Question

I have the following code:

    <Feature Id='SMSGatewayFeatures' Title='SMS Gateway Product Feature' Level='2'>
        <Condition Level='1'>INSTALLSMSGATEWAYSERVICE</Condition>
        <ComponentGroupRef Id='group_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES' />
    </Feature>

Assuming an INSTALLLEVEL of 1, I noticed that the Condition above gets evaluated when I have INSTALLSMSGATEWAYSERVICE set to 1. Additionally, the installer will properly set the install level of this Feature to 1

But there is a problem: although the install level of this Feature gets set to 1, no Component from group_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES gets installed. What is going on?

Not sure if it matters, but here is how the fragment is set up:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
    <Fragment>
    <ComponentGroup Id="group_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES">
      <ComponentRef Id="comp_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES_0" />
      <ComponentRef Id="comp_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES_1" />
      ...
    </ComponentGroup>
    <DirectoryRef Id="WEBDIR">
    <Directory Id="dir_SMSGatewayWS_0" Name="SMSGatewayWS">
        <Component Id="comp_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES_0" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" Guid="38B3FC5F-B556-40C1-BF8F-5EF41E29B345">
          <File Id="file_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES_0" Source="D:\somepath\mssccprj.scc" />
        </Component>
        <Component Id="comp_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES_1" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" Guid="3C0B8CE2-1973-424D-868A-C2C074F254S3">
          <File Id="file_SMSGATEWAYWSWEBAPPFILES_1" Source="D:\somepath\Service1.asmx" />
        </Component>
        ...
    </Directory>
    </DirectoryRef>
    </Fragment>
    </Wix>

Answer 1

I found a workaround to my issues here, in another thread that I started which actually ties in with this one. In case anybody has the same problem and needs to find a solution, its there.