[wix-users] MBA & .Net 4.5.2

[Phill Hogland]

Most of the applications that I am deploying are still targeting .Net 4.0, but some target .Net 4.5.  I did not want to carry forward some .Net 4.0 framework bug workaround code in my WPF mba and I wanted to take advantage of .Net 4.5 features and  .Net 4.5.1 bug fixes in the mba.  I do the following in my web-deployable bundles:

The Bundle/@Chain has as the first item:
      <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx451Web" />

The bootstrapper .config file has:
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.1" />
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
    <!-- Release 9.1.0.x requires netfx skus v4.5, or later.  Prior skus will cause mbaprereq to be launched. -->
  </startup>
  <wix.bootstrapper>
      <host assemblyName="mbaUX" />
    <!-- This thread indicates that supportedFramework should not be included for NetFx45 or later
         http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32674239/specifying-burn-bootstrapper-prerequisites 
         However, viewing registry of Win10 has Client and Full entries. -->
    <!--
        <supportedFramework version="v4\Client" />
        <supportedFramework version="v4\Full" />
      </host> -->
  </wix.bootstrapper>

The prereq installer only kicks in on systems that do not have Net 4.5 or later.  Most of the Win7/2008R2 or later systems already have 4.5.1 from Windows Update, but there may be some edge cases (on isolated networks) where the prereq phase happens first before my mba is launched.  This has been an acceptable approach for us.  As soon as I complete a release that is in its final stage, I plan to change the Bundle/@chain to use 4.5.2 and add supportedRuntime for sku 4.5.2.  I would like to see all of the apps upgraded as well but that is not likely to happen soon even though I also pointed out to the team that 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5.1 are now unsupported.  So there are different approaches depending on your business requirements.

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Farrukh Waheed
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 12:10 AM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] MBA & .Net 4.5.2

I second John Cooper. I have also setup my Managed Bootstrapper to least version of .Net-framework possible, after Windows XP (we have also abandoned it). And in fact, bootstrapper applications must have least pre-requisites..

On 25 January 2016 at 20:10, John Cooper <JoCooper at jackhenry.com> wrote:

> I set the config to load with the lowest .NET Framework that the 
> Managed BootstrapperApplication will support.  In my case, .NET 
> Framework 4.0 is fine.  My applications require between .NET Framework 
> 4.5 and .NET Framework 4.6, but I let <bal:Condition> and/or 
> traditional Launch Conditions deal with this.  This allows me to 
> maintain a graphic experience even when the prerequisites are not sufficient to install the product.
>
> Since we have abandoned Windows XP and Vista support and require a 
> minimum of Windows 7 SP1, this is relatively uncomplicated.
>
> --
> John Merryweather Cooper
> Senior Software Engineer | Integration Development Group | Enterprise 
> Notification Service Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  
> 66214 | Ext:  431050 | JoCooper at jackhenry.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On 
> Behalf Of Parkes, Kevin
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:02 AM
> To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> Subject: [wix-users] MBA & .Net 4.5.2
>
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> I am experimenting with an MBA (my first) and - .Net 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1 
> being no longer supported - I've set the target framework version to 4.5.2.
>
> It's currently failing to run and log file reports:
>   Error 0x80131902: Failed to create the managed bootstrapper 
> application (and a  number of further 0x80131902 errors)
>
> My guess is there's something wrong in the <supportedRuntime> and/or 
> <supportedFramework> settings in my BootstrapperCore.config. I've 
> tried various values without any luck. What should those settings be? 
> (And is there anything else I should check?)
>
> Thanks
>
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