[wix-users] Simple bootstrapper crashing

Thu Apr 14 04:34:56 PDT 2016

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>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\tools\wix3.8\</WixInstallPath>
    <WixTargetsPath>$(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.
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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\InterviewerBootstrapper.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\Debug\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\Debug\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\Debug\'
[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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