How to enable Wix fragments created by Heat

Question

I have the following snippet:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="Doc"> <ComponentRef Id="cmpCDCC386748AE7BEFE7C2F4E764390254" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmp6EC513AE37CCAE66CEA96577E2384AFA" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmp0C9D9450CB94FF74C6E29C1C3F6D16D5" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmp314DEE3E909157F47FDF963DCC04D2AC" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmpBC5FB761D7B0DA99F96ECA9A91DD4217" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmp6B9E4B7B6F710D7077171BCE0B96A90A" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmp5959CF1572C71417D536C491A996C6DE" /> <ComponentRef Id="cmpCC960E9F3DDDE1600206003C43FFE663" /> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="AzureApplicationSDK"> <Directory Id="dir67745C9C3FA1B31D9AF8883D12D8FBD8" Name="Doc"> <Component Id="cmpCDCC386748AE7BEFE7C2F4E764390254" Guid="{A46C5689-42D1-41CA-AD71-B2A416FA9571}"> <File Id="fil3B7DFCD3444314759F8617411F7EE08C" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Azure Applications SDK v1 Cascade Tables Getting Started Guide.docx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmp6EC513AE37CCAE66CEA96577E2384AFA" Guid="{697C1B04-5279-4B31-9600-F3BCA4C1AD06}"> <File Id="filFDDD2C48EF5C14BA924C4272E4D9D490" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Azurite Identity.docx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmp0C9D9450CB94FF74C6E29C1C3F6D16D5" Guid="{1C61C6C5-60F0-41A5-B229-093419E5F767}"> <File Id="fil4C736D0525C45780C242DA3BCA6823BA" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Mercurius messaging how-to.docx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmp314DEE3E909157F47FDF963DCC04D2AC" Guid="{FD9BD847-5B89-42EA-A178-451AC8B822F4}"> <File Id="fil841FCFCD72670AEF83A89B6724126546" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Nexus Notes.pptx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmpBC5FB761D7B0DA99F96ECA9A91DD4217" Guid="{2424B541-D40B-4D2D-938E-0AC5C9C2A773}"> <File Id="fil8D9E68E77FC45E6F50191FF6F20F2039" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Owner Powershell Snapin.docx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmp6B9E4B7B6F710D7077171BCE0B96A90A" Guid="{E467FD03-EFB4-4E4F-9A34-75540BEB1B1C}"> <File Id="filB48A598247AE4A63638F96A69A545EE4" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\SDK First Look.pptx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmp5959CF1572C71417D536C491A996C6DE" Guid="{27890FBC-2822-4061-A086-E9E539F58A64}"> <File Id="fil9CCA5FE9338BD9EB6E1E2B4F685D9F16" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Unit Tests.docx" /> </Component> <Component Id="cmpCC960E9F3DDDE1600206003C43FFE663" Guid="{D9B8BFB9-3F3B-40FE-A3E9-C5E1669E529A}"> <File Id="fil98D1506B9A1C3AD2D9D03EA43BEEB80A" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\Using Nexus.docx" /> </Component> </Directory> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> </Wix> 

In my main .wxs file, I have the following:

 <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="zure Application SDK" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="Doc"/> </Feature> 

Doing

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\Light.exe -cultures:null -ext "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" -ext "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\WixNetFxExtension.dll" -out "c:\source\Azure Applications SDK\Bespin\QADrop\QADropInstaller\bin\Release\QADropInstaller.msi" -pdbout "c:\source\Azure Applications SDK\Bespin\QADrop\QADropInstaller\bin\Release\QADropInstaller.wixpdb" -v obj\Release\QADropInstall.wixobj obj\Release\Doc.wixobj 

and I get the following error:

 Error 21 Unresolved reference to symbol 'Component:Doc' in section 'Product:{CF56D65B-BE0D-4719-BEFD-5DC04F7AD7FC}'. c:\source\Azure Applications SDK\Bespin\QADrop\QADropInstaller\QADropInstall.wxs 160 1 Azure Application SDK Installer 

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

Heat Fragment should have a ComponentGroup with all the generated Components in it (if not, try adding the -cg switch to heating mode).

Then use ComponentGroupRef instead of ComponentRef in the Feature section that you want everything to be installed.

Finally, compile all your .wxs files (including one from heat.exe ), then add all the resulting .wixobj files to your light.exe command line. You usually report an error because you forgot to add .wixobj or .wixlib to the command line.