Bob, You mentioned in your original mail that you were trying a major upgrade. A major upgrade does not use the REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE parameters.
The tutorial is actually correct when it says to change the package GUID for major upgrade. You should assign a package GUID for every new msi that is generated. If you have two msi packages and they are not absolutely identical then each needs a different GUID. Ian -----Original Message----- From: Bob Lim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:20 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade MSI but just one entry in the "Add and remove programs" Hi Sébastien, Thanks for your reply. I was misled by this tutorial : http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php which ask me to change the package GUID as well for major upgrade. And the "REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus" which I used as stated in the tutorial, should be "REINSTALL=MyFeature REINSTALLMODE=omus" for my small upgrade. Thanks again! Hope you have a nice day! Best regards, Bob Lim --- On Thu, 30/10/08, Sébastien Mouren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Sébastien Mouren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Upgrade MSI but just one entry in the "Add and > remove programs" > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "General discussion for Windows Installer XML > toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Thursday, 30 October, 2008, 4:50 PM > 2008/10/30 Bob Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Dear guys, > > > > How to achieve an upgrade MSI which only has one entry > in the "Add and remove programs"? Right now, when > I do a major upgrade, it adds a new program entry in the > "Add and remove programs". When I do a minor > upgrade, I need the old MSI at the same location of the > upgrade MSI to do it. > > > > Any ideas on how to do upgrades but at the end of the > day, there is only one and same entry in the "Add and > remove programs", instead of several new ones? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > rgrds, > > Bob Lim > > Read these Windows Installer MSDN pages for background: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370579(VS.85).aspx > > The envisaged behavior is: > -a major upgrade, excluding a specially authored > side-by-side setup, > removes the old package from the computer and install the > new version; > in the end you have one entry in the ARP(Add/Remove > Programs) > -a minor upgrade updates your old setup information with > new resources > in identical or new components; it only updates the current > entry in > the ARP > > If you have another behavior you missed something in the > Windows > Installer philosophy. New Email names for you! Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. Hurry before someone else does! http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/sg/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
