v3 to v4 conversion questions

[zieglerjm]

I am trying to convert a WIX v3 project to v4. How do I convert "$(var.XXX)"?

<Package Name="!(loc.ManufacturerName) $(var.ProductName) !(loc.ClientSP) $(var.BuildVersion)" Language="!(loc.Language)" Version="$(var.BuildVersion)" Manufacturer="!(loc.ManufacturerFullName)"

The v3 project was using Target BeforeBuild -> PropertyGroup -> DefineConstants. So far, I have not had an error on that in the v4 project, so I am assuming it is working?

<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/4.0.2">
    <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
        <PropertyGroup>
            <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);BuildVersion=$(TargetVersion);ProductName=$(ProductName)</DefineConstants>
        </PropertyGroup>
    </Target>
</Project>

I also tried this with not change

• $(DefineConstants);BuildVersion=1.0.0;ProductName=Test

[zieglerjm]

After moving the <DefineConstants> into the <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'"> group, that error went away. So, now it doesn't like my <Publish Dialog=.../>. Unfortunately, the person that did the WIX 3 work has left, so I am new to WIX try to upgrade his code.

Error: WIX0094 The identifier 'Dialog:InstallDirDlg' could not be found. Ensure you have typed the reference correctly and that all the necessary inputs are provided to the linker.

<UI> ... <Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="InstallDirDlg" Order="2" /> <Publish Dialog="InstallDirDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="WelcomeDlg" Order="2" /> ... </UI>

[wmanning]

Seems like the previous person used custom dialogs. Those have changed from Wix 3 to Wix4 according to below documentation:

• https://wixtoolset.org/docs/fourthree/faqs/#referencing-the-standard-wixui-dialog-sets
• https://wixtoolset.org/docs/fourthree/faqs/#converting-custom-wixui-dialog-sets
  Did you review that documentation?

I don't use the standard or custom dialogs so not sure if that's the issue or not.

[zieglerjm]

After installing random NUGET packages I got a new error - WIX0094 The identifier 'Dialog:WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT' could not be found. Ensure you have typed the reference correctly and that all the necessary inputs are provided to the linker.

<ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Bal.wixext" Version="4.0.2" /> <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Heat" Version="4.0.2" /> <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.UI.wixext" Version="4.0.2" /> <PackageReference Include="WixToolset.Util.wixext" Version="4.0.2" /> </ItemGroup>

<UI> <Publish Dialog="ExitDialog" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchConfigMgr" Condition="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT Installed" /> <Publish Dialog="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALTEXT" Control="Finish" Event="DoAction" Value="LaunchConfigMgr" Condition="WIXUI_EXITDIALOGOPTIONALCHECKBOX = 1 and NOT Installed" /> </UI>

[wmanning]

After installing random NUGET packages

???

[zieglerjm]

Currently I am trying to get the ComponentGroup & ComponentRef to work. It would be nice if there was a working example somewhere I could follow.

[zieglerjm]

Looks like there is a difference on how heat is working in v4, or a bug. In v3 heat was seetting the DirectoryRef to the value in ComponentGroup that is was attached to. In v4, it is not. How do I fix this?

Error message: WIX0094 The identifier 'Directory:{Project}.Content' could not be found

<ComponentGroup Id="ABC" Directory="INSTALLDIR">
            <ComponentGroupRef Id="{Project}.Content" />
</ComponentGroup>

_{Project}.wxs
v3: <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
v4: <DirectoryRef Id="{Project}.Content">