You don't reference anything from this file in your main authoring(s), that's why it is not picked by WiX engine. You can verify this by opening the resulting MSI with Orca and see the LaunchCondition table. What I do in my project is grouping the prerequisites in a separate wxi (include) file and then include it with <?include prereq.wxi ?> instruction into my product.wxs.
Hope this helps. -- Yan -----Original Message----- From: Nick Ball [mailto:nick.b...@grantadesign.com] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:26 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Prerequisites in a separate file Hi All, I want to check for the presence of the .Net framework, so I've followed the instructions in the WiX help and added the code successfully to the project. It works fine. However, to simplify my project slightly, I thought I'd take this code and put it in a file of its own and include that in my project (as below). But this does not work - it fails to run the check. Of course, it is no big deal to put it back, but in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of WiX, my question is simply: Why? -N <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:netfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension";> <Fragment> <!-- Prerequisites - .Net --> <PropertyRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK30"/> <Condition Message="This application requires .NET Framework 3.0. Please install the .NET Framework then run this installer again."> <![CDATA[Installed OR NETFRAMEWORK30]]> </Condition> </Fragment> </Wix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
