Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-27 Thread Richard.Foster
Justin Dearing wrote: >So it seems like I have broken WiX rules and cannot properly fix them. More accurately, you have broken Windows Installer component rules. (WiX is only used to build the MSI file, and multiple files within the same component can be valid in some scenarios.) The mechanism th

Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Justin Dearing wrote: > Ok that worked I setup the component for the DLL as below. The only > remaining problem is I can install 0.93 and then 0.92 and windows > seems to think both installations can coexist. I think this is because > I am doing a major upgrade. I will have to study the upgrade me

Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread Justin Dearing
On 3/26/07, John Vottero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could try using . Ok that worked I setup the component for the DLL as below. The only remaining problem is I can install 0.93 and then 0.92 and windows seems to think both installations can coexist. I think this is because I am doing a maj

Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread Justin Dearing
So it seems like I have broken WiX rules and cannot properly fix them. What I have done is separate out the dll, exe and license into separate components. All of the components have different ids and GUIDs than the original mega component. All three components belong to the original feature. When I

Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-26 Thread John Vottero
I think you're breaking the component rules. You put PlaneDisaster.exe and PlaneDisaster.Dba.dll in the same component which you really don't want to do. I don't think you ever want more than one executable file in a component. In most cases, you only want one file in each component. If PlaneDi

Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-25 Thread Justin Dearing
Bob, thanks for your reply. I'm new to wix and still learning the finer points. On 3/26/07, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How are you handling upgrades? If you're using Upgrade/UpgradeVersion, > where are you scheduling RemoveExistingProducts? Upgrades are handled by : Remov

Re: [WiX-users] How do I remove a file on upgrade

2007-03-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Justin Dearing wrote: > How do I remove > PlaneDisaster.LIB.dll if I upgrade from pre version 0.93 to version > 0.93 (or later). > How are you handling upgrades? If you're using Upgrade/UpgradeVersion, where are you scheduling RemoveExistingProducts? > Version="0.9.2" > If y