Squirrel.windows: Some characters in nuget package title cause problems

Created on 13 Nov 2018 · 8Comments · Source: Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows

So far great experience with squirrel, but I ran into a little issue. When I try to use " í " character in the title of nuget package, releasify won't work. It fails with this error:

Squirrel : System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> 
System.Exception: Failed to link WiX template, command invoked was: 'light.exe 
-ext WixNetFxExtension -sval -out 
"D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.msi" 
"D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wixobj"'
At line:1 char:1
+ Squirrel --releasify document_manager_scan_app.0.9.0.nupkg --setupIco ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (System.Aggregat...\Setup.wixobj"' 
   :String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError


Output was:
Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.10.0.2103
Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.

D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wxs(29) : error LGHT0311 : A 
string was provided with characters that are not available in the specified 
database code page '1252'. Either change these characters to ones that exist 
in the database's code page, or update the database's code page by modifying 
one of the following attributes: Product/@Codepage, Module/@Codepage, 
Patch/@Codepage, PatchCreation/@Codepage, or WixLocalization/@Codepage.
D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wxs(3) : error LGHT0311 : A string 
was provided with characters that are not available in the specified database 
code page '1252'. Either change these characters to ones that exist in the 
database's code page, or update the database's code page by modifying one of 
the following attributes: Product/@Codepage, Module/@Codepage, 
Patch/@Codepage, PatchCreation/@Codepage, or WixLocalization/@Codepage.
D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wxs(55) : error LGHT0311 : A 
string was provided with characters that are not available in the specified 
database code page '1252'. Either change these characters to ones that exist 
in the database's code page, or update the database's code page by modifying 
one of the following attributes: Product/@Codepage, Module/@Codepage, 
Patch/@Codepage, PatchCreation/@Codepage, or WixLocalization/@Codepage.
   at Squirrel.Update.Program.<createMsiPackage>d__21.MoveNext()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean 
includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, 
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait()
   at Squirrel.Update.Program.Releasify(String package, String targetDir, 
String packagesDir, String bootstrapperExe, String backgroundGif, String 
signingOpts, String baseUrl, String setupIcon, Boolean gen
erateMsi, String frameworkVersion, Boolean generateDeltas)
   at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine(String[] args)
   at Squirrel.Update.Program.main(String[] args)
   at Squirrel.Update.Program.Main(String[] args)
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception: Failed to link WiX template, 
command invoked was: 'light.exe -ext WixNetFxExtension -sval -out 
"D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.msi" 
"D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wixobj"'

Output was:
Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.10.0.2103
Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.

D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wxs(29) : error LGHT0311 : A 
string was provided with characters that are not available in the specified 
database code page '1252'. Either change these characters to ones that exist 
in the database's code page, or update the database's code page by modifying 
one of the following attributes: Product/@Codepage, Module/@Codepage, 
Patch/@Codepage, PatchCreation/@Codepage, or WixLocalization/@Codepage.
D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wxs(3) : error LGHT0311 : A string 
was provided with characters that are not available in the specified database 
code page '1252'. Either change these characters to ones that exist in the 
database's code page, or update the database's code page by modifying one of 
the following attributes: Product/@Codepage, Module/@Codepage, 
Patch/@Codepage, PatchCreation/@Codepage, or WixLocalization/@Codepage.
D:\Projects\ScanApp\ScanApp_\Releases\Setup.wxs(55) : error LGHT0311 : A 
string was provided with characters that are not available in the specified 
database code page '1252'. Either change these characters to ones that exist 
in the database's code page, or update the database's code page by modifying 
one of the following attributes: Product/@Codepage, Module/@Codepage, 
Patch/@Codepage, PatchCreation/@Codepage, or WixLocalization/@Codepage.
   at Squirrel.Update.Program.<createMsiPackage>d__21.MoveNext()<---

Also, when I use " í " character in my assembly name, .exe file in localAppData wil be missing this character (question mark instead).

Is there any way to set encoding or something as to prevent this from hapenning?
Thanks.

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MrBlueHere

Most helpful comment

I tried it with a new project using new csproj format, but releasify still worked. I am unable to reproduce this issue on a different project, so I assume there must be something wrong with mine. I think I'll close this. If I find a solution in the future, I'll leave it in here.

MrBlueHere on 15 May 2019

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This looks like more of an issue with the WIX Toolset, which I'd need to dig into if you can achieve this - I'm fairly certain you should be able to, but I'm not entirely certain this is a Squirrel issue in itself.

patrickklaeren on 24 Apr 2019

@MrBlueHere I was able to successfully releasify with "í" on the places you mentioned. Could you please take a look at https://github.com/gojanpaolo/SquirrelDemo/tree/1413?

src\MyApp.nuspec title is MyAppí
src\MyApp\MyApp.csproj AssemblyName is MyAppí
src\MyApp\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs AssemblyTitle is MyAppí

you could try to build and releasify by running the src\build.cmd file.

gojanpaolo on 10 May 2019

@gojanpaolo I tried to releasify your project and it worked as expected, no error whatsoever.

To elaborate more, I have no problem with my project when I use "í" character in AssemblyName or AssemblyTitle, the error only shows up when I use it in nuget package title.

MrBlueHere on 10 May 2019

What do you mean by nuget package title? Is it different from the .nuspec title?
Also, when you build it, the generated .nupkg file will have its title set to MyAppí

gojanpaolo on 10 May 2019

I mean the attribute in .nupkg file.</p> <p>I use NugetPackageExplorer, that's where I edit it.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30356558?v=4&s=40" style="width:20px; height:20px;" class="mr-2 rounded float-left" alt="MrBlueHere picture"> <strong>MrBlueHere</strong> <span class="text-muted ml-1">on 10 May 2019</span> </div> <div class="col text-right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom mb-4"> <div class="card-body pt-3 pb-3 markdown"> <p>I'm trying to understand why am I able to releasify your project just fine with the special character, but mine still fails. Could it be because I use the new csproj format?</p> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/30356558?v=4&s=40" style="width:20px; height:20px;" class="mr-2 rounded float-left" alt="MrBlueHere picture"> <strong>MrBlueHere</strong> <span class="text-muted ml-1">on 10 May 2019</span> </div> <div class="col text-right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom mb-4"> <div class="card-body pt-3 pb-3 markdown"> <p><strong>@MrBlueHere</strong> Could you create/share a project that can reproduce the issue?</p> </div> <div class="card-footer"> <div class="row"> <div class="col"> <img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16026608?v=4&s=40" style="width:20px; height:20px;" class="mr-2 rounded float-left" alt="gojanpaolo picture"> <strong>gojanpaolo</strong> <span class="text-muted ml-1">on 14 May 2019</span> </div> <div class="col text-right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card-custom mb-4"> <div class="card-body pt-3 pb-3 markdown"> <p>I tried it with a new project using new csproj format, but releasify still worked. I am unable to reproduce this issue on a different project, so I assume there must be something wrong with mine. I think I'll close this. 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