[wix-users] Transfer to Exclude Directories{

[Steven Packer]

I am trying to Harvest a directory and exclude some of the subfolders in
this directory.  I found an example of a transform to help with this.  It
works well except that it leaves all of the ComponentRefs for all files,
even those in the directories that were excluded.  I have tried to change
the transfer to exclude the ComponentRefs but have been unsuccessful.  I
have very limited experience with WiX and transforms and so I am relying on
the superior knowledge and intellect of the WiX users group.
 
This is what my transform looks like.  The last section is my attempt to
exclude the ComponentRefs.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:wix="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
 
  <!-- Copy all attributes and elements to the output. -->
  <xsl:template match="@*|*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" />
      <xsl:apply-templates select="*" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  
 
  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
 
  <!-- Create searches for the directories to remove. -->
  <xsl:key name="plugins-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = 'Plugins']"
use="@Id" />
  <xsl:key name="tellercapture-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name =
'TellerCapture']" use="@Id" />
  <xsl:key name="help-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = 'Help']"
use="@Id" />
 
  <!-- Remove directories. -->
  <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='Plugins']" />
  <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='TellerCapture']" />
  <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='Help']" />
 
  <!-- Remove Components referencing those directories. -->
  <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('plugins-search', @Directory)]" />
  <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('tellercapture-search',
@Directory)]" />
  <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('help-search', @Directory)]" />
 
  <!-- Remove DirectoryRefs (and their parent Fragments) referencing those
directories. -->
  <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('plugins-search',
@Id)]]" />
  <xsl:template
match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('tellercapture-search', @Id)]]" />
  <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('help-search',
@Id)]]" />
  
   <!-- Remove ComponentRef referencing those Components. -->
  <xsl:template
match="wix:ComponentGroup[wix:ComponentRef[key('plugins-search', @Id)]]" />
  <xsl:template
match="wix:ComponentGroup[wix:ComponentRef[key('tellercapture-search',
@Id)]]" />
  <xsl:template
match="wix:ComponentGroup[wix:ComponentRef[key('help-search', @Id)]]" />
 
</xsl:stylesheet>
 
I also tried this to exclude the ComponentRefs. Still no success.
 
  <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:ComponentRef[key('plugins-search',
@Id)]]" />
  <xsl:template
match="wix:Fragment[wix:ComponentRef[key('tellercapture-search', @Id)]]" />
  <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:ComponentRef[key('help-search',
@Id)]]" />
 
If there is documentation on how to create transforms I would like to know
where to find it.  Most of what I have done is guess work because this is
very difficult for me to understand.
 
Thanks,
Steven Packer
 
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