[WiX-users] ComponentGroup/@Directory - components inheriting directory targeted for future release?

2012-05-23 Thread Nick Ramirez
The default WiX setup project template in WiX 3.6 generates a ComponentGroup element with a Directory attribute on it. An early post by Rob says that this attribute is meant to be inherited by any child components: What I was thinking about was the ability to do ComponentGroup/@Directory, which

Re: [WiX-users] ComponentGroup/@Directory - components inheriting directory targeted for future release?

2012-05-23 Thread Rob Mensching
The ComponentGroup/@Directory will not jump a reference. Today, everywhere I can think of, the "inheritance" only flows the actual element parent/child relationships. On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Nick Ramirez wrote: > The default WiX setup project template in WiX 3.6 generates a > ComponentG

Re: [WiX-users] ComponentGroup/@Directory - components inheriting directory targeted for future release?

2012-05-24 Thread Nick Ramirez
That makes perfect sense then. To use the Directory attribute feature, I will just have to nest the components inside of the ComponentGroup. With so many ways to arrange these elements, I wonder which way is the cleanest or most readable or most maintainable. -- View this message in context: http

Re: [WiX-users] ComponentGroup/@Directory - components inheriting directory targeted for future release?

2012-05-24 Thread Rob Mensching
That decision we did not make for you. On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Nick Ramirez wrote: > That makes perfect sense then. To use the Directory attribute feature, I > will > just have to nest the components inside of the ComponentGroup. With so many > ways to arrange these elements, I wonder