[Windows] Error msi bundle

[mrdev023]

I get this error

error: Failed to collect resource file information
  Caused by: Le fichier spécifié est introuvable. (os error 2)

[jojobyte]

jojobyte/cargo-bundle@ca33209

First time working working with Rust, there is no way this is the right solution for cross platform.

The error appears to be because its trying to bundle C:/whatever/your/path/hello instead of C:/whatever/your/path/hello.exe, fixing it inside the collect_resource_info function just gets it to fail later on inside the generate_resource_cabinets function.

Fixing it in settings solves both problems but then generates a MSI file that won't run/install, but someone else might need to figure out that part.

Think it needs some MSI tables/registry or something but its beyond my current understanding.

[slonopotamus]

As a workaround, you may try using cargo-wix instead.

[lobis]

I just found this project but I could not get the provided example to work on windows either due to this same error. Is there any plans fix this in the near future? Thanks!

[mdsteele]

Windows support in cargo-bundle is only half-implemented and doesn't work yet. It is waiting for a contributor who knows more about MSI packaging than I do and who has a Windows machine to test on. If that's you, PRs would be very welcome!

[aerkiaga]

I've managed to get the msi support working. It needs a small patch to rust-msi as well as changes to this crate to set the Word Count property to a suitable value. I'm really busy these days so will send the cleaned-up patches in a few days. Relevantly, I'd like to know if I should send changes in the same PR that implement a working UI for the msi or just those to make it work.

Note: I tested it on Wine's msiexec implementation.

[JessicaTegner]

hi @aerkiaga

THat's really great! I would say a minimal UI as well. You might want to read #116 as there has been a long discussion there as well about MSI support

[mdsteele]

@aerkiaga This is great news, thanks! A working UI would definitely be good to have, although if it makes sense to split it across multiple smaller PRs, that may be a little easier to review. Up to you.

[landonwork]

How is this coming along? I'm new to Windows MSI files and bundlers, but if there isn't much left to be done, I would be willing to take a stab.

[aerkiaga]

@landonwork I got basic msi working with https://github.com/burtonageo/cargo-bundle/pull/142, which has been merged. It lacks some features though. I've drawn a banner for the installer UI here if you need it.

Edit: handling menus, file associations etc. is still left to do. Thanks a lot if you're willing to help!

[ihsan6133]

Any way to fix it? I get the same error now

[Plycedes]

I get the same error. Is it solved yet??

[mdsteele]

To clarify, are you having issues with cargo-bundle as built at HEAD, or using the version published on crates.io?

[Alexangelj]

To clarify, are you having issues with cargo-bundle as built at HEAD, or using the version published on crates.io?

I cloned from commit fd94ab531b4d7b0c9a8f029dd649156f0e733157, (latest master branch as of Jan 29, 24) and installed directly. I still get the error with running cargo bundle --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc. I am only using the required configs - I'm on windows 11

[jakobhansson]

Same problem here, with cargo-bundle 0.6.0

[aerkiaga]

@ihsan6133 @Plycedes @Alexangelj @jakobhansson are you passing --format msi? Like this:

cargo bundle --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --format msi

[jakobhansson]

cargo bundle --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --format msi gives the same error. I do not have the x86_64-pc-windows-gnu toolchain, is this a requirement?

[aerkiaga]

@jakobhansson I see the fix has not yet made it into a new release. I suggest that you build from source (cargo install --path . from cargo-bundle master branch).

[jakobhansson]

I see, I compiled from source and now the cargo bundle --format msi command completes successfully, but the generated .msi file throws error upon running "This installation packaeg could not be opened..."

[AardhynLavender]

Same issues here...

The crates.io version fails to bundle with a "Failed to collect resource file information" error when running cargo bundle --format msi.

Building from source (cloning and running cargo install --path .) succeeds with the bundle command and produces a .msi file but Windows Installer throws "This installation package could not be opened. Contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package" when I try to open it.