Do you have logic in your install that blocks if a newer version is found? You will need a new Upgrade entry to detect prior versions that have the new upgrade code, too. (The one you are calling CurUpgradeID.)
-----Original Message----- From: Colin Bleckner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 4:04 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Better way to handle upgrades? Hey Richard, This sounds exactly like what I want to do, but I think I'm not quite understanding things correctly. Here's what I'm trying to do now. I now have two upgrade IDs, UpgradeID is the original that I've been using and CurUpgradeID is one I just added. I also reset my InstallVersion to something reasonable: <?define UpgradeID = "901B62DA-92AD-4a90-8BF9-1EBEC88D1179" ?> <?define CurUpgradeID = "55E3C548-D483-44c9-AA18-FE3350518AF3" ?> <?define InstallVersion = "2.0.0" ?> I changed my Product's UpgradeCode UpgradeID to CurUpgradeID: <Product Name='$(var.ProdName)' Id='*' UpgradeCode='$(var.CurUpgradeID)' Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version='$(var.InstallVersion)' Manufacturer='$(var.Manufacturer)'> And I left the <Upgrade> block alone, so it still references the original UpgradeID. But when I try to run this new installer over a previous install I get an error message complaining that a newer version is already installed. I feel like your email was pretty explicit and yet I'm sure I'm messing something up. I also feel like I need to add another section to the Upgrade block to handle my new install code. Thanks for your help! Colin On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Colin Bleckner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Which means that what I'm doing isn't a great long term solution. Is > there > > another way to guarantee that my product will replace all of my previous > > ones without bumping the max version on every build? > > Product version comparisons use the first three fields of the > four-field version number, so 1.0.1.x will upgrade 1.0.0.x. > > So yes, switch your product code, leave your Upgrade table populated > with the product code for your previous builds so that those products > are removed when you install this product. > > Then pick a version number back to 1.0.0 and just increment the > smallest field on each build. > -- > "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download > > <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html<http://www.xmission.com/%7Elegalize/book/download/index.html> > > > > Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
