A very good feature request would be a validation that the schema of those
files is correct at build time.
A very good bug would be to get an error message at runtime that the failure is
(or even may be) due to problems with the contents of one of these files (in
addition to 0x80131902).
> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:14:32 +0100
> From: ot...@barjonas.com
> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Failed to create the managed bootstrapper
> application.
>
> Thank you, you were right. I guess there's no need to distinguish between
> 4.0 and 4.5.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Blair Murri <os...@live.com> wrote:
>
> > In your BootstrapperCore.config, the supportedRuntime and
> > supportedFramework elements use different schemas (different values for the
> > version attribute, supportedRuntime allows use of the sku attribute while
> > supportedFramework allows the runtimeVersion attribute).
> >
> > I suspect that you are crashing on the presence of the
> > supportedFramework's sku attribute. Get rid of it and see what happens.
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 11:48:01 +0100
> > > From: ot...@barjonas.com
> > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [WiX-users] Failed to create the managed bootstrapper
> > application.
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble getting my managed custom UI to be loaded by burn.
> > The
> > > key error in the log seems to be:
> > >
> > > Error 0x80131902: Failed to create the managed bootstrapper application.
> > >
> > > >From research, it seems that this is a very general failure. The usual
> > > problem that seems to cause it is that the BootstrapperApplication
> > > attribute is missing from the class library's AssemblyInfo, but that is
> > not
> > > the case here. I'm using VB.net, which is obviously different that 99%
> > of
> > > code samples online, but I can't see what's different about my project.
> > > General advice about how to troublshoot this error would be welcome.
> > I've
> > > tried Process Monitor (I can see my dll being written out but can't
> > really
> > > identify where it goes wrong), and fuslogvw.exe (no entries logged at
> > all).
> > >
> > > I'm using WiX 3.7.
> > >
> > > Here are the relevant fragments from my project:
> > >
> > > Class Library:
> > >
> > > App.config
> > >
> > > <?xml version="1.0"?><configuration> <startup>
> > > <supportedRuntime version="v4.0"
> > > sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client"/>
> > > <supportedRuntime version="v4\Full"/> <supportedRuntime
> > > version="v4\Client"/> </startup> <wix.bootstrapper> <host
> > > assemblyName="MyInstallerUI"> <supportedFramework
> > > version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5"/>
> > > <supportedFramework version="v4\Full"/> <supportedFramework
> > > version="v4\Client"/> </host>
> > > </wix.bootstrapper></configuration>
> > >
> > > My bootstrapper subclass:
> > >
> > > Imports Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.BootstrapperImports
> > > System.Windows.Threading
> > > Public Class MyBootstrapper
> > > Inherits BootstrapperApplication
> > >
> > > Private moSys As Sys
> > > Private moWindow As MainWindow
> > >
> > > Protected Overrides Sub Run()
> > > MessageBox.Show("Running my UI")
> > > moSys = New Sys(Me)
> > > moWindow = New MainWindow With {.DataContext = moSys}
> > > moWindow.Show()
> > > Engine.Detect()
> > > Dispatcher.Run()
> > > End SubEnd Class
> > >
> > > AssemblyInfo.vb:
> > >
> > > Imports Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper
> > > ...
> > >
> > > <Assembly: BootstrapperApplication(GetType(MyBootstrapper))>
> > >
> > > My BootStrapperCore.config
> > >
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"
> > > ?><configuration> <configSections> <sectionGroup
> > > name="wix.bootstrapper"
> > >
> > type="Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.BootstrapperSectionGroup,
> > > BootstrapperCore"> <section name="host"
> > > type="Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Bootstrapper.HostSection,
> > > BootstrapperCore" /> </sectionGroup> </configSections>
> > <startup
> > > useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> <supportedRuntime
> > > version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
> > > <supportedRuntime version="v4.0"
> > > /> </startup> <wix.bootstrapper> <host
> > assemblyName="MyInstallerUI" >
> > > <supportedFramework version="v4.0"
> > > sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" /> <supportedFramework
> > > version="v4\Full" /> <supportedFramework
> > version="v4\Client"
> > > /> </host> </wix.bootstrapper></configuration>
> > >
> > > My Bundle.wxs:
> > >
> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Wix
> > > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Bundle Name="Cat
> > > Call Client Installer" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Cat and Mouse
> > > Ltd" UpgradeCode="229a81d7-7a70-4492-b0c5-f72b2f3e2d9e">
> > > <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost" >
> > > <PayloadGroupRef Id="UI"/> </BootstrapperApplicationRef>
> > > <Chain> <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx45Redist"/> <MsiPackage
> > > Id="MySetup" SourceFile="$(var.MySetup.TargetPath)" Compressed="yes"
> > > /> </Chain> <PayloadGroup Id="UI"> <Payload
> > > SourceFile="BootstrapperCore.config" /> <Payload
> > > SourceFile="$(var.MyInstallerUI.TargetPath)" />
> > > </PayloadGroup> </Bundle></Wix>
> > >
> > >
> > > All help appreciated. Thank you,
> > >
> > > Alphie
> > >
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