On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Rob Mensching <rob.mensch...@microsoft.com > wrote:
> 0. ARP shows you the version of the product installed and the directory > name provides a quick glimpse of the version since opening the MSI can take > more time. What is ARP? (I'm sure you don't mean Address Resolution Protocol...) > 1. WiX does support you naming your MSI whatever you want. You may just > have to do more work on your end if it isn't something that is commonly > needed. > well, what would be perfect would be variable substitution for the filename, so I can pass something on the command line to change the final file name. Is that possible? If so, how? Thanks, Colin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 09:39 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting the version from the Assembly file > > Let's take the release of Wix 3 as an example. I'm actually the first in my > company to start using it. I want to make sure that everyone is on the same > version. > > But if the msi file is called "wix3.msi" - how do they know whether or not > that is the version they need to install? > > Regardless - the way our software has been released for over 2 years now is > by .msi files uploaded to our website, each with a version number in it. > Other platforms use version numbers in package names to make things less > confusing to users. > > Is there some reason wix doesn't support this? I can't see what problem > there would be, particularly considering the liberal use of GUIDs for > tracking things. > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Rob Mensching > <rob.mensch...@microsoft.com>wrote: > > > And no, it isn't common (in my experience). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 09:26 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Getting the version from the Assembly file > > > > Colin Fox wrote: > > > I'm not sure why you say that this is rare or dangerous. > > > > > > > Because MSI doesn't support changing the .msi package name except by > > major upgrade. > > > > -- > > sig://boB > > http://joyofsetup.com/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
