Bootstrapper Manifest Generator

CREATED ISSUE: BMG fails to download missing packages

robinhook — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:57:38 GMT

I am using Visual studio 2008 Express. To fully utilize ClickOnce, I am trying BMG to download packages into C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\...
But it fails with an exception:

An error occurred while downloading a file.
Exception Level 1:
System.Net.WebException: The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseStatusLine
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.WebClient.GetWebResponse(WebRequest request, IAsyncResult result)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadBitsResponseCallback(IAsyncResult result)

Maybe it's because I am behind company LAN/Firewall? Anyway I can set http proxy in BMG?
( Please email me( luohaihong@gmail.com ) an notification if you have a way to fix this, Thanks in advance)

NEW POST: Prerequisites are not installed

jayaswal_raj — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:23:02 GMT

hi,
I am adding a custom prerequisite to my deployment project using BMG. Every thing works fine except that the installer does not detect the prerequistes prior to installing the main setup.
I am including my package.xml and product.xml as well over here. Please correct me where I making a mistake.

Package.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Package Name="DisplayName" Culture="Culture" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper">
<PackageFiles CopyAllPackageFiles="false">
<PackageFile Name="windows media 9 vcm.msi" />
</PackageFiles>
<Commands Reboot="Defer">
<Command PackageFile="windows media 9 vcm.msi">
<InstallConditions>
<BypassIf Property="VersionMsi" Compare="ValueExists" Value="N/A for ValueExists and ValueNotExists" />
<FailIf Property="AdminUser" Compare="ValueEqualTo" Value="false" String="Anunexpectederroroccurre" />
</InstallConditions>
<ExitCodes>
<ExitCode Value="0" Result="Success" />
<ExitCode Value="4121" Result="Fail" String="donotrequired" />
<DefaultExitCode Result="Fail" String="Anunexpectedexitcodewasr" FormatMessageFromSystem="true" />
</ExitCodes>
</Command>
</Commands>
<Strings>
<String Name="Culture">en</String>
<String Name="DisplayName">Windows Media Codec</String>
<String Name="Anunexpectederroroccurre">An unexpected error occurred. The product was unable to install.</String>
<String Name="donotrequired">donotrequired</String>
<String Name="Anunexpectedexitcodewasr">An unexpected exit code was returned from the installer. The installation failed.</String>
</Strings>
</Package>

Product.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Product ProductCode="Windows.Media.9.VCM" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper" />

CREATED ISSUE: Registry Check doesn't work if to Many Subkeys are present

cko — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:30:51 GMT

It seems that Registry Check fails if there are too many subkeys in path.
Example: "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\subkey 1\subkey 2" works but "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\subkey 1\subkey 2\subkey 3" fails. No matter which value is asked.

NEW POST: Suppress .Net 3.51 SP1 EULA

ToddK — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:56:18 GMT

My users are choosing to not agree with the EULA, which then returns and error number, and more importantly, makes our application have a bad day.
Is there a way to update the .Net 3.51 SP1 bootstrap manifest package to suppress the EULA?

CREATED ISSUE: Default Exit Code is set to Fail after save and reopen

tanmil — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:42:27 GMT

I noticed that the "Result" combobox on the "Exit Codes" tab is set to "Fail" when i save, close and reopen my bootrapper manifest file.
Before that it was set to "success". I have no custom exit codes defined.

NEW POST: Working Directory

smiles3983 — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:09:43 GMT

I have a setup.exe file which uses a .dat file during its installation. When the bootstrapper executes my setup.exe file, it can't find the .dat file. How do I specify the working directory? I have included the .dat file in the bootstrapper and when I look in the folder, they are both there.

CREATED ISSUE: Checking package to install leads to an exception

bastiaan — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:41:23 GMT

Create a new MSBuildProject. Add a MSI file to it and select in the "packages" tab the package : ".Net Framework 3.5 SP1". Exception is thrown. Happens also with other packages from Microsoft like: SqlServer CE etc.

An unexpected error has occurred. You should be able to ignore this message.
Exception Level 1:
System.NullReferenceException: Referencia a objeto no establecida como instancia de un objeto.
en BMG.BootstrapperSettings.AutoSelectDependentAndIncludedPackages(Int32 selectedPackageIndex)
en BMG.BootstrapperSettings.PackagesListBox_ItemCheck(Object sender, ItemCheckEventArgs e)
en System.Windows.Forms.CheckedListBox.OnItemCheck(ItemCheckEventArgs ice)
en System.Windows.Forms.CheckedListBox.LbnSelChange()
en System.Windows.Forms.CheckedListBox.WmReflectCommand(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.CheckedListBox.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

NEW POST: SQL Server 2008 SP1

petermcc — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:35:40 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I managed to figure out a work around which will be fine for now. I am somewhat making an assumption that it has worked without testing it completely yet.

Under my bootstrapper folder, C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\SqlExpress2008\en, I found the file package.xml, which has 2 public keys in it which were not matching the new SQL Express 2008 SP1 packages.

All I had to do was right click on the new installer packages (SQLEXPR32x86ENU.EXE, and SQLEXPRx64ENU.EXE), select properties. Go to the Digital Signatures tab, double click the digital signature. If I then click view certificate and go to the details tab. I can scroll down to 'Public Key'. If I copy and paste the key there and take out all the spaces, that is the public key I need to use.

So to summarise the public key needed in the package.xml file is the public key of the digital signature on the installation package.

A lot of people on the net give the impression that the public key is some kind of hash of the install package, so don't pay any attention to that.

NEW POST: SQL Server 2008 SP1

petermcc — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:10:43 GMT

Hi All,

We have been using Bootstrapper Manifest Generator for a while now, and it has worked great for us.

Our bootstrapper installs SQL Server 2008 Express as a prerequisite for our software (and other stuff too).

I would like to upgrade the bootstrapper to install SQL Server 2008 SP1. Is Bootstrapper Manifest Generator going to be updated to work with SQL Server 2008 SP1 soon?

I tried to update the SQL installation files in our installation package with the newer ones (SQLEXPR32x86ENU.EXE, and SQLEXPRx64ENU.EXE) but when I run the installer it says that the packages have been tampered with. I am guessing that is because the public keys are different.

I was wondering in the package.xml file, perhaps all I need to do is update the public keys, and rebuild the bootstrapper package. That would alternatively work, but I am not exactly sure how to work out what the new public keys should be.

Thanks,

Peter.

NEW POST: Not able to view the custom prerequisites in VS 2008

brettney — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:40:58 GMT

Check in your product.xml in the package folder that the Product Code attribute is set:
<Product ProductCode="Visual Fox Pro 9.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper">

If it's not it won't show up in the prerequisites.

e.g.

<Product ProductCode="" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/2004/01/bootstrapper">

NEW POST: Not able to view the custom prerequisites in VS 2008

JLO — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:30:16 GMT

I downloaded the Bootstrapper manifest generator and followed the steps properly.

The build output was successful with 0 warning and I could see the output folder on

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages.

However it is not appearing in the prerequisites window in my visual studio IDE.

Am I missing some cases. I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2008 express edition.

Any help would be really appreciated.

Urgent it is!

Thanks!

NEW POST: BMG for VS2005 Capabilities?

ColbyRingeisen — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:43:00 GMT

Pardon the newbie question, but I know the VS2005/BMG bootstrapper can do everything I need except I don't know about the things below. Can it do all of the following:

Can the bootstrapper executable be renamed (such as "MyInstall.exe" instead of "setup.exe")?
Can the bootstrapper run with absolutely no UI by default (as in w/o the user needing to specify a specific "silent" or "unattended" command line)?
Can the product.xml/package.xml manifests be left external to the bootstrapper (not streamed into the exe as a resource)?

I've been using InstallShield for bootstrapping up to this point but the bootstrapper is basically a "black box" I have very little-to-no control over. I have two separate bootstrappers "SetupMyProduct.exe" (for first-time installs only) and "UpdateMyProduct.exe" (for updating previously installed product) that each run with a full UI and I need something to "bootstrap the bootstrappers" so there's one starting point for my customers.

CREATED ISSUE: Need exit code/installation condition if language pack installation fails

dhanvin — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:18 GMT

Hi,

I am using BMG tool to bootstrap german language pack along with .net framework 2.0 and windows installer 3.1 to deploy windows application.
I would like to know if there is any exit code/installation condition available in proudct.xml for german language pack so that if due to any reason installation of german language pack fails but, setup continues to install window application??

NEW POST: Need exit code/installation condition if language pack installation fails

dhanvin — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:59:24 GMT

COMMENTED ISSUE: Error on generation

nickm324 — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:05:24 GMT

Getting errors on generation. Image of error is attached.
Comments: If you look at the error messages its looking for a schemas folder under bootstrapper. There is no folder called schemas.

CREATED ISSUE: Error on generation

nickm324 — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:04:03 GMT

Getting errors on generation. Image of error is attached.

NEW POST: Need Product Manifest for Crystal Reports 10 Runtime

vivekd — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:40:23 GMT

Hi

I need Product Manifest for Crystal Reports 10 Runtime. Else if anyone is having information about the installation checks for it then please do provide it.

Thanks

CREATED ISSUE: Quotes in install file arguments not handled properly

mont — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:23:41 GMT

Install Files->Properties->Arguments

If there are quotes in the arguments for an install file they are converted to "" in the XML file which does not work.

Example and workaround:

Open product.xml after the build.

1) Replace the quotes around the value for Arguments with single quotes (apostrophe)
2) Replace the " with quotes

Ex Before: Arguments="/q /c:"dxwsetup /windowsupdate""

Ex After: Arguments='/q /c:"dxwsetup /windowsupdate"'

COMMENTED ISSUE: Fails on Vista Ultimate x64

jhl — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:24:55 GMT

I installed BMG on my Vista Ultimate x64 machine. It gives the following exception when I attempt to build a project or when clicking the menu 'Tools'->'Edit machine paths'. Is there a fix available for this problem?

Thank you,

Exception Details:

An unexpected error has occurred. You should be able to ignore this message.
Exception Level 1:
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Attempted to access a path that is not on the disk.
at Microsoft.Bootstrapper.Paths.get_DefaultRootBootstrapper()
at Microsoft.Bootstrapper.Paths.get_RootBootstrapper()
at BMG.RegKeyDialog.RegKeyDialog_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Comments: The original problem that you need to change it is that the 32-bit software and 64-bit software use different registry keys. By forcing the BMG.exe to be 32-bit even on 64-bit machines using: corflags /32BIT+ BMG.exe fixed at least my problem with Vista-x64.

NEW POST: Pass through command line arguments

nekno — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:57:12 GMT

DavidGuyer wrote:

Command line parameters, when passed through setup.exe, are passed to the final application installer, particularly in the .MSI/Setup case.

Thanks for your response, but I'm confused. Command line parameters are or are not passed thru setup.exe to the final application installer? That's what I'm trying to accomplish - to pass command line arguments through setup.exe down to the final installer. I thought going through the bootstrapper was the way to go.

I've created a bootstrapper that downloads and installs SQL Express, and built setup.exe with the BMG tool. When I run setup.exe, I want to pass in command line parameters for the SQL Express installer.

Currently, parameters won't make it thru setup.exe to the SQL Express installer, but I can specify parameters when creating the bootstrapper that will pass thru. The drawback is that I have to hard-code the parameters in the bootstrapper.

I also tried including the bootstrapper in a setup.exe built by a Visual Studio setup project. Same results.

How can I get command line arguments from the setup.exe command line to the SQL Express installer started by the bootstrapper?

Thanks.

I also posted my question to the ClickOnce/Setup forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/6e8f843b-2f1d-43e1-8c2d-5afb1c772abf