[WiX-devs] [ wix-Bugs-964895 ] FeatureRef imposes an ordering on children, unlike Feature

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Bugs item #964895, was opened at 2004-06-02 02:46
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Category: candle
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo (kal-le)
>Assigned to: Rob Mensching (robmen)
Summary: FeatureRef imposes an ordering on children, unlike Feature

Initial Comment:
According to the schema of WiX 2.0.1727.0, the Feature 
element allows ComponentRef, MergeRef, FeatureRef, 
and Feature as its children.  These elements can be in 
any order.  However, the children of a FeatureRef 
element must always be in this order: Feature, 
ComponentRef, MergeRef.  This seems inconsistent to 
me.

I had a Feature that contained a MergeRef followed by a 
number of ComponentRefs.  Now that WiX 2.0.1727.0 
allows MergeRef in FeatureRef, I tried to replace the 
Feature element with a FeatureRef and define the actual 
Feature elsewhere.  However, I got an error from the 
first ComponentRef in the MergeRef:

fatal error CNDL0027: The element 'FeatureRef' has 
invalid child element 'ComponentRef'. 
Expected 'MergeRef'.

I could work around this error by moving the MergeRef 
element below the ComponentRef elements.  

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>Comment By: Rob Mensching (robmen)
Date: 2004-07-29 15:11

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Fixed in 1927, now using choice instead of sequence (like we 
should have from the beginning)

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