[wix-users] moving UI code into a fragment in separate source file

[Joseph L. Casale]

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Subject: [wix-users] moving UI code into a fragment in separate source file

> I'm going to need to extend the installer UI so want to move that code into
> a separate source file, gui.wxs. I assume it will be a fragment but how do
> I reference it so it's included in the MSI? (Sorry, this feels like a
> really dumb question!)

Use an include preprocessor, see http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/overview/preprocessor.html
That literally inserts what's wrapped in the include element from the
referenced code into the spot the PP directive exists.