I'm on WiX 3.7, and I can't get the simple <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx40Web"/> bundle element to work, as it doesn't bring across the Net FX installer package, or embed it in the setup.exe. I've resorted to creating my own package for this in my Bundle.wxs
file, but I am still having trouble. It seems to always try to install .NET 4, even if the machine already has .NET installed.
I'm not quite sure of the difference between InstallCondition and DetectCondition. I think InstallCondition is used to install the package if the evaluation is true, otherwise uninstall it. How does this work with things that are typically permanent=yes, such as most pre-requisites? DetectCondition is almost the opposite, I think, in that it checks if it's already on the system, and if so, doesn't install it.
Below is my full Bundle.wxs
file which is in a Visual Studio WiX Bootstrapper project. I'm attempting to look at the registry and scope out of .NET 4.0 registry key is there. If it is present, then I don't want to install .NET 4., and if it's not there, then install it. But, this isn't working, and it always attempts to install .NET.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Bundle
Name="MyProgramBootstrapper"
Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="Microsoft"
UpgradeCode="{2299B51D-9FD8-4278-90C8-2B79DB37F402}">
<BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" />
<Chain>
<PackageGroupRef Id="Netfx4Full"/>
<MsiPackage
Id="MyProgramInstaller"
SourceFile="$(var.MyProgramInstaller.TargetPath)"
Compressed="no"/>
</Chain>
</Bundle>
<Fragment>
<Property Id="NET40_FULL_INSTALL_32">
<RegistrySearch
Id ="SearchNet40_32bit"
Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full"
Name="Version"
Type ="raw"/>
</Property>
<Property
Id="NET40_FULL_INSTALL_64">
<RegistrySearch
Id ="SearchNet40_64bit"
Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full"
Name="Version"
Type ="raw"
Win64="yes" />
</Property>
<WixVariable
Id="WixMbaPrereqPackageId"
Value="Netfx4Full" />
<WixVariable
Id="WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl"
Value="NetfxLicense.rtf" />
<PackageGroup
Id="Netfx4Full">
<ExePackage
Id="Netfx4Full"
Cache="no"
Compressed="no"
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="NET40_FULL_INSTALL_32 OR NET40_FULL_INSTALL_64"
DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164193"/>
</PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
Bootstrapper installer log:
[010C:2FB0][2013-05-10T12:07:07]w120: Detected partially cached package: Netfx4Full, invalid payload: Netfx4Full, reason: 0x80070570
[010C:2FB0][2013-05-10T12:07:07]i052: Condition 'NETFRAMEWORK40' evaluates to false.
[010C:2FB0][2013-05-10T12:07:07]w120: Detected partially cached package: MyInstaller, invalid payload: f4832BA0972BDE9B6FA8A19FBB614A7BA, reason: 0x80070570
[010C:2FB0][2013-05-10T12:07:07]i101: Detected package: Netfx4Full, state: Absent, cached: Partial
Update, with solution. I used the built-in WiX RegistrySearch to determine if it's installed. I had to reference the WixUtilExtension.dll in my Bundle project. Here's the updated Bundle.wxs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
xmlns:netfx="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/NetFxExtension"
xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"
>
<Bundle
Name="MyProgramBootstrapper"
Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="Microsoft"
UpgradeCode="{2299B51D-9FD8-4278-90C8-2B79DB37F402}">
<BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.RtfLicense" />
<Chain>
<PackageGroupRef Id="Netfx4Full"/>
<!-- TODO: Define the list of chained packages. -->
<!-- <MsiPackage SourceFile="path\to\your.msi" /> -->
<MsiPackage
Id="MyProgramInstaller"
SourceFile="$(var.MyProgramInstaller.TargetPath)"
Compressed="no" />
</Chain>
</Bundle>
<Fragment>
<util:RegistrySearchRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK40"/>
<PackageGroup
Id="Netfx4Full">
<ExePackage
Id="Netfx4FullExe"
Cache="no"
Compressed="no"
PerMachine="yes"
Permanent="yes"
Vital="yes"
SourceFile="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\DotNetFX40\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe"
InstallCommand="/q /norestart /ChainingPackage FullX64Bootstrapper"
DetectCondition="NETFRAMEWORK40"
DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164193"/>
</PackageGroup>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
I'm using the .NET Framework 4.5.2 in this answer. To include the .NET Framework as an offline installation:
Include a
PackageGroupRef
element in yourChain
:Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 (Offline Installer), and add it to your Bootstrapper Project. (I put it in a folder called "Resource".)
Add the following
Fragment
:There seem to be a lot of questions here.
It sounds like the root question is how to include the NETFX install embedded in your bundle. If so, you are correct that the
WixNetfxExtension
doesn't support that today. You do have to define your own copy and your copy is close (maybe copied from what is in thesrc\ext\NetFxExtension\wixlib
). The only thing you need to change to get the NETFX embedded in your bundle is to set theExePackage/@Compressed
attribute to'yes'
. Or you could leave theCompressed
attribute off and it will follow the compression of yourBundle
element (which defaults to'yes'
).Second, the
DetectCondition
does determine if the package is on the machine. Burn will do the logical things based on whether the package is on the machine. For example, during install Burn will install the package if the package is absent but will do nothing if the package is already present. Of course, absent and permanent packages ignore requests to uninstall.Third, the
InstallCondition
indicates whether the package should ever be installed on the machine. If it evaluates to true then the package can be installed (if absent and requested to be installed). If it evaluates to false the package is removed (if present).