[wix-users] WPF .Net 4.6 using Burn

[Orzyszek Andreas]

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Hi,

the burn engine triggers the contained .Net framework installer only if your managed BA could not be loaded.
Normally you have a BootstrapperApp.dll.config like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <sectionGroup name="wix.bootstrapper" type="Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperSectionGroup, BootstrapperCore">
            <section name="host" type="Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.HostSection, BootstrapperCore" />
        </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>
    <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
	    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5"/>
    </startup>
    <wix.bootstrapper>
      <host assemblyName="BootstrapperApp">
        <supportedFramework version="v4\Full" />
      </host>
    </wix.bootstrapper>
</configuration> 

As you can see the burn engine just can't force the installation before your BA runs. If a user has installed .Net 4.0 for example your BA won't crash and the installation of .NET 4.6 will just be the first element in the chain that is getting installed.

I think the forced install of a specific .Net framework is a feature request for the burn engine.

Andreas Orzyszek

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Von: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] Im Auftrag von Roni Fuchs
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Oktober 2015 17:03
An: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
Betreff: [wix-users] WPF .Net 4.6 using Burn

Hi everyone,

I see support for .Net 4.6 was added using the <PackageGroupRef Id=" NetFx46Redist " />, which is awesome because our app uses .Net 4.6.
We also wrote an installer, managed BA, and we want to also write it using .Net 4.6, How can I make sure that before my WPF BA is started Burn ensured .Net 4.6 was installed if needed?



Thanks,

Roni (Aron) Fuchs


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