Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-20 Thread Richard
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think Wix has a native way to get the version number. However, > using the Upgrade table, if you define a row for each version you are > trying to detec t, then if the property of th

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-20 Thread Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation)
in a custom action to find the version. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370130(VS.85).aspx -Original Message- From: Sergey Abakumoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 5:50 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of al

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-19 Thread Sergey Abakumoff
I should use OnlyDetect=no to uninstall the prior version if it exists. Therefore only prior version can be installed at the moment of starting the new installation. Then, I mentioned the way of getting assembly version because this is the common rule of out software - the version of the assembly

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Wilson, Phil
wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. Howdy gang, In my installer I need to notify user if the previous version of product is installed and show the version number. I was hoping that I can find the already installed version number in

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Rob Mensching
Verbose log file will show you all of that. -Original Message- From: Andrew Kendall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 02:47 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. yes, I

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
whoops sorry replied to wrong msg :) - Original Message From: Eitan Behar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Friday, 17 October, 2008 9:59:40 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. I'm sur

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Andrew Kendall
008 9:59:40 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. I'm sure that this is not the best way, but, given that you have the product code, just do a registry search under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ProductCode} - You have the Product nam

Re: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-17 Thread Eitan Behar
ergey Abakumoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:20 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product. Howdy gang, In my installer I need to notify user if the previous version of product is installed and show the ve

[WiX-users] Detect the version of already installed product.

2008-10-16 Thread Sergey Abakumoff
Howdy gang, In my installer I need to notify user if the previous version of product is installed and show the version number. I was hoping that I can find the already installed version number in PATCHFOUND property I use in UpgradeVersion stuff: However, the value of p