There is some useful information here: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Parlee [mailto:list...@jesca.com] Sent: 04 January 2009 06:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Questions about Wix's own wxs files Can you please give me some insight as to why do you use major upgrades for every release? Thanks, Ryan Parlee -----Original Message----- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 4:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Questions about Wix's own wxs files Ryan Parlee wrote: > ## Question 1 ###: Why is Wix using a new ProductCode for every build of the > installer? > Because we use major upgrades for every release. > ### Question 2 ###: Why should WixUI_Advanced be replaced by extension > authoring? Should I favor extension authoring over some other means of > providing a UI? > The goal was to provide a UI extension to make it easier to use WixUI_Advanced, with a line or two of XML instead of a dozen properties and variables. That hasn't happened yet. > ### Question 3 ###: Why does APPLICATIONFOLDER not live in > ProgramFilesFolder? APPLICATIONFOLDER is used in WixUI_Advanced to support per-user installs (which the WiX installer doesn't support). WixUI_Advanced sets APPLICATIONFOLDER. > If not using Program Files why include them? > They're used for the MSBuild tasks and targets. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- -- _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
