That work around adds an empty Component. An empty Component could cause issues later when repairing which can create issues with upgrading or patching.
Can you provide more information about why the Binary elements were referenced automatically? How were those Binary elements used? On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Tristen Fielding < tfield...@tradestation.com> wrote: > Thanks for your feedback. > > We are using Wix3.5 (currently looking at moving to 3.7). Unfortunately, > using BinaryRef caused an error with candle. However, we tried adding a > empty Component to the fragment file and then referenced the dummy > component from within the master.wxs file, which forced everything else to > be included. This work-a-round worked perfectly. > > > Tristen Fielding > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:06 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Fragments and Binary elements... > > Your last approach is correct. In general, you: > Place resources in a fragment in a separate file. > Add the file to the project. > Reference resources from your main wxs file (or any wxs file that it > already > references) using an xxxRef. > When candle runs, it compiles the wxs file into a wixobj because it is in > the project. > When light runs, it will see the ref to the fragment and pull in the > relevant wixobj created by candle. > > FragmentRefs are deprecated - just reference the fragment contents. > It sounds like you're doing it right. You might have made a mistake > somewhere. Try it with a minimal project if necessary to see how it works. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tristen Fielding [mailto:tfield...@tradestation.com] > Sent: 12 February 2013 22:55 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Fragments and Binary elements... > > We have a very large wix project and we would like to break it apart. One > of the things we would like to do is move several of our <Binary> element > to a fragment but we can't seem to figure out how to make it work. > > We have something like define in the master.wxs file: > > <Binary Id="WixUI_Bmp_Dialog" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\side_panel.bmp" /> > <Binary Id="WixUI_Bmp_Banner" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\WizardHeader.bmp" /> > <Binary Id="WixUI_Bmp_BannerJpn" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\WizardHeaderJpn.bmp" /> > <Binary Id="WixUI_Bmp_Footer" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\WizardFooter.bmp" /> > > <Binary Id="FirstProgressBMP" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\1_awards12_A.bmp" /> > <Binary Id="SecondProgressBMP" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\2_awards12_B.bmp" /> > <Binary Id="ThirdProgressBMP" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\3_awards12_C.bmp" /> > <Binary Id="FourthProgressBMP" > SourceFile="$(var.MEDIAPATH)\4_awards12_D.bmp" /> > > So we tried simply to move these definition into a new file and wrapped > them with a <Fragment> element. > > When we built the project the project didn't complain but the binaries > weren't in the binaries table. > > So, we then tried to reference these elements using <BinaryRef> and > <FragmentRef> but we got error instead. > > What is the right way to reference these Binary elements in the master.wxs > file? > > Thanks. > > Tristen Fielding > Sr. Software Developer / Program Lead > TradeStation Group, Inc. > http://www.TradeStation.com<http://www.tradestation.com/> > > 8050 SW 10th Street, Suite 2000 > Plantation, FL 33324 > Tel. 954.652.7320 > Fax 954.652.5320 > > > > TradeStation Group, Inc. is the parent company of four operating > subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. 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