From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

re: From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

Programmer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:14:58 GMT

Hi.

Creating "Empty" component doesn't work for me.

I'm using WIX 3 with VS2008.

And after I add the workaround(Fixing the Root node's menu), I've got an error message form LIGHT "error LGHT0204: ICE18: KeyPath for Component: 'Empty' is Directory: 'INSTALLLOCATION'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the CreateFolders table."

re: From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

Programmer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:27:32 GMT

Hi again :)

I've managed to workaround the error by adding <CreateFolder/> tag to the empty component. But after uninstallation created folder still exist. And I don't like it :)

re: From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

Martin MacPherson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:40:41 GMT

Hey Programmer,

If you add a KeyPath attribute to the 'Empty' component then that seems to do the trick. You can get a better explanation of the error by searching for ICE18 in the msi.chm found in the windows msi sdk.

re: From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

Peter — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:17:24 GMT

Thank you so much for this - it has ironed out a heap of 'features' that the QA guys were complaining about using the standard wix3 feature tree dialog set.

Can you tell me how to remove the "Entire feature will be installed..." on features that have no sub-features?

re: From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

Ed — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:28:15 GMT

I have 3 features A, B, and C.

- Default is to install A and B.

- A and C are required but mutually exclusive.

- A can be alone or with B

- C must go with B

I can do the above with command line as follows:

<![CDATA[NOA]]>

</Condition>

</Feature>

<![CDATA[NOB]]>

</Condition>

</Feature>

<![CDATA[NOA]]>

</Condition>

</Feature>

REM A & B default

msiexec -i test.msi

REM A only

msiexec -i test.msi NOB=true

REM B & C

msiexec -i test.msi NOA=true

REM flag an error message

msiexec -i test.msi NOA=true NOB=true

How can this be done at the GUI? Thanks in advance.

re: From MSI to WiX, Part 4 - Features and Components

Ed — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:29:19 GMT

BTW, I am using WiX 2.0. Thanks again.