[wix-users] Wix 3.10.1.2213: How to avoir an error on missing files?

[Edwin Castro]

I don't fully understand what you are trying to do. You have a file that
you want to appear in the MSI's File table (which will be installed) but
you don't want WiX to look for it at build time? OR do you want to install
the file only on some versions of your product (in other words, you do not
want the file in the MSI's File table because the file is not to be
installed)?


On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Francis ANDRE <
francis.andre.kampbell at orange.fr> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am a new comer to WiX and using heat as you explained is too much
> different from what I am using now with Candle/Light. I would expect
> something like a optional attribute on the File element to avoid such
> error...
>
>
> Le 30/10/2015 14:23, Phill Hogland a écrit :
>
>> For situations like this I use heat.exe, specifically I prefer to use the
>> wix supplied HarvestDirectory MSBuild target by adding something like this
>> to myProject.wixproj file (or a harvest.targets file that I then import
>> into the .wixproj file):
>>
>>    <PropertyGroup>
>>      <HarvestNoLogo>true</HarvestNoLogo>
>>      <HarvestVerboseOutput>true</HarvestVerboseOutput>
>>      <HarvestAutogenerateGuids>true</HarvestAutogenerateGuids>
>>      <HarvestSupressFragments>true</HarvestSupressFragments>
>>      <HarvestSuppressUniqueIds>true</HarvestSuppressUniqueIds>
>>         </PropertyGroup>
>>    <ItemGroup>
>>      <HarvestDirectory Include="..\path\dir1">
>>        <DirectoryRefId>Dir1Id</DirectoryRefId>
>>        <Transforms>transfrom1.xslt</Transforms>
>>        <ComponentGroupName>Dir1Group</ComponentGroupName>
>>        <PreprocessorVariable>var.Dir1Var</PreprocessorVariable>
>>        <KeepEmptyDirectories>false</KeepEmptyDirectories>
>>        <SuppressCom>true</SuppressCom>
>>        <SuppressRootDirectory>true</SuppressRootDirectory>
>>        <SuppressRegistry>true</SuppressRegistry>
>>               <Visible>false</Visible>
>>    </HarvestDirectory>
>>    <HarvestDirectory Include="..\path\Dir2">
>>          <DirectoryRefId>Dir2Id</DirectoryRefId>
>>          <Transforms>transfrom2.xslt</Transforms>
>>          <ComponentGroupName>Dir2Group</ComponentGroupName>
>>          <PreprocessorVariable>var.Dir2Var</PreprocessorVariable>
>>          <KeepEmptyDirectories>false</KeepEmptyDirectories>
>>          <SuppressCom>true</SuppressCom>
>>          <SuppressRootDirectory>true</SuppressRootDirectory>
>>          <SuppressRegistry>true</SuppressRegistry>
>>                   <Visible>false</Visible>
>>    </HarvestDirectory>
>>    </ItemGroup>
>>
>> The generated wxs files end up in ..\obj\$(Configuration) and get added
>> to the compile source list automatically.  A ComponentGroupRef needs to be
>> added to the project's authoring.
>>
>> And in most of my implementations, rather than using:
>>          <PreprocessorVariable>var.Dir2Var</PreprocessorVariable>
>> I use:
>>          <PreprocessorVariable>wix.Dir2Var</PreprocessorVariable>
>> And I also use a transform which substitutes '!(bindpath.' for '!(wix.' ,
>> which then allows me to add a named bindpath to my wixproj
>>      <LinkerAdditionalOptions>
>>        $(LinkerAdditionalOptions)
>>        -nologo
>>        -b Dir1Var="\\server\folder\Dir1_ToHarvest\\"
>>      </LinkerAdditionalOptions>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
>> Behalf Of Francis ANDRE
>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 5:32 AM
>> To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
>> Subject: [wix-users] Wix 3.10.1.2213: How to avoir an error on missing
>> files?
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am using a component  where some source files can be present or not
>> when building the msi. How can be avoided the fatal error when the file is
>> missing? Is there some kind of relax attribute?
>>
>> Below is an example where I want to remove the test condition
>>
>>                           <?if $(var.ProductVersion) =  1.6.1 ?>
>>                           <File Id="POCO.MONGODB.ELEMENTCOMPARATOR.HTML"
>> Name="Poco.MongoDB.ElementComparator.html"
>>
>> Source="$(var.POCO)\releases\poco-$(var.VERSION)-all-doc\Poco.MongoDB.ElementComparator.html"
>> />
>>                           <?endif ?>
>>
>> Thank for any help
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> FA
>>
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