> 1. When you launch a minor update with the msiexec options to enable the
> update, this would typically be done by the setup.exe wrapper. Now, I
> believe I read somewhere that you shouldn't use those options for the first
> install. Is this correct?
I've been using the Platform SDK setup.exe and msistuff.exe with good
results. The sources for setup.exe are located here:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Samples\SysMgmt\MSI\setup.exe
I have the following nant task to build an MSI with WiX and configure
setup.exe depending on if I'm building an installer for a minor vs.
major upgrade (which is set manually by a developer depending on
component changes in the product):
<target name="build.install" depends="set.vSvn, set.client.variables,
deploy" description="builds an installer with WiX">
<loadtasks
assembly="${wix.dir}/Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.NAntTasks.dll"
/>
<mkdir dir="${wix.work.dir}" verbose="${verbose}"/>
<delete file="${wix.work.dir}/DR.${client}.wixobj" />
<delete file="${build.dir.client}/${DR.msi}" />
<candle out="${wix.work.dir}/DR.${client}.wixobj"
extensions="WixIISExtension;WixNetFxExtension;WixUIExtension;WixUtilExtension"
exedir="${wix.dir}">
<defines>
<define name="DR.CLIENT" value="${client}" />
<define name="DR.CLIENT.LONG" value="${client.long}" />
<define name="DR.CLIENT.PRODUCTCODE" value="${client.productcode}" />
<define name="DR.VERSION" value="${vMajor}.${vMinor}.${vPatch}.${vSvn}" />
</defines>
<sources basedir="${install.dir}">
<include name="DR.wxs" />
</sources>
</candle>
<!-- locfile="${wix.dir}/WixUI_en-us.wxl"> -->
<light out="${build.dir.client}/${DR.msi}" cultures="en-us"
extensions="WixIISExtension;WixNetFxExtension;WixUIExtension;WixUtilExtension"
exedir="${wix.dir}">
<sources>
<include name="${wix.work.dir}/DR.${client}.wixobj" />
</sources>
</light>
<delete file="${build.dir.client}/DR.${client}.wixpdb" />
<property name="_setup.operation" value="INSTALLUPD"/>
<if test="${bool::parse(major.upgrade) == true}">
<property name="_setup.operation" value="INSTALL"/>
</if>
<exec program="${msistuff.exe}" basedir="${msi.tools.dir}"
workingdir="${build.dir.client}" verbose="${verbose}">
<arg value="setup.exe"/>
<arg value="/d"/>
<arg value="${DR.msi}"/>
<arg value="/n"/>
<arg value="DR ${vMajor}.${vMinor}.${vPatch}.${vSvn} ${client}"/>
<arg value="/o"/>
<arg value="${_setup.operation}"/> <!-- INSTALL or INSTALLUPD -->
<arg value="/v"/>
<arg value="200"/>
<arg value="/w"/>
<arg value="InstMsiW.exe"/>
</exec>
</target>
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