[wix-users] "Setting version variable.." last entry in log before BA crashes. Following WiX upgrade 3.6 to 3.11

[andy smith]

After some further investigation it was actually using wixextba which was
an extension based on wixstdba by Neil Sleightholm, which as far as I can
see is no longer updated.
[Originally on https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=wixextba but someone else
has copied it to github where it's sat]

I had been using that since (at the time at least) I don't believe you
could use checkboxes on the install page - used to select / deselect
various options for the install.

Unless I'm missing something (very likely) it doesn't look as though you
can do this out of the box with the wixstdba?


On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 5:46 PM Sean Hall via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Are you using wixstdba, or do you have a custom Bootstrapper Application?
> There's no binary compatibility in v3.x, you have to recompile the BA when
> you upgrade.
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 11:10 AM andy smith via wix-users <
> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>
> > I have upgraded WiX from 3.6 to 3.11 (and using VS 2019 rather than
> 2017).
> > Since then the project builds but the bootstrapper.exe burn output fails
> > immediately, with only the following output in the logfile below:
> >
> >
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i001: Burn v3.11.2.4516, Windows v10.0
> > (Build 19042: Service Pack 0), path:
> >
> >
> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\{AF64B619-B3D3-4801-AB2D-84F528BB2AF2}\.cr\Bootstrapper.exe
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i009: Command Line:
> >
> >
> '-burn.clean.room=C:\SiteWork\Sales\Setup\Bootstrapper\bin\Release\Bootstrapper.exe
> > -burn.filehandle.attached=604 -burn.filehandle.self=608'
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i000: Setting string variable
> > 'WixBundleOriginalSource' to value
> > 'C:\SiteWork\Sales\Setup\Bootstrapper\bin\Release\Bootstrapper.exe'
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i000: Setting string variable
> > 'WixBundleOriginalSourceFolder' to value
> > 'C:\SiteWork\Sales\Setup\Bootstrapper\bin\Release\'
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i000: Setting string variable
> > 'WixBundleLog' to value
> > 'C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\Installer_20210325144804.log'
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i000: Setting string variable
> > 'WixBundleName' to value 'Installer'
> > [4568:5744][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i000: Setting string variable
> > 'WixBundleManufacturer' to value 'Company name'
> > [4568:5F54][2021-03-25T14:48:04]i000: Setting version variable '聥' to
> > value '1176.15752.0.0'
> >
> >
> >
> > The "Setting version variable '聥'" bit is something that has appeared
> since
> > the wix (& vs2019) upgrade. Interestingly it changes each time you run
> the
> > (same) bootstrapper. What it is I have no idea... (" Setting version
> > variable " didn't appear at all in previous logs) e.g.
> >
> >
> > [4144:5C74][2021-03-26T15:27:02]i000: Setting version variable '聥' to
> > value '848.15752.0.0'
> > [64C4:63A8][2021-03-26T15:27:40]i000: Setting version variable '聥' to
> > value '776.15752.0.0'
> >
> >
> >
> > Are there any steps required in the upgrade from 3.6 to 3.11
> >
> > I'm at a loss as to what to look for (as far as I can see there is no
> > verbose switch for a BA like there is with a single .msi file.)
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
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