Feature in fragment does not appear in parent project

[mikehenselersimfront]

create fragment-project that includes components/files and feature
compile fragment-project to wixlib
add fragment-project.wixlib into parent.msi compile

run new installer, or open msi with orca
observe: feature from fragment project does not appear. no files from fragment project have been added to installer.

I would expect just adding the fragment-project.wixlib to parent compile would include the fragment features automatically.

workaround:
create feature in parent project and add component refs for components in fragment-project
or add FeatureRef to feature in fragment project

[barnson]

WiX only links in resources that have a reference from the parent product.

[mikehenselersimfront]

yes, this has been my experience,
i was hoping it would not be required to add references and just adding the fragment wixlib would be sufficient.
thnks

[robmen]

If the WiX Toolset worked as you hoped, you'd always get all the code from any referenced .wixlib. That design would require us to ship a few hundred tiny .wixlibs (not an exaggeration) so you would not experience massive bloat of unused behavior in your MSI anytime you used one of the WiX extensions.

I don't think you'd actually like the world you hoped for. 😄

[mikehenselersimfront]

Thanks Rob for explaining it. From: Rob Mensching ***@***.***> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 10:26 AM To: wixtoolset/issues ***@***.***> Cc: Mike Henseler ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [wixtoolset/issues] Feature in fragment does not appear in parent project (Discussion #7794) If the WiX Toolset worked as you hoped, you'd always get all the code from any referenced .wixlib. That design would require us to ship a few hundred tiny .wixlibs (not an exaggeration) so you would not experience massive bloat of unused behavior in your MSI anytime you used one of the WiX extensions. I don't think you'd actually like the world you hoped for. 😄 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#7794 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AMYCT5XRQVL7XGDHVUPZTMLYBJXGVAVCNFSM6AAAAAA6MB5TMSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM3TGOJTGYZTS>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> ***** This email was sent outside of your organization *****