Hi
I am trying to create an installer for a .NET product. I have made a
bootstrapper using votive and the msbuild bootstrap generator. I also want the
bootstrapper to detect previously installed versions of my program to call my
msi with REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus to enable minor upgrades. After a
day of googling I thought I found the answer. Using msistuff.exe with the
option /o INSTALLUPD to modify my setup.exe seemed like a solution but the
problem remains.
My code for the bootstrapper is as follows:
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperFile Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0">
<ProductName>Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0</ProductName>
</BootstrapperFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="Bootstrapper"
Inputs="$(OutDir)$(TargetFileName)"
Outputs="$(OutDir)\Setup.exe"
Condition=" '$(OutputType)'=='package' ">
<GenerateBootstrapper ApplicationName="Bootstrapper for MultiAccess
Setup"
ApplicationFile="$(TargetFileName)"
BootstrapperItems="@(BootstrapperFile)"
ComponentsLocation="Relative"
CopyComponents="true"
OutputPath="$(OutputPath)"
Culture="en-US" />
</Target>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.0\Wix.targets" />
<PropertyGroup>
<BuildDependsOn>$(BuildDependsOn);Bootstrapper</BuildDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
After building the bootstrapper, running the command msistuff setup.exe gives
the output No RT_INSTALL_PROPERTY resources were found.
Then I run the command msistuff setup.exe" /o INSTALLUPD which gives the output
Setting 'OPERATION' to 'INSTALLUPD' . . .
Running msistuff setup.exe again now gives the output OPERATION = INSTALLUPD
1 RT_INSTALL_PROPERTY resource was found.
First I do a new installation of my program. No problems.
I then builds a msi with a higher product version and tries to run it to
simulate a minor upgrade.
Upgradecode and productId remains the same. PackageId is auto generated (left
out of the WiX-code).
The bootstrapper end with an error message referring to a log file. The content
of the log file is as follows:
The following properties have been set:
Property: [AdminUser] = true {boolean}
Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = Intel {string}
Property: [VersionNT] = 5.1.2 {version}
Running checks for package '.NET Framework 2.0', phase BuildList
Running external check with command line
"C:\DOCUME~1\PETER~1.BJO\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSDC1A.tmp\dotnetfx\dotnetchk.exe"
Process exited with code 1
Setting value '1 {int}' for property 'DotNetInstalled'
Reading value 'Version' of registry key 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer'
Read string value '7.0.5730.13'
Setting value '7.0.5730.13 {string}' for property 'IEVersion'
The following properties have been set for package '.NET Framework 2.0':
Property: [DotNetInstalled] = 1 {int}
Property: [IEVersion] = 7.0.5730.13 {string}
Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\instmsia.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'VersionNT': true
Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\instmsia.exe' is 'Bypass'
Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'Version9x': false
Result of running operator 'VersionLessThan' on property 'VersionNT' and value
'5.0.3': false
Result of running operator 'VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo' on property
'VersionMsi' and value '3.0': true
Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' is
'Bypass'
Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe'
Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'DotNetInstalled' and
value '0': true
Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe' is 'Bypass'
'.NET Framework 2.0' RunCheck result: No Install Needed
Launching Application.
Using MsiInstallProduct with package path 'C:\Documents and
Settings\peter.bjorkman\Desktop\MaSetup\sw\bin\Swe\msi.msi' and command line ''
MsiInstallProduct returned '1638'
Error:
The error code 1638 is the "Another version of this product is already
installed"-error. Reading the logfile it looks like my msi is called without
command line arguments.
For me it seems like modifying my setup.exe with msistuff.exe is not possible.
Doesn't the bootstrapper I generate contain the resources msistuff modifies?
How can I achieve my goal of having a bootstrapper and being able to do minor
upgrades?
Best regards
Peter Björkman
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