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

[Sean Hall]

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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