ComponentRef's & ComponentGroups are used in your Feature Tree not your Directory Tree. If you want stuff to be in one place rather than another simply move the Component Elements & everything inside them to where you want them in your Directory Tree.
See -> http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php#1.2 Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Rory Primrose [mailto:r...@neovolve.com] Sent: 25 May 2010 06:41 To: WiX Mail List (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] Adding ComponentGroupRef to directories Hi guys, I have created a WiX 3.5 project in VS2010 and added a few project references. One of the projects is a WCF IIS project. Wix has automatically generated the following Product.Generated.wxs file: <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="Product.Generated"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Core.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Core.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Core.Satellites" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.IisHost.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.IisHost.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.IisHost.Satellites" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.ServiceContracts.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.ServiceContracts.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.ServiceContracts.Satellites" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.Satellites" /> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> My issue is that I want Binaries and Satellites groups to go to INSTALLLOCATION\bin with Content groups going to just INSTALLLOCATION. I have added the ComponentGroupRef to the product feature so it gets installed as requested, but I can't figure out how to assign different ComponentGroupRef items to different locations. My features set looks like this: <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="MyProject Service" Level="1" AllowAdvertise="no" InstallDefault="local" Absent="disallow" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLLOCATION"> <!-- Note: The following ComponentGroupRef is required to pull in generated authoring from project references. --> <ComponentGroupRef Id="Product.Generated" /> <ComponentRef Id="ServiceWebsite" /> <Feature Id="Postgres" Title="Postgres Support" Level="1" AllowAdvertise="no" InstallDefault="local" Absent="allow"> <ComponentRef Id="PostgresComponent" /> </Feature> </Feature> My directory structure looks like this: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="MyProject.Service"> <Directory Id="bin" Name="bin"> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> So I want an outcome like this: <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="MyProject.Service"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Core.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.IisHost.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.ServiceContracts.Content" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.Content" /> <Directory Id="bin" Name="bin"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Core.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Core.Satellites" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.IisHost.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.IisHost.Satellites" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.ServiceContracts.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.ServiceContracts.Satellites" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.Binaries" /> <ComponentGroupRef Id="MyProject.Service.Satellites" /> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> Can someone point me in the right direction? Cheers, Rory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
