Example project that tries to demonstrate how to use HarvestDirectory. Currently failing because the files cannot be found during the link step.

Author: DavidEGrayson

.gitignore

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+/obj
+/bin

README.txt

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+Sample project which attempts to show how to use the HarvestDirectory target
+provided by WiX:
+
+http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/msbuild/target_reference/harvestdirectory.html

foo.wixproj

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+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <ProductVersion>1.0.0</ProductVersion>
+    <DefineConstants>ProductVersion=$(ProductVersion)</DefineConstants>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>27e80d9b-d8b6-423a-a6ff-1d9c5b23bb31</ProjectGuid>
+    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
+    <OutputName>foo-$(ProductVersion)</OutputName>
+    <OutputType>Package</OutputType>
+    <DefineSolutionProperties>false</DefineSolutionProperties>
+    <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
+    <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
+    <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>Debug;ProductVersion=$(ProductVersion)</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
+    <OutputPath>bin\$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
+    <IntermediateOutputPath>obj\$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="foo.wxs" />
+    <HarvestDirectory Include="items">
+      <DirectoryRefId>ItemDir</DirectoryRefId>
+      <ComponentGroupName>Items</ComponentGroupName>
+      <!-- <PreprocessorVariable>var.ItemDir</PreprocessorVariable> -->
+    </HarvestDirectory>
+    <WixExtension Include="WixUIExtension" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(WixTargetsPath)" />
+</Project>

foo.wxs

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
+  <?define ItemDir = "items" ?>
+  <Product Name="Foo"
+           Version="$(var.ProductVersion)"
+           Manufacturer="Foo Inc."
+           Language="1033"
+           UpgradeCode="0c8504c9-4e62-4e2c-9e1c-4fbe1c478b37"
+           Id="*">
+
+    <Package Description="Foo"
+             Manufacturer="Foo Inc."
+             Compressed="yes"
+             InstallerVersion="301" />
+
+    <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="no"
+                  DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of this software is already installed."
+                  AllowSameVersionUpgrades="no" />
+
+    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="cabinet.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
+
+    <Property Id="ARPCOMMENTS">
+      Foo package.
+    </Property>
+    <Property Id="ARPCONTACT">Foo Inc.</Property>
+    <Property Id="ARPURLINFOABOUT">https://www.example.com/</Property>
+
+    <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
+      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
+        <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="Foo">
+          <Component Id="readme">
+            <File Id="readme" Name="README.txt" Source="README.txt" />
+          </Component>
+          <Directory Id="ItemDir" />
+        </Directory>
+      </Directory>
+    </Directory>
+
+    <Feature Id="Software"
+             Title="Foo"
+             AllowAdvertise="no"
+             ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR">
+      <ComponentRef Id="readme" />
+      <ComponentGroupRef Id="Items" />
+    </Feature>
+
+    <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" />
+    <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />
+  </Product>
+</Wix>

items/apple.txt

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+MSBUILD="/c/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/14.0/Bin/MSBuild.exe"
+"$MSBUILD" -t:rebuild -p:Configuration=Release -p:TreatWarningsAsErrors=True \
+  foo.wixproj