> since I know now root cause of my issue, how can I include sub folders in my new Files constructor or somewhere in Files about wixsharp HOT 3 OPEN

@abskulkarni It has different issues, but a workaround I have used for this situation is to use MSM modules (I have on per folder).

You can recursively include files for each msm module, then include each folder as a "merge" into the main folder. I am missing a lot of context from the previous discussion probably, but that gets around the issue.

An alternative approach is to just manually recurse the folder(s) yourself - the code is not too difficult, and I actually wrote it myself before I figured out how to use the Files / DirFiles (maybe you shouldn't need to call a separate method to "resolve wildcards", I understand having written the recursive routines myself that there are various filtering issues that make this a bit harder, but there's no reason it can't be done ahead of time).

Actually a major issue I have with the API, perhaps a new feature, is that SourceDir can only be set once per project. So I started using MSM for this exact issue. Later I ended up pulling SourceDir up to the repo roots, and passing around relative directories more "smartly", but it would be simpler to just be able to specify multiple-per-wixitem SourceDirs.

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Hi @oleg-shilo
Can you please guide me if there is any solution to my issue above?

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As @smaudet suggested, manually recursing through the folders is the most powerful option you have. But it's costly. You have to do recursion heavy lifting:

// pseudo code
foreach(var file in Directory.GetFiles("<your root dir>", "*", SearchOptions.AllFiles))
{
    string instalDir = file.GetDirName().MakeRelativeTo(project.SourceDir);
      
    Dir wDir = project.FindOrCreateDir(installDir);

    var wFile = new File(file);
    wFile.Features = new[] { "<whatever feature you want 1>", "<whatever feature you want 2>" };
    
    wDir.AddFile(new File(wfile));
}
project.Build.Msi();

However, ... dId you try the suggestion I posted in the original thread?

AutoElements.SupportEmptyDirectories = CompilerSupportState.Disabled;
Compiler.AutoGeneration.IgnoreWildCardEmptyDirectories = true;

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