Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-22 Thread ET
It is a product. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Updating-Replacing-existing-MSI-with-Burn-bundle-tp7598911p7598963.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-22 Thread Phill Hogland
What is the parent of the Condition element? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Updating-Replacing-existing-MSI-with-Burn-bundle-tp7598911p7598961.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-22 Thread ET
Thank you all for the hints. I might have found a suitable solution/workaround, if it works I'll post it here. So far, my solution/workaround fails because the following markupwill always show a message: I'd expect the message not to be shown. Any ideas? Kind regards, ET -- View thi

Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-21 Thread John Cooper
iginal Message- From: ET [mailto:eric.tho...@seca.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:20 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle Thank you, Phill. You are right, a major upgrade seems to be the correct approach. I follo

Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-21 Thread Phill Hogland
I have not done exactly what you are doing. (I am converting a large non-msi suite (no UpgradeCode) to a Bundle.exe with an UpgradeCode and many MSI (applications) each with their own UpgradeCodes). However the following blog speaks to your situation: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/09/07/hint-be

Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-21 Thread ET
Thank you, Phill. You are right, a major upgrade seems to be the correct approach. I followed the steps of a MajorUpgrade as outlined here (WiX doc) and here (MSDN)

Re: [WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-20 Thread Phill Hogland
I think there is a misunderstanding of the linked article. Treat each Bundle and each MSI as if you are following the rules for a Major Upgrade. While the Bundle is processed by Burn and not msiexec, it should have an UpgradeCode which does not change for each build of the Bundle. Make sure that

[WiX-users] Updating/Replacing existing MSI with Burn bundle

2015-01-20 Thread ET
Dear all, Our product consists of the following parts: * Client (GUI plus Service A) * Server (Database plus Services A, B, C) * Complete (Client + Server) In Version 1 of our product, each of these parts (GUI, database, services) have been represented by Features within WiX. Depending on a user'