Hello,
I see the problems:
The First one was that light needs all the *.wixobj
The Second one was that light needs the -b parameter.
Now, I do the following:
"C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\heat" dir "BGINFO4XW" -cg
SampleGroup -out SampleGroup.wxs -gg
"C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\candle" SampleFirst.wxs
SampleGroup.wxs
"C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\light" -ext "C:\Program
Files\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" SampleFirst.wixobj
SampleGroup.wixobj -cultures:en-us -out SampleFirst.msi -b "BGINFO4XW"
The MSI is generated correctly, with all files included.
The problem is that, the installations doesn't use INSTALLDIR, so the
program is installed in C:\ even I select a different INSTALLDIR
directory.
What I'm doing wrong? Why the program is not installed in INSTALLDIR?
Thanks a lot.
My SampleFirst.wxs is:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?>
<?define ProductVersion = "2.8.4"?>
<?define ProductUpgradeCode = "9640CA85-6906-48E8-9ABB-801DBF37DEDB"?>
<Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'>
<Product Name='BGInfo4X Example $(var.ProductVersion)' Id='*'
UpgradeCode="$(var.ProductUpgradeCode)" Language='1033'
Codepage='1252' Version="$(var.ProductVersion)"
Manufacturer='KZTSoftware'>
<!-- Main packed declaration -->
<Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="BGInfo4X Installer
for Windows" Comments='BGInfo4X is copyrighted at KZTSoftware.'
Manufacturer='KZTSoftware'
InstallerVersion='100' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes'
SummaryCodepage='1252' />
<Upgrade Id='61997F4A-5C91-48AA-B039-61D1EAAF2B3F'>
<UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='SELFFOUND'
Minimum='1.0.0' IncludeMinimum='yes' Maximum='1.0.0'
IncludeMaximum='yes' />
<UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='NEWERFOUND'
Minimum='1.0.0' IncludeMinimum='no' />
</Upgrade>
<CustomAction Id='AlreadyUpdated' Error='Foobar 1.0 has already been
updated to 1.0.1 or newer.' />
<CustomAction Id='NoDowngrade' Error='A later version of
[ProductName] is already installed.' />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action='AlreadyUpdated'
After='FindRelatedProducts'>SELFFOUND</Custom>
<Custom Action='NoDowngrade'
After='FindRelatedProducts'>NEWERFOUND</Custom>
</InstallExecuteSequence>
<!-- How data is packed inside the msi -->
<Media Id='1' Cabinet='Sample.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" />
<Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value="BGInfo4X Installation [1]" />
<Icon Id="WIX_32x32.ico" SourceFile="WIX_32x32.ico" />
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="WIX_32x32.ico"/>
<Property Id="ARPHELPLINK"
Value="http://sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/Documentation/"/>
<Property Id="ARPURLINFOABOUT" Value="http://bginfo4x.sourceforge.net"/>
<UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir"/>
<UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText"/>
<WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="gpl3.rtf" />
<WixVariable Id="WixUIDialogBmp" Value="WIX_493x312.bmp" />
<WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="WIX_493x58.bmp" />
<WixVariable Id="WixUIExclamationIco" Value="WIX_32x32.ico" />
<WixVariable Id="WixUIInfoIco" Value="WIX_32x32.ico" />
<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR"/>
<!-- Directory Structure -->
<Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
<Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
<Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='BGInfo4X for Windows
$(var.ProductVersion)'></Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs">
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="BGInfo4X for
Windows">
<Component Id="ProgramMenuDir"
Guid="240BFA0F-8BF2-45AB-A1CB-D605D2D99628">
<RemoveFolder Id='ProgramMenuDir'
On='uninstall' />
<RegistryValue Root='HKCU'
Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' Type='string' Value=''
KeyPath='yes' />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop"></Directory>
</Directory>
<!-- Add Components to feactures (selectable groups of files) -->
<Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="Main Application" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id='SampleGroup' />
<ComponentRef Id='ProgramMenuDir' />
</Feature>
</Product>
</Wix>
2013/5/17 Jeremiahf <[email protected]>:
> Are you not referencing SampleGroup.wxs?
>
> <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="yourtitle" Level="1">
> <ComponentGroupRef Id="SampleGroup.wxs" />
>
> J
>
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:55 AM, BGINFO4X <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm a new to WIX and I'm a little lost.
>>
>> I want to create a .msi file from my project (with lots of files and
>> folders), so I use HEAT.
>> Heat works as exepcted and a new file is created (SampleGroup.wxs).
>>
>> Then I try to "compile all" : "C:\Program Files\WiX Toolset
>> v3.7\bin\candle" SampleFirst.wxs SampleGroup.wxs
>>
>> Until here all is ok, but the installed folder is EMPTY.
>>
>> Why WIX doesn't include my source files from SampleGroup.wxs?
>>
>> What I'm doing wrong? I need to add something in the main file
>> SampleFirst.wxs? Where and what?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>>
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