Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails to upgrade...

2007-12-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Ali-Akber Saifee wrote: > So does this mean that in the case of drastic upgrading - component > removal etc - would it be a better idea to completely remove the > product under upgrade and then install? That's the realm of major upgrades. See the MSI SDK doc on the types of upgrades that are av

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails to upgrade...

2007-12-11 Thread Ali-Akber Saifee
Hey, Thanks. So does this mean that in the case of drastic upgrading - component removal etc - would it be a better idea to completely remove the product under upgrade and then install? ./Ali On Dec 12, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Bob Arnson wrote: > Ali-Akber Saifee wrote: >> * everything is kept th

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails to upgrade...

2007-12-11 Thread Bob Arnson
Ali-Akber Saifee wrote: > * everything is kept the same except the version and the package code. > * the second package contains new binaries, but actually has a few > components removed, and some custom actions removed. > > upon running the second installer in upgrade mode (msiexec /fvomus > P

[WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails to upgrade...

2007-12-11 Thread Ali-Akber Saifee
Hi, we've been seeing some problems with our upgrade mechanism. the situation is such: 1 - Old version (1.0.1.100) 2- new version (1.0.1.200) * everything is kept the same except the version and the package code. * the second package contains new binaries, but actually has a few components remov