How do I use WiX to deploy an INF-based USB driver

Question

Hello I am really new to WiX. I have a application that i need to Also install the drivers (.inf, .cat, .sys) for along with desktop icons start menu shortcuts and so forth. I have tried implementing the different codes That have to do with such from SO but am not having much luck I have also tried KK's blog and tried following his example. Still no luck i can get the desktop Icons and start menu icons to install but need to also install the drivers for this application when it installs the rest. Does anybody have a straight all the way threw example i could follow to do so.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" 
     xmlns:difx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension">

<?define CyUSB_TargetDir=$(var.CyUSB.TargetDir)?>
<?define RAMware3_TargetDir=$(var.RAMware3.TargetDir)?>

<Product Id="*" Name="RamWare3" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Resodyn Acoustic Mixers" UpgradeCode="*">

   <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />

   <Icon Id="rw3.ico" SourceFile="$(var.ProjectDir)License\rw3.ico" />
   <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="rw3.ico" />

   <WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="License\installer_top-banner.bmp" />
   <WixVariable Id="WixUIDialogBmp" Value="License\installer_background.bmp" />
   <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="$(var.ProjectDir)License\License.rtf" />

   <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" />
   <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" />

   <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
   <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

   <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="RamWare3" Level="1">
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
      <ComponentRef Id="ApplicationShortcut" />
      <ComponentRef Id="ApplicationShortcutDesktop" />
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProgramFilesFolder_files" />
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder_files" />
   </Feature>

   <Feature Id="MyDrivers" Title="My Drivers">
      <Component Id="Drivers" Directory="DriverDir" Guid="*">
         <File Id="reusb.inf" Source="$(var.ProjectDir)\Drivers\reusb.inf" />
         <File Id="reusb.sys" Source="$(var.ProjectDir)\Drivers\reusb.sys" KeyPath="yes" />
         <File Id="WdfCoinstaller01011.dll" Source="$(var.ProjectDir)\Drivers\WdfCoinstaller01011.dll" />
         <difx:Driver AddRemovePrograms="no" Legacy="no" PlugAndPlayPrompt="no" Sequence="1" />
      </Component>
   </Feature>
</Product>

<Fragment>
   <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
      <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
         <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="RamWare3">
         </Directory>
      </Directory>
      <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
         <Directory Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder" Name="Resodyn Acoustic Mixers"/>
      </Directory>
      <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
   </Directory>
</Fragment>

<Fragment>
   <DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
      <Component Id="ApplicationShortcut" Guid="*">
         <Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut" Name="RamWare3" Description="RamWare3" Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]RamWare3.exe" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" />
         <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveApplicationProgramsFolder" Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder" On="uninstall" />
         <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\RamWare3" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
      </Component>
   </DirectoryRef>
   <DirectoryRef Id="DesktopFolder">
      <Component Id="ApplicationShortcutDesktop" Guid="*">
         <Shortcut Id="ApplicationDesktopShortcut" Name="RamWare3" Description="RamWare3" Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]RamWare3.exe" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" />
         <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveDesktopFolder" Directory="DesktopFolder" On="uninstall" />
         <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\RamWare3" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
      </Component>
   </DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>

<Fragment>
   <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER">
      <Component Id="CyUSB.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="CyUSB.dll" Name="CyUSB.dll" Source="$(var.CyUSB_TargetDir)CyUSB.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="RAMware3.exe" Guid="*">
         <File Id="RAMware3.exe" Name="RAMware3.exe" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)RAMware3.exe" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="RAMware3.exe.config" Guid="*">
         <File Id="RAMware3.exe.config" Name="RAMware3.exe.config" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)RAMware3.exe.config" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll" Name="Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Nito.AsyncEx.Concurrent.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Nito.AsyncEx.Concurrent.dll" Name="Nito.AsyncEx.Concurrent.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Nito.AsyncEx.Concurrent.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Nito.AsyncEx.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Nito.AsyncEx.dll" Name="Nito.AsyncEx.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Nito.AsyncEx.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Nito.AsyncEx.Enlightenment.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Nito.AsyncEx.Enlightenment.dll" Name="Nito.AsyncEx.Enlightenment.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Nito.AsyncEx.Enlightenment.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll" Name="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll" Name="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll" Name="Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll" Name="System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="System.Windows.Interactivity.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="System.Windows.Interactivity.dll" Name="System.Windows.Interactivity.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)System.Windows.Interactivity.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll" Name="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll" Name="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll" />
      </Component>
      <Component Id="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll" Guid="*">
         <File Id="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll" Name="GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll" />
      </Component>
   </ComponentGroup>
</Fragment>

   <Fragment>
      <ComponentGroup Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder_files" Directory="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
         <Component Id="DLLs_CyUSB.dll" Guid="*">
            <File Id="DLLs_CyUSB.dll" Name="CyUSB.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)DLLs\CyUSB.dll" />
         </Component>
         <Component Id="DLLs_Bootloader_Utils.dll" Guid="*">
            <File Id="DLLs_Bootloader_Utils.dll" Name="Bootloader_Utils.dll" Source="$(var.RAMware3_TargetDir)DLLs\Bootloader_Utils.dll" />
         </Component>
      </ComponentGroup>
   </Fragment>
</Wix>

Answer 1

You will want to use the Difx extension, which you can access by adding xmlns:difx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/DifxAppExtension" to the Wix tag. You will also need to add a reference to either difxapp_x86.wixlib or difxapp_x64.wixlib to your project.

You'll need to reference it like this:

<Feature Id="MyDrivers" Title="My Drivers">
   <Component Id="Drivers" Directory="DriverDir" Guid="*">
      <File Id="MyDriver.cat" Source="$(var.DriverFilesDir)\Driver\MyDriver.cat" />
      <File Id="MyDriver.inf" Source="$(var.DriverFilesDir)\Driver\MyDriver.inf" />
      <File Id="MyDriver.sys" Source="$(var.DriverFilesDir)\Driver\MyDriver.sys" KeyPath="yes" />
      <File Id="WdfCoinstaller01011.dll" Source="$(var.DriverFilesDir)\Driver\WdfCoinstaller01011.dll" />
      <difx:Driver AddRemovePrograms="no" Legacy="no" PlugAndPlayPrompt="no" Sequence='1' />
   </Component>
</Feature>

Note the <difx:Driver> tag recognizes your driver components above it, so order does matter. More information here.

You will need to change the directory of the Component tag to match something in your directory structure or you could add <Directory Id="DriverFiles" Name="Drivers" /> under your ApplicationProgramsFolder.

The Source value in the File tags uses the preprocessor variable DriverFilesDir, which you can either replace with a hard coded path, or you can set it in your project settings. Under the Build tab, to "Define preprocessor variables:", you would add something like DriverFilesDir=..\Drivers. Note multiple variables are separated by semicolons.