Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-03 Thread Blair Murri
oiseGit upgrades happen; I can ignore the reboot > till it suits me.) > > -Original Message- > From: victorwhiskey [mailto:victorhwhis...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 4:38 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Authoring

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ot till it suits me.) -Original Message- From: victorwhiskey [mailto:victorhwhis...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 4:38 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package Thanks for the info and tips. This brings me

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread victorwhiskey
Thanks for the info and tips. This brings me to another post of mine here . I asked if it was possible to update a context menu handler component without reboo

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread Blair Murri
correctly for most people most of the time and is much simpler in both practice and in support. > Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 11:45:55 -0700 > From: victorhwhis...@yahoo.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same pac

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2013/10/2 victorwhiskey : > Thanks guys. I've only done installers with major upgrades, so I'm not too > sure it that was possible. So what I'm doing now is keeping the ProductCode > as "*" for each build I can install "upgrade" on top of the previous one. Is > this a bad practice then? That means

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread victorwhiskey
Thanks guys. I've only done installers with major upgrades, so I'm not too sure it that was possible. So what I'm doing now is keeping the ProductCode as "*" for each build I can install "upgrade" on top of the previous one. Is this a bad practice then? Thanks -- View this message in context:

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread Christopher Painter
I've never tried but in thinking it over, it's not possible. I have done MSI's that might install side by side or in place upgrade at runtime. This was done through manipulating the upgrade process at runtime. However an MSI that might be major or might be minor would either have to have t

Re: [WiX-users] Authoring a Major & Minor upgrade in same package

2013-10-02 Thread Nicolás Alvarez
2013/10/2 victorwhiskey : > Is it possible to make a single MSI/Bundle to handle both Major upgrades and > Minor upgrade/updates? A major upgrade changes the ProductCode, and works by uninstalling the existing version and installing the new msi. A minor upgrade doesn't change the ProductCode, and