Commandline usage of the WixNetFxExtension for Burn packages with NetFxAsPrereq

[woscostametaxa]

I have a little bit of a hard time finding out how to call the wix toolset (v4.0.rc2 in my case) to create a burn bundle where the prerequisite.

when I have my chain beginning as follows:

<Chain>
      <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx472Redist" />
      <ExePackage Id="Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2022_x86_Redist" ...

and call it with the following commandline:
wix.exe build -ext WixToolset.UI.wixext -ext WixToolset.Util.wixext -ext WixToolset.Bal.wixext -ext WixToolset.Dependency.wixext -ext WixToolset.NetFx.wixext D:\path\to\setup.wxs -pdb D:\path\to\setup.wixPdb -out D:\path\to\setup.exe
I do understand that the bal:PrereqPackage="yes" is missing - but due to the fact that I don't get an error message with regards to the NetFx472Redist, it seems to find that with my given commandline.

"error WIX6802: There must be at least one package with bal:PrereqPackage="yes" when using the ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost.
This is typically done by using the WixNetFxExtension and referencing one of the NetFxAsPrereq package groups."

After looking through the wix4 repo i found the wxs for the netfx redist, and it looked like I just need to change the PackageGroupRef:

<Chain>
      <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx472RedistAsPrereq" />
      <ExePackage Id="Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2022_x86_Redist" ...

to get the bal:PrereqPackage set correctly.
But with this, I get the error "error WIX0344: An expected identifier ('NetFx472RedistAsPrereq', of type 'Package') was not found."

Am I using the commandline wrong? Is there any documentation on 4.0 already that I did miss so far - I just found the wix3 to 4 quickstart guide.

[woscostametaxa]

btw I found the issue #7026 but it didnt help me with how to reference the prereq package.

[rseanhall]

The source code and command line looks correct. I don't know why it's not finding the package group from the NetFx extension. My guess is you have a typo in your code that isn't reflected here.

[woscostametaxa]

I have tried to reduce my wxs to a minimal example - the code below does not work but maybe you can see a typo or similar. I seem kinda stumped to be honest.

wix --version && wix extension list
4.0.0-rc.2+a09eaf3c
WixToolset.Bal.wixext 4.0.0-rc.2
WixToolset.Dependency.wixext 4.0.0-rc.2
WixToolset.NetFx.wixext 4.0.0-rc.2
WixToolset.UI.wixext 4.0.0-rc.2
WixToolset.Util.wixext 4.0.0-rc.2

wix.exe build -ext WixToolset.UI.wixext -ext WixToolset.Util.wixext -ext WixToolset.Bal.wixext -ext WixToolset.Dependency.wixext -ext WixToolset.NetFx.wixext D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\GeneratedConfig\ExampleBundle.wxs -pdb D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\BoostrapperOutput\obj\ExampleBundle.wixPdb -out D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\BoostrapperOutput\ExampleBundle.exe

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<?include D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\GeneratedConfig\Configuration.wxi?>
<Wix xmlns:util="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/util" xmlns:bal="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/bal" xmlns:dep="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/dep" xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs">
  <Bundle Name="Example $(var.VersionMajorMinor)" Manufacturer="manufacturer" Version="1.0.0.0" UpgradeCode="YOUR-GUID-HERE" IconSourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\Product.ico">
    <BootstrapperApplication>
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\BootstrapperConfig.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\BootstrapperCore.config" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\FontAwesome.WPF.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\ManagedBootstrappingApplication.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Newtonsoft.Json.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Notification.Wpf.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Prism.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Prism.Unity.Wpf.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Prism.Wpf.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Translation.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Unity.Abstractions.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\Unity.Container.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\UserInterfaceBase.dll" />
      <Payload SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\bin\YamlDotNet.dll" />
      <Payload Name="Resources\eula.html" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\eula.html" />
      <Payload Name="loc\en.yml" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\loc\en.yml" />
      <Payload Name="loc\de.yml" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\loc\de.yml" />
      <Payload Name="loc\ru.yml" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\loc\ru.yml" />
      <Payload Name="Resources\Banner.png" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\Banner.png" />
      <Payload Name="BundleFeatureConfig.yml" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\GeneratedConfig\Bundles\BASetup.yml" Compressed="yes" />
      <bal:WixManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost />
    </BootstrapperApplication>
    <Variable Name="INSTALLPREREQUISITES" Value="1" bal:Overridable="no" />
    <Variable Name="INSTALLBASE" Value="1" bal:Overridable="no" />
    <Variable Name="INSTALLLANGUAGE" Value="en" bal:Overridable="yes" />
    <Variable Name="TRANSFORMATIONS" Value="" bal:Overridable="yes" />
    <Variable Name="INSTALLDIR" Value="$(var.ProductInstallDir)" bal:Overridable="yes" />
    <Variable Name="PROJECTDIR" Value="$(var.ProductProjectDir)" bal:Overridable="yes" />
    <Variable Name="SUPPRESSREBOOT" Value="0" bal:Overridable="yes" />
    <util:RegistrySearchRef Id="NETFRAMEWORK45" />
    <Chain>
      <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx472RedistAsPrereq" />
      <ExePackage Id="Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2022_x86_Redist" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\VCRedist\vc143\vc_redist.x86.exe" Name="vcredist_x86_vc143.exe" After="NetFx472RedistAsPrereq" DetectCondition="((CRT140_x86=1 AND CRT140_Version_x86 &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;) OR (CRT140_Version_x86_VStudio &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;))" InstallCondition="((NOT((CRT140_x86=1 AND CRT140_Version_x86 &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;) OR (CRT140_Version_x86_VStudio &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;)))) AND INSTALLPREREQUISITES=1" InstallArguments="/quiet /norestart" Cache="remove" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Compressed="yes">
        <ExitCode Behavior="success" Value="0" />
        <ExitCode Behavior="error" />
      </ExePackage>
      <ExePackage Id="Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2022_x64_Redist" SourceFile="D:\remote_wix4\PackageData\Build\Pipeline\Resources\VCRedist\vc143\vc_redist.x64.exe" Name="vcredist_x64_vc143.exe" After="Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2022_x86_Redist" DetectCondition="((CRT140_x64=1 AND CRT140_Version_x64 &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;) OR (CRT140_Version_x64_VStudio &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;))" InstallCondition="((NOT((CRT140_x64=1 AND CRT140_Version_x64 &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;) OR (CRT140_Version_x64_VStudio &gt;= &quot;v14.30.30708.00&quot;)))) AND INSTALLPREREQUISITES=1" InstallArguments="/quiet /norestart" Cache="remove" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" Compressed="yes">
        <ExitCode Behavior="success" Value="0" />
        <ExitCode Behavior="error" />
      </ExePackage>
    </Chain>
  </Bundle>
</Wix>

[woscostametaxa]

Is there any problem? Should I try to add a minimalexample to a github? I am at a loss here.

[woscostametaxa]

I found the problem; mainly is, that a "AsPrereq" packages do not have the same name for the packageId - which is without the AsPrereq. I suppose that that would have second order effects maybe? My main thing is, before I could use the Ref Id as the "After" package in my next package in the list.