How to Export a set of capabilities into a new repository (better use ready FOD iso)

I believe the files in C:Windows\servicing\FodMetadata & InboxFodMetadataCache are the key to accomplish that
but i were not able to get it to work

can you post the files/folders structure of FOD iso?

 

I had a success

Code:

dism /image:Z:\ /Export-Source /Source:UUP\18362\ar-sa /Target:UUP\new /CapabilityName:Language.Basic~~~ar-sa~0.0.1.0

Source folder contents:

Code:

\metadata\DesktopTargetCompDB_ar-sa.xml.cab
\metadata\DesktopTargetCompDB_Neutral.xml.cab
FoDMetadata_Client.cab
Microsoft-Windows-Client-LanguagePack-Package_ar-sa~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~ar-sa~.esd
microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-basic-ar-sa-package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~.cab
microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-ocr-ar-sa-package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~.cab
microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-texttospeech-ar-eg-package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~.cab
microsoft-windows-languagefeatures-texttospeech-ar-sa-package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~.cab

created-contents in Target folder:

Code:

\metadata\DesktopTargetCompDB_ar-sa.xml
\metadata\DesktopTargetCompDB_ar-sa.xml.cab
\metadata\DesktopTargetCompDB_Neutral.xml
\metadata\DesktopTargetCompDB_Neutral.xml.cab
\metadata\DeviceInventory.xml
\metadata\UpdateAgent.dll
FoDMetadata_Client.cab
Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Basic-ar-sa-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~.cab

it seems the only purpose of offline image is to verify the capabilities, it cannot be used to actually export (i.e. create) fod files to the target custom repo

i could not get /IncludeImageCapabilities to work, always return error about invalid arguments

i found reference to Recipe file in CbsCore.dll, but could not get it to work either

Code:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<Recipe xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:os-recipe">
    <Features>
        <Feature Id="Language.Basic~en-us~1.0" />
    </Features>
</Recipe>

 

No, Dism is clear about it

Code:

Export repository is only supported offline

yes, i created it manually, based on your posted FOD structure.txt
i have en-us files also

these log files can give a clear hint on how it works
C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
C:\Windows\Logs\MoSetup\UpdateAgent.log