wix commandline tool no output

[ryantm]

Hi.

I've never used wix before so I'm probably doing something dumb. I'm hoping it is obvious what it is if I post enough info here:

I installed the new wix tool on Windows 10 with:

> dotnet tool install --global wix --version 4.0.0-preview.0

Then I tried to package GIMP as an MSI. Here is the gimp.wxs file I came up with:

<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs">

    <Package Name="GIMP" Version="2.10.28" Manufacturer="The GIMP Team" UpgradeCode="28c689f8-a0fd-467d-926d-79cbb1a7f880" Language="1033" InstallerVersion="200">

        <Icon Id="icon.ico" SourceFile="icon.ico" />
        <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="icon.ico" />

        <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
        <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="GIMP" Level="1">
            <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents" />
            <ComponentRef Id="mysetup" />
        </Feature>

        <CustomAction Id="mysetup" ExeCommand="/ALLUSERS /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP" Execute="deferred" Impersonate="yes" Return="check" FileRef="setup.exe" />

        <InstallExecuteSequence>
            <Custom Action="mysetup" Sequence="5401" Condition="NOT Installed" />
        </InstallExecuteSequence>
        <StandardDirectory Id="TempFolder">
            <Directory Id="SetupFolder" Name="SetupFolder" />
        </StandardDirectory>
        <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="SetupFolder">
            <Component Id="mysetup" Guid="b248221c-c67e-449a-960a-029b1405b46b">
                <File Id="setup.exe" Source="setup.exe" />
            </Component>
        </ComponentGroup>

    </Package>


</Wix>

Alongside that file have a file called setup.exe and icon.ico.

I then ran in Powershell

> wix build .\gimp.wxs
> $?
True

So it looks like it exited succesfully with no error messages, but I do not see a .msi file in the directory. My guess is I've made some mistake with the wxs configuration.

Could someone suggest what I've done wrong or what I can do to troubleshoot it further?

Thanks,
Ryan

[rseanhall]

#6473

[ryantm]

Thanks, with

> wix build -o gimp.msi .\gimp.wxs

I see the MSI now!

https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2021/5/17/wix-toolset-v4-preview.0/

If all goes well, the build command will create a your.msi file in the same directory.

[robmen]

I fixed the blog post today. Will fix the code to match the original blog post too.