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

[Sean Hall]

It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure Neil got all of the functionality of
his wixextba into wixstdba in v3.8.
https://github.com/wixtoolset/codeplex/commit/1dfa5c9f02707d26107579891efc824d70c63526
https://github.com/wixtoolset/codeplex/commit/ec7cb98cf353421ffc37abc1262a022f58d0d277

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 6:56 AM andy smith via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> 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 see is no longer updated.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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