Converting MSI removes InstallScope

[ManuHArt]

Hello everyone,

if I convert the MSIs in the attached zip archive MyBootstrapper V1.zip in Visual Studio with Heatwave, the InstallScope is not migrated but removed instead.

Product.wxs from WiX 3.12:

...
<Product Id="*" Name="SetupProject1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Dummy Corp." UpgradeCode="a4998101-38bf-4eec-9841-ab557510a2a5">
	<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" />
...

Product.wxs after conversion:

...
<Package Name="SetupProject1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Dummy Corp." UpgradeCode="a4998101-38bf-4eec-9841-ab557510a2a5" InstallerVersion="200">
...

Expected Product.wxs after conversion:

...
<Package Name="SetupProject1" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Dummy Corp." UpgradeCode="a4998101-38bf-4eec-9841-ab557510a2a5" InstallerVersion="200" Scope="perMachine">
...

Software used:

WiX 4.0.1
Visual Studio 17.6.5
Heatwave 1.0.1

Is this the intended behavior?

Kind regards

[robmen]

Yes. Per-machine is the default in WiX v4, so the attribute value is redundant, and the conversion simplified it for you. There should have been a message in the conversion log indicating that.

[ManuHArt]

Okay, thank you for the explanation; there was no log entry, though:

[07/25/2023 11:12:35.519]: Converting project file SetupProject1.wixproj...
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.195]: Converting file: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs...
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.198]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs : information WIX0005: [Converted] This file contains an XML declaration on the first line. (DeclarationPresent)
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.198]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs(1) : information WIX0009: [Converted] The namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi' is out of date. It must be 'http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs'. (XmlnsValueWrong)
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.198]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs(2) : information WIX0023: [Converted] Using '*' for the Product Id attribute is unnecessary. Remove the attribute to remove the redundancy. (AutoGuidUnnecessary)
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.210]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs(2) : information WIX0030: [Converted] The Product and Package elements have been renamed and reorganized for simplicity. (ProductAndPackageRenamed)
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.210]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs : information WIX0058: [Converted] The TARGETDIR directory should no longer be explicitly defined. Remove the Directory element with Id attribute 'TARGETDIR'. (TargetDirDeprecated)
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.210]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs(15) : information WIX0059: [Converted] Standard directories such as 'ProgramFilesFolder' should no longer be defined using the Directory element. Use the StandardDirectory element instead. (DefiningStandardDirectoryDeprecated)
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.210]: ---- Project SetupProject1: Converted 1 files.
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.210]: ---- Total time: 00.691
[07/25/2023 11:12:36.211]: ========== Import complete:  0 errors, 0 warnings

[robmen]

This one:

[07/25/2023 11:12:36.210]: D:\MyBootstrapper\SetupProject1\Product.wxs(2) : information WIX0030: [Converted] The Product and Package elements have been renamed and reorganized for simplicity. (ProductAndPackageRenamed)

The word simplicity is doing a lot of work in that conversion message.

[ManuHArt]

Thank you once again for the clarification!