Re: [WiX-users] correct upgrade table

2010-04-13 Thread Viv Coco
ok, so I got it right: the 4th field is completely ignored by the installer, and you have it so that internally the QA knows what version they are testing. Thx a lot! Viv On 4/13/2010 12:47 AM, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Because in our environment the fourth version is increased > automatically w

Re: [WiX-users] correct upgrade table

2010-04-12 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Because in our environment the fourth version is increased automatically with every build, how else would you differentiate from the "old" v1.1.1 and the "new" v1.1.1 ?? On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Viv Coco wrote: > Hi Sascha, > > Thank you for your answer. > I understood your suggestion, b

Re: [WiX-users] correct upgrade table

2010-04-12 Thread Viv Coco
Hi Sascha, Thank you for your answer. I understood your suggestion, but what it's not clear to me is why do you actually have the 4th field in the version? I mean the approach you have would have worked exactly the same also if your version number would consist of only 3 fields, eg: 2.2.0, whic

Re: [WiX-users] correct upgrade table

2010-04-11 Thread Sascha Beaumont
You can't do this while also using Product/@Id="*", a product with the same version but different ID is seen as a different package. The best solution that I've come up with is to increase the fourth version field and block installation when the version number is the same. Windows Installer ignores