On 5/9/07 4:49, "Bob Arnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Ridd wrote: >> How are Component GUIDs used by the installer during (say) a package >> upgrade, or at other times? Do *I* need to remember the GUIDs for all the >> Components I'm installing? >> > > If you generate GUIDs every time you build, you won't be able to do any > upgrades or patching, except for "full major upgrades." If you pay the > price and maintain GUIDs in your WiX authoring that's checked in, you > have all the history to do patching and minor upgrades.
Hi Bob, I think that's OK for us. We don't want to provide patch packages (.msp files) and some reading around suggests that you can't do small updates and minor upgrades by just double-clicking the new .msi file, so that's undesirable from our point of view as well. So I think all we want is the ability to do major upgrades, in which case we only need to record the Component GUIDs for shared Components. Cheers, Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
