Unable to use 5.0.0-rc.1 after upgrading from 4.0.0

[StephenHodgson]

I had previously installed 4.0.4, and had a pretty small project setup.

I wanted to use the new features for Built-in file harvesting introduced in 5.0.0-rc.1.

I upgraded wix using dotnet tool pwsh

When I opened my project and tried to use the new <Files Include="path/to/my/files/**" /> schema, I got the following:

Severity	Code	Description	Line	Suppression State	Details
Warning		The element 'Package' in namespace 'http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs' has invalid child element 'Files' in namespace 'http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs'. List of possible elements expected: 'AdminExecuteSequence, AdminUISequence, AdvertiseExecuteSequence, AppId, Binary, ComplianceCheck, Component, ComponentGroup, CustomAction, CustomActionRef, CustomTable, CustomTableRef, Directory, DirectoryRef, EmbeddedChainer, EmbeddedChainerRef, EnsureTable, Feature, FeatureRef, FeatureGroupRef, Icon, InstallExecuteSequence, InstallUISequence, InstanceTransforms, Launch, MajorUpgrade, Media, MediaTemplate, PackageCertificates, PatchCertificates, Property, PropertyRef, Requires, SetDirectory, SetProperty, SFPCatalog, SoftwareTag, StandardDirectory, SummaryInformation, SymbolPath, UI, UIRef, Upgrade, WixVariable' in namespace 'http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs' as well as any element in namespace '##other'.	8		
Severity	Code	Description	Line	Suppression State	Details
Error	WIX0005	The Package element contains an unexpected child element 'Files'.	8		

I then tried to update the wixproj manually from 4.0.4 -> 5.0.0-rc.1

<Project Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk/5.0.0-rc.1">
</Project>

which then caused the project to fail to load.

./NativeWindowsInstaller.wixproj : error  : The project file cannot be opened by the project system, because it is missing some critical imports or the referenced SDK cannot be found.

Did I miss a step in upgrading? I know it is still in pre-prelease but this specific feature is worth testing it out early.

[robmen]

HeatWave does not yet support WiX v5. You'll want to stick to the command-line (wix build or dotnet build or MSBuild`) and your favorite text editor like the earliest episodes of the Deployment Dojo... until there is a HeatWave update.

And please do try out the newest features. :)

[StephenHodgson]

Understood! Yeah I had a feeling that I was a little too early to the party 😂

[rowbot38]

Still a problem with rc2