Are you sure that it was doing a minor upgrade? A major upgrade doesn't
require command line arguments, but the product code and version have to
be changed, the upgrade code has to stay the same, and the Upgrade table
has to be authored appropriately.
-Brian Simoneau
-----Original Message-----
From: Rory Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 1:39 PM
To: Brian Simoneau; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Making upgrades work without the
msiexec command lines?
I used to have a Visual Studio Setup project a number of years
ago, VS.Net, that I was able to build the MSI's for that didn't require
an uninstall to install a more recent version of the MSI by double
clicking on the generated MSI.
Thanks!
Rory
________________________________
From: Brian Simoneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:51 AM
To: Rory Clark; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Making upgrades work without the
msiexec command lines?
I think this is wishful thinking. A minor upgrade is going to
require command line parameters for msiexec.
-Brian Simoneau
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rory Clark
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:18 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Making upgrades work without the
msiexec command lines?
I have a wxs script to build an MSI with a product node
that looks something like this:
<Product Name="Some App"
Id="C1226E59-7817-4A47-BAEF-2DF94362872F"
UpgradeCode="ADD87970-F3CC-40f3-9454-28871A017FEC"
Version="2.0.0"
Manufacturer="InfoSpace, Inc."
Language="1033">
<Package
Id="????????-????-????-????-????????????"
Comments="Installs Some App on the
target machine."
Description="Description of Some App"
Manufacturer="InfoSpace, Inc."
InstallerVersion="200"
Languages="1033"
Compressed="yes" />
If I previously installed version 2.0.0 on the box and
then change the version number to 2.0.1 and then double click on the
MSI, I get the "please uninstall the old version first" message.
Is there a way to make it so I don't have to run
msiexec.exe with the command line switches to do an upgrade?
I tried varying the UpgradeCode, and that didn't work
and that the same message.
If I varied the Id in Product, I would get two entries
in Add/Remove programs rather than one and the later one lays down files
over the earlier.
Any thoughts on this? Is it wishful thinking?
Thanks!
Rory
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