ComponentGroup Element

Description

Groups together multiple components to be used in other locations.

Windows Installer references

None

Parents

Fragment, Product

Inner Text

None

Children

Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)

• Component (min: 0, max: unbounded)
• ComponentGroupRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
• ComponentRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
• Any Element (namespace='##other' processContents='Lax') Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema. Schema extensions can register additional elements at this point in the schema.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String	Identifier for the ComponentGroup.	Yes
Directory	String	Sets the default directory identifier for child Component elements.
Source	String	Used to set the default file system source for child Component elements. For more information, see Specifying source files.
Any Attribute (namespace='##other' processContents='lax') Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema. Schema extensions can register additional attributes at this point in the schema.

See Also

Wix Schema, ComponentGroupRef