Does WI support any sort of automated backup of files that have changed since installation when performing the un-installation?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Bardon Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:47 AM To: Bob Arnson Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed The way I understand things, a major upgrade will effectively do a full uninstall of the previous version before installing the new version, correct? Just thinking that the install would take a whole lot longer this way, and that I'd have to make sure that certain files (e.g. user-modified configuration files) aren't wiped out in the process. I'll give that a shot though-it means that I should just change the product code with every build, but leave the upgrade code the same, right? -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:48 PM To: Chris Bardon Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed Chris Bardon wrote: > -Force all upgrades to be major-Other than performance, is there any > reason that this is a bad idea? Our apps are reasonably small, so it > shouldn't take all that long, but I understand that in principle this > is a bad idea. > Says who? Major upgrades are a great idea. For almost no effort, you have one build process that creates packages both for initial installs and upgrades. The only downside is that you have to ship full product packages; if you have a big product, creating patches for minor or small updates saves download time. But creating patches isn't a small endeavor -- use major upgrades wherever you can and your sanity will thank you. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
