[wix-users] How to link fragment into a module to produce merge module

Helge Kruse Helge.Kruse at gmx.net
Mon Nov 7 09:25:20 PST 2016


I'm sorry, this was not correct.

The ComponentGroupRef should be a child in the <Feature> element as
show for a simple ComponentRef instead of a ComponentGroupRef here:
https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/upgrades-and-modularization/fragments/

see also: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/feature.html

Best regards,
Helge

2016-11-07 14:59 GMT+01:00 Andres Armengol <andres.armengol at pantec.com>:
> Thanks but...
> If I include ComponentGroupRef child element then candle will return an error:
>
> D:\Setup.msm.Sample>"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin\candle.exe" Me
> rgeModule.wxs Source.wxs
> Windows Installer XML Toolset Compiler version 3.10.3.3007
> Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
>
> MergeModule.wxs
> D:\Setup.msm.Sample\MergeModule.wxs(8) : error CNDL0005 : The Directory element
> contains an unexpected child element 'ComponentGroupRef'.
> Source.wxs
>
> D:\Setup.msm.Sample>"C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin\light.exe" -ou
> t sample.msm MergeModule.wixobj Source.wixobj
> light.exe : error LGHT0103 : The system cannot find the file 'MergeModule.wixobj
> ' with type 'Source'.
>
>
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