiX project that gives the warning: >>> >>> >> http://download.mcneel.com/individual/c391d788-6d4c-4c77-9162-749cf19289e1/LayoutTest.zip >> >>> If I move the FeatureRef block from WixFile1.wxs (the fragment) to >>> LayoutTest.wxs (the Product) it works as I hoped it would work >>> >> originally. >> >>> Ultimately I hoped to use this type of arrangement to partition an >>> installer with hundreds of files and scores of features such that all >>> the XML for each feature is in one fragment. >>> >>> Thanks for your help, >>> - Brian >>> >>> Brian Gillespie >>> Rhinoceros Development >>> Robert McNeel & Associates >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> >> challenge >> >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>> >> prizes >> >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >>> >> world >> >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> >> challenge >> >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>> >> prizes >> >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >>> >> world >> >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
