[wix-users] Simple bootstrapper crashing

Thu Apr 14 06:54:22 PDT 2016

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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of
Phill Hogland
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:48 PM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Simple bootstrapper crashing

>>Are there particular requirements that the packaged MSI file must meet to
be run by Burn?   Maybe some specific properties?

Not to my knowledge. 

>>Yet when I run the bootstrapper, the log shows the Burn engine is still
3.10.2.   But I imagine that is a red-herring.
When I used 3.8 it did not report anything about 3.10.2 as 3.10.2 did not
exist at the time.  I would dig deeper into a verbose build log to track
this down.

When I tried to use the method documented for using the wix binaries I found
that I had problems if a different version had also been installed on the
build system.  I also ran into problems, even when I followed the documented
approach, when I used certain SDK to create and use WixExtensions or use Lux
tools.  So using the verbose build log I tracked down additional wix MSBuild
properties that I make sure are set to the desired set of tool paths.  Also
IIRC the paths to the SDK files are different in for the 3.9 binaries that
they are for 3.9 or later.  (And I would figure out how to use 3.10.2 or
later and not mess with 3.8.)

I use something like this for my debug repo:
  <PropertyGroup>
       <MyWixRepoPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(MyDirSl)9.2_Installs\Wix\Debug</MyWixRepoPath>
    <!-- Both WixExtDir and WixToolPath need to point to x86 even when
building x64 -->
	<WixExtDir Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(MyWixRepoPath)\build\debug\x86\</WixExtDir>
    <WixToolPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(MyWixRepoPath)\build\debug\x86\</WixToolPath>
	<!-- Required to find the correct platform specific dll - difxapp or
wixca -->
    <WixSdkPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(MyWixRepoPath)\build\debug\$(Platform)</WixSdkPath>
    <WixAllToolPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(MyWixRepoPath)\build\debug\</WixAllToolPath>
    <WixSrcPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(MyWixRepoPath)\src\</WixSrcPath>
    <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(WixToolPath)\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
    <WixTasksPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(WixToolPath)\wixtasks.dll</WixTasksPath>
    <LuxTargetsPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(WixToolPath)\Lux.targets</LuxTargetsPath>
    <LuxTasksPath Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'
">$(WixToolPath)\LuxTasks.dll</LuxTasksPath>
    <!-- Observed ICE validation errors when:  $(WIX) was set to default 3.7
installation	and the above Properties were set to Wix 3.8 in the SVN
...\Tools archive.-->
    <WIX Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">$(WixToolPath)</WIX>
  </PropertyGroup>

________________________________________
From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
Arnette, Bill <bill.arnette at signalscape.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:34 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Simple bootstrapper crashing

I actually started with 3.10.2 and got the crash so I tried reverting to
3.8.   In general I copy the WiX tools into my Subversion project and set
the WixTargetsPath and WixInstallPath in the .wixproj to point to those
tools with the following property group before the import of wix.targets...

  <PropertyGroup>

<WixInstallPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\tools\wix3.8\</WixInstallPa
th>
    <WixTargetsPath>$(WixInstallPath)Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(WixTargetsPath)" />

This all works well (at least for the MSI)  and I can see in the VS output
window that it is running the correct version of the tools and pulling in
WixBalExtension.dll from the correct directory.   Yet when I run the
bootstrapper, the log shows the Burn engine is still 3.10.2.   But I imagine
that is a red-herring.

I am converting from the MSBuild bootstrapper which works fine to a Burn
bootstrapper.    Are there particular requirements that the packaged MSI
file must meet to be run by Burn?   Maybe some specific properties?

Thanks,
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of
Phill Hogland
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 5:33 PM
To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Simple bootstrapper crashing

I would enable MSBuild diagnostic level logging and evaluate the log created
when building the project.  If using VS go to Tools\Options\Projects and
Solutions\MSBuild project output verbosity.  If calling a MSBuild script
then pass in the verbosity=diagnostics property.

Also you could unload your project file .wixproj and view it in an editor.
There will typically be code like
    <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' AND
'$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)' != ''
">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
    <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == ''
">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>

Which I believe makes use of the Environment variable "WIX" which should be
defined by the installer on your build system as the path to the tools to be
used.  There are probably other details but I hope this helps you track down
the issue.

I certainly would recommend using wix 3.10.2 or later, which addresses
dll-hijacking security vulnerabilities in prior versions, including in wix
3.8.
________________________________________
From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of
Arnette, Bill <bill.arnette at signalscape.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:00 PM
To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Subject: [wix-users] Simple bootstrapper crashing

I have a VERY simple bootstrapper built with Wix 3.8 that crashes
immediately on Windows 7

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

<?define
msiPackage=$(var.ProjectDir)..\MySetup\bin\$(var.Configuration)\MySetup.msi
?>

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
     xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension">
<Bundle Name="InterviewerBootstrapper" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Me"
UpgradeCode="59e67001-a9fa-4ce6-8520-69c4d7d7c17d" >
      <BootstrapperApplicationRef
Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" >
      </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
      <Chain>
         <MsiPackage Id="MainPackage"
                     SourceFile="$(var.msiPackage)"
                     Compressed="no"
                     Description="My app"
                     DisplayInternalUI="yes"
                     DisplayName="My app"
                     >
         </MsiPackage>
      </Chain>
   </Bundle>
</Wix>

The interesting this is that the log shows the Burn version as 3.10.2?!

5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i001: Burn v3.10.2.2516, Windows v6.1 (Build
7601: Service Pack 1), path:
C:\Users\wta\AppData\Local\Temp\{2E4556E4-508E-4A8F-A0D4-488F9C1747CF}\.cr\I
nterviewerBootstrapper.exe
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i009: Command Line:
'"-burn.clean.room=C:\Users\wta\Documents\Visual Studio
2012\Projects\Interviewer\trunk\installation\InterviewerBootstrapper\bin\Deb
ug\InterviewerBootstrapper.exe"'
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i000: Setting string variable
'WixBundleOriginalSource' to value 'C:\Users\wta\Documents\Visual Studio
2012\Projects\Interviewer\trunk\installation\InterviewerBootstrapper\bin\Deb
ug\InterviewerBootstrapper.exe'
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i000: Setting string variable
'WixBundleOriginalSourceFolder' to value 'C:\Users\wta\Documents\Visual
Studio
2012\Projects\Interviewer\trunk\installation\InterviewerBootstrapper\bin\Deb
ug\'
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i000: Setting string variable 'WixBundleLog'
to value
'C:\Users\wta\AppData\Local\Temp\InterviewerBootstrapper_20160413164811.log'
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i000: Setting string variable
'WixBundleName' to value 'InterviewerBootstrapper'
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:11]i000: Setting string variable
'WixBundleManufacturer' to value 'Signalscape'
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:12]i100: Detect begin, 1 packages
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:12]i101: Detected package: MainPackage, state:
Absent, cached: None
[5424:63AC][2016-04-13T16:48:12]i199: Detect complete, result: 0x0

I have tried ProcMon to see where Light may be pulling Burn.exe from but
that doesn't show anything.   Is it embedded in WixStdBa.dll?

What am I missing here?

Thanks,

Bill
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