Downgrade error to warning when search refs a reserved prefix variable.

The engine doesn't actually prevent external callers from setting variables that start with 'Wix'.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/TestData/BundleWithSearches/BundleUsingDiscouragedVariableNames.wxs b/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/TestData/BundleWithSearches/BundleUsingDiscouragedVariableNames.wxs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68f46af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ext/Util/test/WixToolsetTest.Util/TestData/BundleWithSearches/BundleUsingDiscouragedVariableNames.wxs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs" xmlns:util="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/util">
+    <Bundle Name="!(loc.BundleName)" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Example Corporation" UpgradeCode="047730a5-30fe-4a62-a520-da9381b8226a">
+        <BootstrapperApplication>
+            <BootstrapperApplicationDll SourceFile="fakeba.dll" />
+        </BootstrapperApplication>
+
+        <util:RegistrySearch
+            Variable="WixCustomVariable"
+            Root="HKLM"
+            Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Custom"
+            Value="Release"
+            Result="value"
+            Bitness="always64" />
+
+        <Chain>
+            <MsiPackage SourceFile="test.msi" />
+        </Chain>
+    </Bundle>
+</Wix>