[wix-users] ManagedBootstrapperApplication Packages

[Sean Hall]

The problem is here:

  state: Absent, default requested: Present, ba requested: None, execute:
None, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache: No, dependency: None

Your BA ignored the default of requesting Present and instead requested
None in OnPlanPackageBegin.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 12:56 AM Dimitri Vasilkov via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have started porting over a bootstrapper that was using one of the
> default templates to a managed bootstrapper. The log from the install shows
> the packages I am trying to install as state: Absent, default requested:
> Present, ba requested: None, execute: None, rollback: None, cache: No,
> uncache: No, dependency: None Something I am doing in the bootstrapper is
> setting ba requested to None for these packages. I am not quite sure which
> direction to follow debugging this issue as I made no changes in the
> packages when moving from the default bootstrapper to the managed one. I
> suspect it might be an issue with how I am setting up the .net dependency.
> I get the .net installer popping up to set up the dependency each time I
> run it even though .net 3.5 is included with windows 10 as far as I
> understand it. I probably have biffed something in the detect condition but
> I have not been able to find it. Here are the relevant parts of how I set
> up .net
>
> <Bundle >
> <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id='ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost'>
> <Payload SourceFile='..\pixBA\Bin\Release\pixBA.dll' />
> <Payload SourceFile="..\pixBA\pixBA.BootstrapperCore.config"/>
>       <Payload SourceFile="C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset
> v3.11\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.Package.dll"/>
> </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
> <WixVariable Id="WixStdbaLicenseUrl" Value="" />
> <WixVariable Id="WixBundleName" Value="Stack" />
> <Variable Name="InstallFolder" bal:Overridable="yes" Type="string"
> Value="[LocalAppDataFolder]" Persisted="yes"/>
> <Chain>
> <PackageGroupRef Id='Netfx4Redist' />
> </Chain>
> </Bundle>
> <Fragment>
>     <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqPackageId" Value="Netfx4Redist" />
>     <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl" Value="NetfxLicense.rtf" />
>
>     <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework
> Setup\NDP\v4\Full" Value="Version" Variable="Netfx4FullVersion" />
>     <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework
> Setup\NDP\v4\Full" Value="Version" Variable="Netfx4x64FullVersion"
> Win64="yes" />
>
>     <PackageGroup Id="Netfx4Redist">
>       <ExePackage Id="Netfx4Redist" Cache="no" Compressed="yes"
> PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes"
>                   SourceFile="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
>
> SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX40\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe"
>                   DetectCondition="Netfx4FullVersion AND (NOT VersionNT64
> OR Netfx4x64FullVersion)" />
>     </PackageGroup>
>   </Fragment>
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Best,
> Dimitri
>
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