I have seen a few posts on this but was not able to find a resolution. I am trying to organize my package by putting recipes in a Recipes folder. In the recipes collection of the guidance package xml file I use:

<xi:include href="Recipes/CreateSolution.xml" />

Which give me a warning:

Warning1The element 'Recipes' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-core' has invalid child element 'include' in namespace 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude'. List of possible elements expected: 'Recipe' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-core'.

I have tried adding elements like xml="parse" or xmlns:xi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude but I keep getting the warning and an error when I try to register the package.

I copied the recipe code directly out of the package and created the include xml file from it. I modeled it on the the code in the WSSF and it looks right. I comment out the xinclude and copy the code back into the file and it works so I don't think the problem lies with this tag.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<GuidancePackage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-core"

Name="TestGuidancePackage"

Caption="TestGuidancePackage"

Description="A Test Guidance Package"

Guid="07DCFF9C-0BB5-47f5-9017-283E34DAAB57"

SchemaVersion="1.0">

<Recipes>

<xi:include href="Recipes/CreateSolution.xml" />

</Recipes>

</GuidancePackage>

Try adding:

xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"

as an attribute of the <GuidancePackage> element.

Also add parse="xml" as an attribute of the <xi:include> element.

And make sure the starting of your recipe config filelooks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Recipe
Name="YourRecipeName"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-core"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" >

In addition to the previous post, look inside your Recipes folder andcheck the File Properties (F4) of each recipe.xml file and make sure the 'Build Action' is set to Content and 'Copy to Output Directory' is set to Copy if newer or Copy always. It won't take away the squiggly line, but it will allow your GAT project to Register.