HarvestDirectory filtering of files.

[DSmitj]

I was wondering if when using a harvestdirectory can files be filtered out in any other way other than by using a xsl file format? I have some pdb files and config files that I don't want harvested.

I really like the integration with the VS IDE. Thus why Iam asking the question. I was hoping that an exclude could be used from within my project like in C#.

If not, is there an example xsl file format for WiX4 that I can reference or can a WiX3 xsl be transformed to WiX4?

Thanks,
D

[maniglia]

Hello @DSmitj, I can't answer your first question, but I can provide an xslt example.
This is the contents of the file .xslt, that removes all .pdb (be careful, it's not tested):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:wix="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs"
xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs"
version="1.0"
exclude-result-prefixes="wix">

<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

<xsl:strip-space elements="*" />

<xsl:key
name="PdbToRemove"
match="wix:Component[ substring( wix:File/@Source, string-length( wix:File/@Source ) - 3 ) = '.pdb' ]"
use="@Id"
/>

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[ self::wix:Component or self::wix:ComponentRef ][ key( 'PdbToRemove', @Id ) ]" />

</xsl:stylesheet>

I'm not a file .xslt expert.
Regards

[DSmitj]

Thank you

[nirbar]

You can use my WiX extension https://www.nuget.org/packages/PanelSwWixExtension4/
In your project file add:

<PropertyGroup>
     <HarvestDirectoryAdditionalOptions>-ext "$(PanelSwWixHarvestExtension)" -exc "*.pdb"</HarvestDirectoryAdditionalOptions>
<PropertyGroup>

[DSmitj]

Thank you