ErrorDlg not showing runtime exception

[Rajagurunathan-M007]

Recently we've migrated to WIX v4. After migration the runtime error are not shown in ErrorDlg popup.
While we're using the runtime exception was shown in the ErrorDlg.

In WIX v4, Currently this error is only shown for all kinds of errors like DB script exception, other exceptions, etc...

We need to show the runtime error in ErrorDlg as like in WIX v3.

Any workaround solution for this?

Thanks in advance, Cheers!

[Rajagurunathan-M007]

Hi @robmen , @barnson , @rseanhall

Please let us know your suggestions or workaround solutions for the same. It would be really great if you share the solution early as our product release is dependent on this.

Also note we don't have any Custom ErrorDlg, we just use ErrorDlg from wixlib.
Below is our UI code, let me know if you need more details. Thanks in advance

  <TextStyle Id="WixUI_Font_Normal" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="8" />
  <TextStyle Id="WixUI_Font_Bigger" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="12" />
  <TextStyle Id="WixUI_Font_Title" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="9" Bold="yes" />

  <TextStyle Id="Header" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Red="255" Green="128" Blue="0" Bold="yes" />
  <TextStyle Id="SubHeader" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="8" Red="255" Green="128" Blue="0" />
  <TextStyle Id="ItemHeaderBold" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="8" Red="0" Green="0" Blue="0" Bold="yes" />
  <TextStyle Id="ItemHeaderNormal" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="8" Red="0" Green="0" Blue="0" />
  <TextStyle Id="RedErrorText" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="11" Red="255" Green="99" Blue="71" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="CustomHeader" FaceName="Segoe UI" Size="14" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="TextHeader" FaceName="Segoe UI" Size="10" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="URLTextHeader" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Bold="yes" />
  <TextStyle Id="URLTextStyle" FaceName="Segoe UI" Size="10" Bold="no" Red="241" Blue="121" Green="33" />
  <TextStyle Id="DefaultButtonTextSize" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="SmallTextSize" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="GreyText" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Red="88" Green="88" Blue="88" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="SubHeading" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="11" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="DialogPrimaryStatusDescription" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="12" Red="77" Green="77" Blue="77" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="LicenseAcceptDescription" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="FeatureSelectionTitle" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="11" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="ReadyInstallSubHeaders" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="11" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="ReadyInstallTextSize" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="9" Bold="no" />
  <TextStyle Id="ReadyInstallDbSubHeaders" FaceName="Tahoma" Size="10" Bold="no" />
  
  

  <Property Id="DefaultUIFont" Value="WixUI_Font_Normal" />
  <Property Id="WixUI_Mode" Value="InstallDir" />

  <DialogRef Id="BrowseDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="DiskCostDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="ErrorDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="FilesInUse" />
  <DialogRef Id="MsiRMFilesInUse" />
  <DialogRef Id="PrepareDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="ProgressDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="ResumeDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomUserExit" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomFatalError" />
  <DialogRef Id="PoolSettingsDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="IISAppPoolStatusDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="MaintenanceWelcomeDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="WelcomeDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomBrowseDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomWelcomeDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomLicenseAgreementDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomDiskUsageDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomProgressDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomUserSuccessExit" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomMaintenanceWelcomeDlg" />
  <DialogRef Id="CustomMaintenanceTypeDlg" />
  
  <!--This is used for localized strings for standard dialog boxes-->
  <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" />

  <ProgressText Message="Initiating Configuration Files Repair" Action="RepairConfigFiles"></ProgressText>
  <ProgressText Message="Initiating BizTalk360 Database Schema Repair" Action="RepairDatabaseSchema"></ProgressText>
  <ProgressText Message="Starting BizTalk360 Monitoring Service" Action="StartMonitoringService"></ProgressText>
  <ProgressText Message="Starting BizTalk360 Analytics Service" Action="StartAnalyticsService"></ProgressText>
   

  <!-- MR 28/Feb/2018 To support the directory location change common across all the components,if customer prefer other directory than default. New Dialog has been implemented "CustomBrowseDlg"(VSO Ticket Id:6376 )-->
  <Publish Dialog="CustomBrowseDlg" Control="Next" Event="SetTargetPath" Value="INSTALLLOCATION" />
  <Publish Dialog="CustomBrowseDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="CustomVerifyReadyDlg" Order="3" Condition="((&amp;WebSiteDirFeature=3) OR (&amp;WinServiceDirFreture=3) OR (&amp;WinAnalyticsServiceDirFeature=3) OR (&amp;DatbaseDirFeature=3)) AND 1" />
  <!-- MR 28/Feb/2018 New Dialog has been implemented "FeaturelistSelectionDlg",User could not click next unless they select any of the component for installation (VSO Ticket Id:3282)-->
  <Publish Dialog="CustomBrowseDlg" Control="Next" Event="OpenBrowseDialog" Value="FeaturelistSelectionDlg" Order="3" Condition="NOT(&amp;WebSiteDirFeature=3) AND NOT(&amp;WinServiceDirFreture=3) AND NOT(&amp;WinAnalyticsServiceDirFeature=3) AND NOT(&amp;DatbaseDirFeature=3)" />
    <Publish Dialog="CustomBrowseDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="ConnectionStringDlg" />
  
  <Publish Dialog="CustomVerifyReadyDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="DefaultUserConfigurationDlg" Order="3" Condition="(&amp;DatbaseDirFeature=3) AND 1" />
  <Publish Dialog="CustomVerifyReadyDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="CustomBrowseDlg" Order="3" Condition="NOT(&amp;DatbaseDirFeature=3) AND 1" />

  <!--RM 16/Sep/2022 : Change / Repair / Remove-->
  <Publish Dialog="CustomMaintenanceWelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="CustomMaintenanceTypeDlg" />
  <Publish Dialog="CustomMaintenanceTypeDlg" Control="RepairButton" Event="NewDialog" Value="CustomVerifyReadyDlg" />
  <Publish Dialog="CustomMaintenanceTypeDlg" Control="RemoveButton" Event="NewDialog" Value="CustomVerifyReadyDlg" />
  <Publish Dialog="CustomMaintenanceTypeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="CustomMaintenanceWelcomeDlg" />


  <InstallUISequence>
    <!--Hiding Existing Wixlib dialogs-->
    <Show Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Before="ProgressDlg" Overridable="no" Condition="0" />
    <Show Dialog="MaintenanceWelcomeDlg" Before="ProgressDlg" Overridable="no" Condition="0" />
    <!--Custom UI sequence for custom created dialogs-->
    <Show Dialog="CustomWelcomeDlg" Before="ProgressDlg" Condition="NOT Installed OR PATCH" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomProgressDlg" After="ProgressDlg" Overridable="yes" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomMaintenanceWelcomeDlg" Before="ProgressDlg" Overridable="yes" Condition="Installed AND NOT RESUME AND NOT Preselected AND NOT PATCH" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomUserExit" OnExit="cancel" Overridable="yes" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomUserSuccessExit" OnExit="success" Overridable="yes" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomFatalError" OnExit="error" Overridable="yes" />
  </InstallUISequence>
  
  <AdminUISequence>
    <Show Dialog="CustomUserExit" OnExit="cancel" Overridable="yes" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomUserSuccessExit" OnExit="success" Overridable="yes" />
    <Show Dialog="CustomFatalError" OnExit="error" Overridable="yes" />
  </AdminUISequence>
  
</UI>		
	
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[robmen]

Hi, @Rajagurunathan-M007, just so your expectations are set correctly, this is an Open Source project. That means it is provided "AS IS" (see section f of the license). You are free to dig into the source code and resolve the issue yourself.

If you'd like business guarantees for bug fixes and answers to questions, then you're likely interested in a support contract. FireGiant offers those.