Sorry, caught the end of this thread. 1. You need to maintain Component/@Guids according to the Component Rules. It doesn't matter what tool you use to create the MSI. Once you ship, you must maintain the GUIDs appropriately.
2. ProductCodes and UpgradeCodes need to be updated following the Windows Installer rules for upgrades. Major upgrade? Change the ProductCode... etc. 3. Dark.exe can help get all of your authoring and it will preserve all the GUIDs for you. Technically speaking, you should be able to switch at any time and rebuild a functionally identical MSI file (although it may be a little smaller since WiX tries very hard to only add the things you need). -----Original Message----- From: Michael Owings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 18:01 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Moving from InstallShield 12 to wix I'm currently in the process of moving from an InstallShield 12 (which I loathe) project over to wix. I'd ideally like to be able to update the next version of this project via wix. I'm wondering if I use the the same product and component IDs if I'd be in good shape as far as an upgrading goes. Any gotchas I should be aware of? Thanx in advance -- m -- Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
