Hi Rob, You are totally right. I created "component2", but forgot to add ComponentRef in Feature. In the beginning I used Visual Studio to write and compile Wix project. Two days ago, I found WixEdit, one GUI tool to edit Wix project. It is a good tool. But there is no tutorial or help document. So I learned it only by myself. Some functions are not discovered yet, like Feature adding.
Your answer helped not only resolve the current problem, but also understand more about Wix and WixEdit. Thanks! Chunyan -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org] Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Juni 2009 17:41 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] How to handle this situation? The error message seems pretty specific. "component2" isn't being referenced by a Feature (if you're building a Product) or a Merge Module (if you're building a MergeModule). You need to reference "component2" like you did "component1". Is there a way the error message could be improved. Jiang, Chunyan (GE Healthcare) wrote: > Hi wix-users, > > I have to manage this data structure: > > folderA > -file1 > -folderB > -file2 > > It means that folderA includes file1 and folderB. And folderB includes > file2. I set it as following: > > <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLLOCATION"> > > <Directory Id="folderA" Name="folderA"> > > <Component Id="component1" > Guid="3B21AF58-B899-4f1d-AD1A-1B74380FEB3D"> > > <File Id="file1" Name="ACEdll" > src="..\..\..\ExtLib\ACE_TAO\lib\ACE.dll" DiskId="1" /> > > </Component> > > <Directory Id="folderB" Name="folderB"> > > <Component Id="compoment2" > Guid="772921F5-3569-4000-8847-F325DC89638E"> > > <File DiskId="1" Id="file2" Name="admin.xml" > src="..\..\Fetal Database\English\USA\Admin.xml" /> > > </Component> > > </Directory> > > </Directory> > > </DirectoryRef> > > When I compile it, there is error: > > error LGHT0267 : Found orphaned Component 'component2'. If this is a > Product, every Component must have at least one parent Feature. To > include a Component in a Module, you must include it directly as a > Component element of the Module element or indirectly via > ComponentRef, ComponentGroup, or ComponentGroupRef elements. > > I also tried other ways. But always not working. Could some one tell > me how to handle it? > > Thanks a lot! > > Chunyan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out > the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
