Hi Oleg,
Thanks for your time on this. I think I'll probably leave it for the moment as I need to get something out the door, but just to clarify (as I think there is a slight misunderstanding):
My feeling is that this is almost by design in the sense that if you signify you don't want the Bootstrapper UI visible, then how would the end user know that .net4 is being installed for the next few minutes? I'll maybe see what the Wix guys have to say as it's their issue and not yours, but I'd urge you to try the basic template on a PC with no 4.0 installed. I've tried it on a few Windows 7 machines with no 4.0 on and it doesn't install.
Thanks again.
Thanks for your time on this. I think I'll probably leave it for the moment as I need to get something out the door, but just to clarify (as I think there is a slight misunderstanding):
"The fact that the bundle installs NetFx40Web indicates that the custom UI successfully started and the only problem is that after the first step (NetFx40Web)"It does not run the first part of the chain when set to silent mode. If no .net 4 is on the machine you get nothing happening at all. (The bundle only installs 4.0 IF you remove the Silent Application line from the template.)
My feeling is that this is almost by design in the sense that if you signify you don't want the Bootstrapper UI visible, then how would the end user know that .net4 is being installed for the next few minutes? I'll maybe see what the Wix guys have to say as it's their issue and not yours, but I'd urge you to try the basic template on a PC with no 4.0 installed. I've tried it on a few Windows 7 machines with no 4.0 on and it doesn't install.
Thanks again.