If you always that file installed, invent a feature and put that component in it. Mark the feature as always to be installed and not shown in the UI feature tree.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 8:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Including a file but not installing it via a feature? -- ICE21: Component: 'MyTest.EXE' does not belong to any Feature. All files need to be in Components & all Components need to be in Features -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368003.aspx Add it to a Feature & the error will go away. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer 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: John Gregson [mailto:jgreg...@virtualsharp.com] Sent: 18 July 2011 15:18 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Including a file but not installing it via a feature? -- ICE21: Component: 'MyTest.EXE' does not belong to any Feature. I would like a file unpacked into the directory (temp) with everything else but i am not using it as a feature. I tried adding a file as a component but it complains that its not part of a feature. Any ideas? I am a little stuck This is the error that I keep getting Error 2 ICE21: Component: 'MyTest.EXE' does not belong to any Feature. C:\Development\VS 2010\src\Package\Product.wxs 46 1 Package ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
