I don't have much of a programming background, but I have been using Wix to build very basic installations for several years, usually consisting of a browser shortcut with an icon file (The desktop shortcut simply opens 32-bit Internet Explorer to a specific URL). The clientele that use my installers don't usually know about their system and it appears the time has come where I can create a bootstrapper that will run 1 of the 2 .msi files, one for x86 & one for x64. The problem is that the Wix help documentation out there assumes a certain level of knowledge about programming and/or Wix and I need "for dummies" level of help. Using code snippets from Rob's answers to an earlier post here (similarly titled) and a post on another site, I have this in my .wxs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" xmlns:bal="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension">
<Bundle Name="Intermountain SecureAccess Desktop Icon Installer" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Intermountain Healthcare" UpgradeCode="61b75a8f-67f6-43a1-beb9-1a0be426b5a6">
<BootstrapperApplicationRef Id='WixStandardBootstrapperApplication.HyperlinkLicense' />
<Payload SourceFile="86IHCSAHCO.msi"/>
<Payload SourceFile="64IHCSAHCO.msi"/>
<Payload SourceFile="C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\SDK\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll"/>
</BootstrapperApplicationRef>
<Chain>
<PackageGroupRef Id='Netfx4Full' />
<MsiPackage SourceFile="IHCSAHCO.msi" Id="InstallationPackageId" Cache="yes" Visible="no"/>
<MsiPackage InstallCondition='NOT VersionNT64' SourceFile='86IHCSAHCO.msi' />
<MsiPackage InstallCondition='VersionNT64' SourceFile='64IHCSAHCO.msi' />
</Chain>
</Bundle>
</Wix>
The goal is to create a single .msi (or .exe) called IHCSAHCO.msi which contains the 2 msi packages 86IHCSAHCO.msi & 64IHCSAHCO.msi and then simply runs one or the other depending on the environment. When I run the batch file (called Burn.wxs) with this in it...
set WIX_ROOT=%programfiles(x86)%\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin
del /q /f *.wixobj *.msi
call "%WIX_ROOT%\candle.exe" Burn.wxs
call "%WIX_ROOT%\light.exe" Burn.wixobj -sice:ICE38
pause
...here is the error:
Burn.wxs C:\PATH\Burn.wxs(8) : error CNDL0104 : Not a valid source file; detail: The 'Bundle' start tag on line 3 position 4 does not match the end tag of 'BootstrapperApplicationRef'. Line 8, position 7.
I feel as though I am close and am hoping one of you could take a quick peek at the code and give suggestions. It would be much appreciated...
Thanks! RHH