[wix-users] .NET redist not installing

[Joel Budreau]

Maybe to help simplify the question even more: what could cause this...?

“Planned package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: None…”

None of my custom BA code could execute yet, but something in the engine decided that .NET should not be installed.

- Joel

> On Oct 6, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Joel Budreau <joel.budreau at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Edit:
> 
> The WORKING bootstrapper has this in the log file:
> 	[timestamp] Condition ‘NETFRAMEWORK40’ evaluates to false.
> 	…
> 	[timestamp] Detected package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, cached: None
> 	…
> 	[timestamp] Skipping dependency registration on package with no dependency providers: Netfx4Full
> 	[timestamp] Setting string variable ‘WixBundleLog_Netfx4Full’ to value ‘C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Temp\MyBootstrapper_timestamp_000_Netfx4Full.log’
> 	…
> 	[timestamp] Planned package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: Present, execute: Install, rollback: None, cache: Yes, uncache: Yes, dependency: None
> 
> The FAILING bootstrapper has this in the log file:
> 	[timestamp] Condition ‘NETFRAMEWORK40’ evaluates to false.
> 	…
> 	[timestamp] Detected package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, cached: None
> 	…
> 	[timestamp] Skipping dependency registration on package with no dependency providers: Netfx4Full
> 	…
> 	[timestamp] Planned package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: None, execute: None, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache: No, dependency: None
> 
> What could I be missing in the failing BA?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel
> 
>> On Oct 6, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Joel Budreau <joel.budreau at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I’ve got two custom BAs that both package the .NET 4.0 redist. One can install it, and one can’t :(
>> 
>> Both Bundle.wxs files look like this:
>> 	<Chain>
>> 		<PackageGroupRef Id=“Netfx4Full”/>
>> 		…
>> 	</Chain>
>> 
>> 	<Fragment>
>> 	    <util:RegistrySearchRef Id=“NETFRAMEWORK40”/>
>> 
>> 	    <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqPackageId" Value="Netfx4Full" />
>> 	    <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl" Value="NetfxLicense.rtf”/>
>> 	    <PackageGroup Id="Netfx4Full">
>> 	        <ExePackage Id="Netfx4Full" Cache="no" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes"
>> 	                               SourceFile="$(var.DOTNETPATH)\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe"
>> 	                               InstallCommand="/q /norestart /ChainingPackage "[WixBundleName]""
>> 	                               DetectCondition="NETFRAMEWORK40" />
>> 	    </PackageGroup>
>> 	</Fragment>
>> 
>> 
>> The WORKING bootstrapper has this in the log file:
>> 	[timestamp] Condition ‘NETFRAMEWORK40’ evaluates to false.
>> 	…
>> 	[timestamp] Detected package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, cached: None
>> 	…
>> 	[timestamp] Skipping dependency registration on package with no dependency providers: Netfx4Full
>> 	[timestamp] Setting string variable ‘WixBundleLog_Netfx4Full’ to value ‘C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Temp\MyBootstrapper_timestamp_000_Netfx4Full.log’
>> 	…
>> 	[timestamp] Planned package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: Present, execute: Install, rollback: None, cache: Yes, uncache: Yes, dependency: None
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> - Joel
>> 	[timestamp] Condition ‘NETFRAMEWORK40’ evaluates to false.
>> 	…
>> 	[timestamp] Detected package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, cached: None
>> 	…
>> 	[timestamp] Skipping dependency registration on package with no dependency providers: Netfx4Full
>> 	…
>> 	[timestamp] Planned package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: None, execute: None, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache: No, dependency: None
>> 
>> What could I be missing in the failing BA?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Joel
>> 
>