My guess is that it is a new check, this bit of the error explains the issue "This error may also occur if a path contains a likely standard directory such as nesting a directory with name "Common Files" under ProgramFilesFolder."
You probably just need to add a ComponentGuidGenerationSeed to your CommonFilesFolder directory. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Dirk Ziegelmeier [mailto:d...@ziegelmeier.net] Sent: 12 October 2012 10:41 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] WiX 3.6 MergeModule creation regression? Hello, I just upgraded from WiX 3.5 to WiX 3.6 (always the release versions) The following merge module does not compile any more now: <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Module Id="MergeModuleId" Language="1033" Version="!(bind.assemblyVersion.FileId)"> <Package Id="{GUID}" Manufacturer="MyEmployer" InstallerVersion="200" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="CommonFilesFolder" /> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" ComponentGuidGenerationSeed="{GUID}" /> </Directory> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ComponentGroup.PFCoDIA.Fdt.Profibus" /> </Module> </Wix> The ComponentGroup "ComponentGroup.PFCoDIA.Fdt.Profibus" contains a component "cComSTAHelper" that has a DirectoryRef to "CommonFilesFolder". Error message: W:\PFCoDIA\Deployment\PFCoDIA.Framework.MergeModule\PFCoDIA.Framework.Lib.Fdt.wxs(65) : error LGHT0231 : The component 'cComSTAHelper.GUID_GUID_GUID_GUID' has a key file with path 'TARGETDIR\MyEmployer\comstahelper\comstahelper.dll'. Since this path is not rooted in one of the standard directories (like ProgramFilesFolder), this component does not fit the criteria for having an automatically generated guid. (This error may also occur if a path contains a likely standard directory such as nesting a directory with name "Common Files" under ProgramFilesFolder.) Is this a bug/regression in WiX or is this a real problem which the old WiX 3.5. simply did not catch? No, I can't use wixlibs in this case, because the final product must be a merge module. Thank you in advance Dirk -- Dirk Ziegelmeier * d...@ziegelmeier.net * http://www.ziegelmeier.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
