[wix-users] Minor MSI upgrade through Burn doesn't install new feature

[Kevin Mackey]

Bob,

Yes, I have that.

--Kevin

On Mon, May 30, 2022, 7:41 PM Bob Arnson <bob at firegiant.com> wrote:

> Start with
>
> >    EnableFeatureSelection="no"
>
> Burn won't do feature maintenance without EnableFeatureSelection="yes".
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> > Kevin Mackey via wix-users
> > Sent: Monday, 30 May, 2022 22:01
> > To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> > Cc: Kevin Mackey <kmackey at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [wix-users] Minor MSI upgrade through Burn doesn't install new
> > feature
> >
> > I'm having a problem with a minor upgrade by Burn not installing an added
> > MSI feature. The minor upgrade support for my product is historical (old
> > requirement) that has worked so far as I have followed component rules,
> so
> > I'd like to avoid changing to a major upgrade.
> >
> > I'm using WiX Burn (3.11.2.4516) to install an MSI. My custom BA is
> based on
> > https://gitlab.com/nickguletskii/WixWPFWizardBA/. When upgrading from
> > an install done by an old InstallShield installer, the installed
> features are
> > upgraded, but a file in the new feature is not being installed. The new
> feature
> > has a single component to install the new file and set a registry key and
> > value.
> >
> > The problem installing the new file seems to be this bug that was fixed
> in
> > Burn 3.6: https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/2464/
> >
> > For file contents below, I use ". . ." to indicate content removed that
> I think is
> > not relevant. I also changed the product name.
> >
> > Bundle.wxs
> > <MsiPackage
> > . . .
> >    EnableFeatureSelection="no"
> >
> > Bundle Log
> > . . .
> > [0850:12F8][2022-05-27T15:24:19]i000: Bootstrapper has called
> > Bootstrapper_PlanBegin
> > [0850:0940][2022-05-27T15:24:19]i000: Switching to PlanPage from
> > UpgradePage
> > [0850:12F8][2022-05-27T15:24:19]i000: Bootstrapper has called
> > Bootstrapper_PlanPackageBegin, package id: ProductName
> > [0850:12F8][2022-05-27T15:24:19]i000: Setting string variable
> > 'WixBundleLog_ProductName' to value
> > 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductName_20220527152415_000_P
> > roductName.log'
> > [0850:12F8][2022-05-27T15:24:19]i201: Planned package: ProductName,
> > state:
> > Present, default requested: Present, ba requested: Present, execute:
> > MinorUpgrade, rollback: None, cache: No, uncache: No, dependency:
> > Register
> > [0850:12F8][2022-05-27T15:24:19]i000: Bootstrapper has called
> > Bootstrapper_PlanComplete . . .
> >
> > MSI Log
> > . . .
> > MSI (s) (40:8C) [15:24:21:117]: Command Line: . . . REINSTALL=ALL
> > REINSTALLMODE=vomus . . .
> >
> > From what I understand, there should be an ADDLOCAL instead of (or in
> > addition to?) REINSTALL=ALL for the new feature to be installed. I think
> the
> > code for my PlanMsiFeature needs to change, but I haven't found any good
> > example code (more than just very simple cases).
> >
> > Any ideas of things I should look into?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
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