1. Putting the WebSite under a Component causes the WebSite's lifetime (install/uninstall) to be controlled by that Component.
2. The WebSite needs a Directory attribute provided when it is going to be installed/uninstalled. 3. A WebSite element cannot be the child of a Directory element. If you want to search for an existing web site put the WebSite element under a Product or Fragment element. Meyrignac, Jean-Charles wrote: > > I’m using Wix 3.0.3617 (yesterday’s version). > > I would like to install files into a web directory. If this web dir > doesn’t exist, the MSI should be able to create it. > > Also, I’m trying to *NOT USE* custom extensions. > > So , I followed the Wix tutorial: > > http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson6.php > > I used: > > <iis:WebSite Id="AdminSite" Description="Default Web Site"> > > <iis:WebAddress Id="AllUnassigned" Port="[PORT]"/> > > </iis:WebSite> > > However, the candle compiler outputs an error: > > Error 1 The Directory element contains an unexpected child element > 'iis:WebSite'. > > So I added a Component: > > <Component Id="AdminWebSite" Guid="f493af6c-ccbf-4488-8024-9710114c41c3"> > > <iis:WebSite Id="AdminSite" Description="Default Web Site"> > > <iis:WebAddress Id="AllUnassigned" Port="[PORT]"/> > > </iis:WebSite> > > </Component> > > But I still get: > > Error 1 The iis:WebSite/@Directory attribute was not found; it is > required. > > This is a bug in IISCompiler.cs, routine ParseWebSiteElement: > > if (null == directory && null != componentId) > > { > > this.Core.OnMessage(WixErrors.ExpectedAttribute(sourceLineNumbers, > node.Name, "Directory")); > > } > > The above line means that the directory field cannot be null if the > componentId is not null. > > However, the componentId cannot be null ! > > The problem is that when we use a directory for webSite, the uninstall > will simply remove the existing website, even if we have sites not > created by the installer (at worst, IIS is completely broken in XP and > 2003 !). > > JC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
