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Magnus Ahlin
Magnus Ahlin

Reputation: 655

Wix Bootstrapper failing to resolve .Net Framework

I need my installer to install the .Net framework as a prerequisite and according to what Ive found online this is the way to do it:

<Chain>
      <PackageGroupRef  Id="NetFx45Web" />
     <MsiPackage SourceFile="... my msi.." />
</Chain>

However, I get this compilation error:

Error 53 Unresolved reference to symbol 'ChainPackageGroup:NetFx45Web' in section 'Bundle:SetupBootstrapper'. C:\Source\skystoredesktop\SetupBootstrapper\Bundle.wxs 8 1 SetupBootstrapper

What is wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2551

Answers (2)

RJN
RJN

Reputation: 736

To add the reference through Visual Studio 2019:

  1. Right Click on "Wix Bootstrapper Project > Reference"
  2. Get into Wix Toolset bin folder and select the DLL by getting into below folder: *

C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11\bin\WixNetFxExtension.dll

Now the build should work without any error

Upvotes: 0

leshy84
leshy84

Reputation: 700

Add a reference to WixNetFxExtension to your bundle project

this can be done on the light command line thus:

light Bundle.wixobj -ext WixNetFxExtension

Upvotes: 7

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