[wix-users] Is bindingRedirect possible for a managed bootstrapper application?

[John Cooper]

When I have a custom load, I need to use a handler to load the correct assembly just as you indicate.  The config file is currently only going to cover the MBA assembly.  Other assembly loads, I suspect, would have to be covered by a separate config.

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John Merryweather Cooper
Senior Software Engineer -- Integration Development Group -- Enterprise Notification Service
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Office:  913-341-3434x431050
JoCooper at jackhenry.com





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From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Gerhard Matzen
Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 11:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Is bindingRedirect possible for a managed bootstrapper application?

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Thank you, John.

I did get to work via the eventhandler method that Julius suggested.

To be a bit more descriptive about what I am doing:

I am dynamically loading in an appdomain:
    "osisoft.setup.af.link.dll"
Which loads:
    "osisoft.setup.notifications.dll"
Which loads:
    "some.dll"  

It is some.dll that is compiled against netwonsoft.json version 9.0, but I need 10.0 for other DLLs.  
"some.dll" is owned by another team.  

Perhaps changing the assembly redirect in the app.config file of some.dll would work, but I was not able to try this.  
Adding the bindingRedirect in the app.config file of the other DLLs, did not seem to work.  

I'm new to binding redirects, so I'm not sure at what level I would need to configure the redirection.

But I am good for now because I signed up for an event handler following:
         https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff527268(v=vs.110).aspx
         http://blog.slaks.net/2013-12-25/redirecting-assembly-loads-at-runtime/

thanks again,
Gerhard

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of John Cooper
Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Is bindingRedirect possible for a managed bootstrapper application?

I used redirects without issue.  How is a.dll loaded?

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John Merryweather Cooper
Senior Software Engineer -- Integration Development Group -- Enterprise Notification Service Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Office:  913-341-3434x431050 JoCooper at jackhenry.com




-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Gerhard Matzen
Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 8:03 PM
To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Subject: [wix-users] Is bindingRedirect possible for a managed bootstrapper application?

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I have a managed bootstrapper application.  My payload contains 2 dlls.

"a.dll" references Newtonsoft.Json 9.0.
"b.dll" references Newtonsoft.Json 10.0.

I tried adding...

    <runtime>
      <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
        <dependentAssembly>
          <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-10.0.0.0" newVersion="10.0.0.0" />
        </dependentAssembly>
      </assemblyBinding>
    </runtime>

...to my BootstrapperCore.confi file.

And I put the 10.0 version of newtonsoft.json.dll in the payload.

But I still get an error similar to:

---------------------------
PI AF Services 2017
---------------------------
Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

Since the bootstrapper is native, I don't know if there is a good way to do bindingRedirect.

Does anyone know if adding a binding redirect is possible?

Thanks,
Gerhard

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