Symptom
The following error occurs when running the PowerBuilder Runtime Packager:
Linking the MSI for PowerBuilder .NET runtime produced an
error
In the %temp% folder (by default: C:\Users\appeon\AppData\Local\Temp) there may be an error message in the file pbwix.log saying that some DLL is missing in the PowerBuilder install folder.
Cause
Visual C++ redistributable X86 & X64 is missing on the current machine or the associated DLL is missing during the upgrade from PowerBuilder 2017 R2 to 2017 R3 as indicated in the log file.
Solution
If there is error in the log file, then you can try to reinstall PowerBuilder using admin permissions.
If there is no error in the log file, then you can try to install Visual C++ redistributable X86 & X64.