PI38545: MESSAGE "MANIFEST.XML FILE IS MISSING FOR APPX APPLICATION FILE"WHEN UPLOADING APPX FILE TO IBM APPLICATION CENTER

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Uploading an appx file to IBM Application Center may produce the
  error message "Manifest.xml file is missing for appx application
  file".
  The error message is misleading since the appx file contains
  correctly the AppxManifest.xml.
  
  Windows store appx files use the zip archive format to contain
  its contents. The zip format exists as 32 bit format, but there
  is also an extension named Zip64 for very large files. The
  problem occurs only with Zip64 format, if the AppxManifest.xml
  file is one of the last files in the archive. The typical
  command to create such an appx file with Visual Studio is
  
  msbuild MyProj.jsproj /p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64
  /t:Clean;Build /target:publish
  

Local fix

• Unzip the appx file and rezip it so that the AppxManifest.xml is
  the first file in the archive solves the problem.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of IBM Application Center uploading Windows Store appx *
  * files                                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * An appx file must contain a manifest named AppxManifest.xml. *
  * This file is sometimes not recognized even though it is      *
  * present in the appx file.  Uploading the appx file to IBM    *
  * Application Center then produces an error message            *
  * "Manifest.xml file is missing for appx application file".    *
  *                                                              *
  * The problem occurs only in large appx files that contain     *
  * thousands of files and are packed with Zip64 format instead  *
  * of the standard zip 32 bit format, if the AppxManifest.xml   *
  * file is one of the last files in the zip.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem was caused by a limitation of the library that reads
  the zip format. This limitation has been fixed by using a
  different API for reading the zip format.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WL/MFPF CONSUME

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP