[wix-users] Unresolved reference to symbol 'Directory:INSTALLFOLDER" - AppOutputFromHeat

[Joel Budreau]

Silly question, but when you're running your candle command, are you
passing both wxs files as arguments?

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Brian Link <link at fr.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to fix an installer for my Office add-in project, and am
> getting this error from AppOutputFromHeat. I've been mostly cutting/pasting
> from a project that has a working installer, and must have missed something
> somewhere.
>
> At the top of AppOutputFromHeat I've got the following fragment:
>
>     <Fragment>
>         <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
>             <Directory Id="Data" Name="Data" />
>         </DirectoryRef>
>     </Fragment>
>
> And the relevent section in my product.wxs is
>
>     <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
>       <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
>         <Directory Id="FR" Name="FR">
>           <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="$(var.PRODUCTNAME)" />
>         </Directory>
>       </Directory>
>       <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
>         <Directory Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder" Name="FR"/>
>       </Directory>
>     </Directory>
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Brian Link :: Senior Software Engineer :: Fish & Richardson P.C.
> 612 204 4666 direct :: 651 226 5465 mobile :: link at fr.com
>
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