Re: [WiX-users] changes to support upgrades ? help !

2013-09-24 Thread kirannhegde
Hello, Could you let me know as to what issue are you facing? Or do you just want a confirmation as to whether what you are doing is right? To preserve the file that you have mentioned here, there are two ways: -Schedule RemoveExistingProducts after Install Finalize. This is more efficient. Ho

[WiX-users] Weekly releases

2013-09-24 Thread Ivanoff, Alex
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Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module question...

2013-09-24 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Sigh 4 warnings x 6 merge modules :( Okay thanks all :) Steve -Original Message- From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] Sent: September-24-13 10:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module question... On Tuesda

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module question...

2013-09-24 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
On Tuesday, September 24, 2013, StevenOgilvie wrote: > I have added it back to 1 WIXLIB > > when I compile it works but I get this error twice for each merge module: > Warning 22 ICE30: The target file 'kd1er3dy.dll|SQLite.Interop.dll' > might be > installed in '[TARGETDIR]\EnterpriseAuditLog

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module question...

2013-09-24 Thread Steven Ogilvie
Its annoying because the files will NEVER be installed on top of each other... So you install the files to subfolders, then use DuplicateFile table to put the "right" files into the proper folder? I looked at the DuplicateFile element but it didn't make any sense to me? Do you have an example?

Re: [WiX-users] Burn installer upgrade does not work

2013-09-24 Thread Santhos
Phill Hogland wrote > I am relatively new also, but others have advised that implementing a > MajorUpgrade is the simplest and generally recommended deployment plan. > So to do this you either need to remember to change both the ProductCode > (and ProductId = "*" lets Wix do this for you) AND you

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module question...

2013-09-24 Thread Christopher Painter
It's a warning not an error. The way I get around this is to set the Directory to subfolders like x86 and x64 and then use the DuplicateFile table to get the right file installed to the right directory. From: "StevenOgilvie" Sent: Tuesday, September 24

Re: [WiX-users] Burn installer upgrade does not work

2013-09-24 Thread Phill Hogland
If you change the version (manually or via a auto increment), AND you change the Product Code (which is what Product Id="*" does) then you will be able to do the Major Upgrade. In my prior post I was responding to this comment: "That is ok, but then when I rebuild the installer (without any chang

Re: [WiX-users] Type Mismatch error when you repair build

2013-09-24 Thread Phil Wilson
That's a tough question - you're asking why the code might be broken after a repair install, and there are no details. My guess is that you are doing some registration by running code (instead of having Windows Installer do it) and something is missing during a repair, such as property values that

Re: [WiX-users] Merge Module question...

2013-09-24 Thread StevenOgilvie
I have added it back to 1 WIXLIB when I compile it works but I get this error twice for each merge module: Warning 22 ICE30: The target file 'kd1er3dy.dll|SQLite.Interop.dll' might be installed in '[TARGETDIR]\EnterpriseAuditLogService\' by two different conditionalized components on an LFN

[WiX-users] Quick question about WiXCA - CAQuietExec

2013-09-24 Thread TimM
We have an app that when runs produces a quick Dos Window and then goes away. So we are using the WiXCA - CAQuietExec custom action to call the app in quite mode. This work great, but my question is if the App fails and I have the WiXCA custom action set to Return the error code will it return the

[WiX-users] Merge Module question...

2013-09-24 Thread StevenOgilvie
Hi all, I have 6 services merge modules, I have them building for both x86 and x64 (different output paths) all is fine… I have to add 2 SQL Lite files, x86 and x64 to the 6 merge modules (the binaries are built AnyCPU) I decided to use 1 wixlib and condition the 2 files Not Installed and Not

[WiX-users] Type Mismatch error when you repair build

2013-09-24 Thread Swaroop Kare
Hi, I am able to build and install major build on a machine successfully. I am able to login into deployed application after major upgrade. For some reason, if I repair install and try to log into deployed application, I get type mismatch error. Is there any reason that could caus

Re: [WiX-users] Need some help with upgrade support in first version of MSI

2013-09-24 Thread Alain Forget
1) http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/majorupgrade.html My MajorUpgrade element looks like this: So presumably your Product element has a Version attribute that would be something like "1.0.0". Say this is installed on client machines, and you need to upgrade them. You wou

Re: [WiX-users] Need some help with upgrade support in first version of MSI

2013-09-24 Thread nkshirsagar
can you provide any details? I'm a wix newbie. I'm using wix 3.7. What do I need to 1) Make sure my msi can support future upgrades 2) When the next msi installs, one of the files must not be changed (its a data file, I need to keep it as it is.. ) please help ! -- View this message in conte

Re: [WiX-users] Need some help with upgrade support in first version of MSI

2013-09-24 Thread Alain Forget
The MajorUpgrade tag is probably the easiest way to support upgrades. -Original Message- From: nkshirsagar [mailto:nkshirsa...@gmail.com] Sent: September 24, 2013 08:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Need some help with upgrade support in first version of MSI I'

[WiX-users] Need some help with upgrade support in first version of MSI

2013-09-24 Thread nkshirsagar
I'm releasing a version 1.0 MSI this week and need to support upgrades since the next version should recognise the earlier installation, and retain one of the files installed in this msi without overwriting it. What changes would I need at the minimum in this version so that the future upgrades ar

[WiX-users] changes to support upgrades ? help !

2013-09-24 Thread nkshirsagar
Hello, I urgently need to make changes to my wxs file to support upgrades in the future and I need to release in a few days ! I need the next msi to recognise the earlier installation, and retain one file while copying over the new dll's. Can someone please help me ? I'm pasting my wxs file below