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Dinesh
Dinesh

Reputation: 127

WIX Bundle Creation

I tried to create an MSI which is having and exe in it. Used the Bundle option in WIX. While doing that getting an error. Can somebody help me fix this issue. Below is the code:

<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"  
     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">
  <Bundle Version="1.0.0.0" UpgradeCode="7AE2E358-B5A0-44B1-9B29-FDD275992993">
    <Chain>
      <ExePackage Id="Netfx4Full" Compressed="no" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" 
                  SourceFile="ca\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe"              
                  DownloadUrl="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=164193"            
                  DetectCondition="Netfx4FullVersion AND (NOT VersionNT64 OR Netfx4x64FullVersion)" />
    </Chain>
 </Bundle>

Error

error LGHT0089: Multiple entry sections '{A1B42CCE-8AFE-11E2-AC8C-B3456288709B}' and '{8E644424-3113-462E-9197-32DF740AEB78}' found. Only one entry section may be present in a single target.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2971

Answers (2)

Melvin Abraham
Melvin Abraham

Reputation: 1

The error Multiple entry sections typically occurs when there are multiple entry points defined in the project, such as duplicate references to a Bundle.wxs file in the .wixproj. To resolve the issue, I removed the line: Compile Include=Bundle.wxs from the .wixproj file, ensuring that only one entry section is included in the project. After this change, the build succeeded without any errors.(wix5)

Upvotes: 0

Rob Mensching
Rob Mensching

Reputation: 35866

That error indicates that your project is building with files that contain more than one of these elements: Product, Module, Patch, PatchCreation, Bundle. In your case, it sounds like you added a file with a Bundle element to a project that already had a Product element. That isn't supported in the WiX toolset today. You need to put the Bundle element in a separate project.

Thus, when creating a bootstrapper and MSI, you'll have two .wixproj files. The first .wixproj will contain your Product information. The second .wixproj will contain your Bundle information and have a project reference to the first .wixproj so that the build order is correct.

Upvotes: 12

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