The ComponentGroup/@Directory will not jump a reference. Today,
everywhere I can think of, the "inheritance" only flows the actual element
parent/child relationships.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Nick Ramirez <nickra...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The default WiX setup project template in WiX 3.6 generates a
> ComponentGroup
> element with a Directory attribute on it. An early post by Rob says that
> this attribute is meant to be inherited by any child components:
>
> What I was thinking about was the ability to do ComponentGroup/@Directory,
> which all the contained Components would "inherit". Thoughts?
>
>
> For me, the compile complains if I try this. I still have to either enclose
> my components in a DirectoryRef or add a Directory attribute to each
> component. If I don't, I get:
>
> The Component/@Directory attribute was not found; it is required.
>
> Is the ComponentGroup/@Directory for a future release?
>
> Example (compiler error):
>
> <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
> <ComponentRef Id="CMP_AppToInstall.exe"/>
> </ComponentGroup>
>
> <Component Id="CMP_AppToInstall.exe"
> Guid="{063058E1-9AE4-4D7F-BC18-E33CFD46FCBC}">
> <File Id="FILE_AppToInstall.exe"
> Source="$(var.SourceFolder)AppToInstall.exe"
> KeyPath="yes" />
> </Component>
>
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