Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Tiago Silva wrote: > I Know that I am already pushing my luck :) , but can you provide me a > snippet or an example for it? Especially the use of the Upgrade and > UpgradeVersion tags. Take a look at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org -

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-13 Thread Tiago Silva
> If you use major > upgrades, you can supply just one .msi -- it both does a fresh > installation and upgrades an existing installation. The MSI major > upgrade support sets a property during upgrading, so you can use the > presence of that property to suppress components and custom actions you >

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Tiago Silva wrote: > We will produce in our weekly builds two setups. One that is the full > installation and other that have almost the same components that the > full install except files that the user changes (settings files), the > application database and customs actions that setup the server

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Tony Hoyle wrote: > I think you meant minor upgrades there. > > Major upgrades uninstall the old product first so there isn't any issue > with version numbers. > Not exactly. MSI ignores the fourth field in ProductVersion so it doesn't differentiate among ProductVersions that differ only in the

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-12 Thread Tiago Silva
Thanks Bob for your rapid response. As I told I am new to Wix upgrades and my knowledge on windows installer is very limited. I was wondering if the approach that i having is the right one.Let me explain the main propose of it: We will produce in our weekly builds two setups. One that is the ful

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-12 Thread Tony Hoyle
Bob Arnson wrote: > so you won't be able to do major upgrades between 1.0.0.40 and 1.0.0.41. I think you meant minor upgrades there. Major upgrades uninstall the old product first so there isn't any issue with version numbers. Tony ---

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-12 Thread Bob Arnson
Tiago Silva wrote: > I have the main setup of the application that is generated by a nant > task. At the same time a upgrade is generated to the current version. > Let's consider the version 1.0.0.40 on both. > MSI doesn't differentiate between product versions in the fourth field so you won't

Re: [WiX-users] Several doubts on Upgrades

2006-09-12 Thread Tony Hoyle
Tiago Silva wrote: > 1. How do I produce a double click install to install the upgrade? The > upgrade that i've playing in tutorial gives me a "Product already > installed" message when I install it by double clicking the msi file. > I'm using a minor upgrade, i.e., the same ProductID and different