Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade

2012-10-31 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade Yeah...iam maintaing command line like. msiexec -I $(.msi) REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus but it's not working. Is it mandatory to maintain property tag like -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] S

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade

2012-10-31 Thread Chaitanya
ssion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade Are you using the correct command line to install it ? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa367575%28v=vs.85%2 9 .aspx -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sen

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade

2012-10-30 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Are you using the correct command line to install it ? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa367575%28v=vs.85%29 .aspx -Original Message- From: Chaitanya [mailto:chaita...@pointcross.com] Sent: 30 October 2012 05:59 To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-us

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using Visual Studio 2010

2012-06-19 Thread Aseem Chiplonkar
ribing what WIX needs to build a MSI. > > > -Original Message- > From: Aseem Chiplonkar [mailto:asc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:34 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using Visual Studio 2010

2012-06-18 Thread Hoover, Jacob
t: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:34 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using Visual Studio 2010 Hi, Thanks for your pointers. What I am confused with is that the code shown to create the Patch.wxs does not contain the

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using Visual Studio 2010

2012-06-18 Thread Aseem Chiplonkar
Hi, Thanks for your pointers. What I am confused with is that the code shown to create the Patch.wxs does not contain the product code or upgrade code at all http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> http://www.dynamocorp.com/"; DisplayName="Sample Patch" Description="

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade or Patch creating using Visual Studio 2010

2012-06-18 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
1. Create your first version of the MSI in VS. 2. Create a second version of the MSI in VS as a new project that implements a minor upgrade (see MSDN if you need any help with that - basically change the version number, but not the product or upgrade codes, and obey the component rules). 3. The nex

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade Patching - Preventing Downgrade

2012-01-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 05-Jan-12 16:33, Hoover, Jacob wrote: >Is there a way of informing an end user that a patch is not valid (due > to a newer patch all ready being applied)? Check patch applicability. That's what Burn does. The 1.0.2 MSP won't be applicable to a 1.0.3 product. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetu

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade Patching - Preventing Downgrade

2012-01-05 Thread Blair
Patches by definition are always repairs. They are either "small updates" or "minor upgrades", run as if recaching had been enabled from the corresponding MSI. -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:34 PM To: General d

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade and RemoveExistingProducts

2010-06-07 Thread warne warne
Ok, thanks all for clarifying anyway. cheers. _ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ -- ThinkGeek and

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade and RemoveExistingProducts

2010-06-07 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
the environment before printing this e-mail > -Original Message- > From: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 5:46 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade and RemoveE

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade and RemoveExistingProducts

2010-06-07 Thread Pally Sandher
The answer would be no. Changing the Product Code means it's not a Minor Upgrade, it's a Major Upgrade. See -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579.aspx You could deploy the changes as an MSP rather than an MSI. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade and RemoveExistingProducts

2010-06-07 Thread Bob Arnson
On 6/7/2010 8:10 AM, warne warne wrote: > Hi, is it any way possible possible to do a minor upgrade and automatically > remove related products in the background? No, that's a major upgrade. > The scenario is I made some bug fixes to our product that dont seem to > warrant a major upgrade. My v

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade tutorial

2010-03-16 Thread John Aldridge
On 15/03/2010 23:21, Michael Osmond wrote: > That is correct for a minor upgrade. You keep the UpgradeCode and > ProductCode the same, and the PackageCode and Version must change (see the > MSI SDK for details). FindRelatedProducts is not used for a minor upgrade. OK, understood. I'll email t

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade tutorial

2010-03-15 Thread Michael Osmond
Hi John That is correct for a minor upgrade. You keep the UpgradeCode and ProductCode the same, and the PackageCode and Version must change (see the MSI SDK for details). FindRelatedProducts is not used for a minor upgrade. Also be aware when you start an MSI with a minor upgrade it is act

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name.

2010-01-18 Thread Blair
for launching your readme pdf file. Be sure to replace OLDPRODUCT with your actual property's name to use my fix. -Original Message- From: Giora keinan [mailto:grkei...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 1:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version?

2010-01-18 Thread Blair
the REINSTALL or the Installed properties. -Original Message- From: CP YEH [mailto:ntde...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version? Thank you

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name.

2010-01-18 Thread Giora keinan
to:grkei...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:15 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name. > > Hello > Thanks for the quick answer. > > I have two quick questions: > 1. My

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version?

2010-01-18 Thread CP YEH
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:55 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program > version? > > Thank you very much for your reply. > My msi is pretty small in that it contains only few executabl

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version?

2010-01-18 Thread Blair
YEH [mailto:ntde...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version? Thank you very much for your reply. My msi is pretty small in that it contains only few ex

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version?

2010-01-18 Thread CP YEH
Thank you very much for your reply. My msi is pretty small in that it contains only few executable files(exe/dll). Every now and then there are changes to these files so I need to provide updates so that the user can download the upgrade packages to upgrade their application. It's also possible tha

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade - how to check installed program version?

2010-01-18 Thread Blair
Normally those are checked by your bootstrapper that sets the REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE values on the commandline. If your bootstrapper doesn't check versions you will need to write that yourself. Question: What use case do you have for using minor upgrades? Is it for supporting patching? -

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name.

2010-01-18 Thread Blair
is: -Original Message- From: Giora keinan [mailto:grkei...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:15 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name. Hello Thanks for the quick answer. I have two

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name.

2010-01-18 Thread Giora keinan
Hello Thanks for the quick answer. I have two quick questions: 1. My understanding is that if I want to do minor upgrade after a major upgrade I should use the Major upgrade product id instead of the original installation product id. 2. Is there a way to do an ifdef in the wxs file. I want to u

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade and original msi file name.

2010-01-17 Thread Bob Arnson
On 1/17/2010 11:10 AM, Giora keinan wrote: > I have a problem in minor update. In minor upgrade the msiexec is > looking for the upgrade name, which should be the same as the original > msi name. > The problem is that sometimes the original setup filename is modified > during download. For example

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade not replacing the files

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
Some questions. What is your REINSTALLMODE value? The files that are not replace: are they binary files with version resources, or not? If not (such as text or xml) have they been modified in any way? You mention adding new files. These files were added to already existing components? Did you chang

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade not detecting existing version

2008-08-14 Thread Neil Enns
Sonar, Have you looked at the sample on Alex's blog for doing major upgrades? The details are at http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx. It's a little lengthy but it should give you the details you need to make this work properly. Neil

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade problem

2008-08-14 Thread urugan
I just realised that in fact, I want to do major upgrade. I suppose that means uninstalling in the background (but with few files left untouched), stopping/reinstalling some services and running sql scripts. So, all previous changes and approach stays, just need to add different product Id ? --

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade issue revisited

2008-01-17 Thread robnic
Hi Rob, Thanks for the help. Rob Hamflett wrote: > > The Upgrade table only comes into play when doing a major upgrade. A > minor upgrade is basically a > repair with a new set of files. > > Rob > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Minor-upgrade-issue-revisited-tp1488

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade issue revisited

2008-01-16 Thread Rob Hamflett
The Upgrade table only comes into play when doing a major upgrade. A minor upgrade is basically a repair with a new set of files. Rob Nicholls, Rob (CSS) wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry for the horrible formatting - here goes again! > I am new here but have searched the list and cannot find a rele

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

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade: reinstall flag?

2007-08-28 Thread Brian Simoneau
Properties are case-sensitive, so try REINSTALL in your condition. -Brian Simoneau -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Ward Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:35 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] minor upgrade: r

Re: [WiX-users] Minor Upgrade gives "Resuming" dialog

2007-06-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Brent B. Powers wrote: > I'm having issues with upgrades, so I converted the tramontina tutorial > SampleUpgrade to Wix3. Installing the first (old) package is fine. > Removing old and installing new is fine. However, when I install the > old, and then attempt a minor upgrade via msiexec ... RE

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails when original install is from removable media

2007-01-25 Thread Johan Appelgren
On 1/25/07, Chris Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Johan Appelgren wrote: > > I've created a setup package using Wix 3.0.2420.0 that I've used to > > install our product on a computer from a CD (removable media). But > > when I try to perform a minor upgrade it prompts me for a disk, > > "Pleas

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails when original install is from removable media

2007-01-25 Thread Chris Allen
Johan Appelgren wrote: > I've created a setup package using Wix 3.0.2420.0 that I've used to > install our product on a computer from a CD (removable media). But > when I try to perform a minor upgrade it prompts me for a disk, > "Please insert disk". > > In the logs there is a PackageMediaPath p

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails when original install is from removable media

2007-01-24 Thread Rob Mensching
The log file should tell you what caused the prompt for source. Start there, then work back. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johan Appelgren Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:04 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade not upgrading all files

2007-01-17 Thread Rob Mensching
, 2007 12:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade not upgrading all files The recipe for a minor upgrade by reinstalling the product is to rebuild the MSI file with the higher versioned code files, change its PackageCode, increment its ProductVersion, and

Re: [WiX-users] minor upgrade not upgrading all files

2007-01-17 Thread Wilson, Phil
The recipe for a minor upgrade by reinstalling the product is to rebuild the MSI file with the higher versioned code files, change its PackageCode, increment its ProductVersion, and install with msiexec /I REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus. If you broke the rule "don't delete a component" that's s