That was the problem. Thanks.! On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Ian Elliott (Excell Data Corporation) < a-iae...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Check your UpgradeCode and Upgrade ID= and make sure they are correct. The > Upgrade ID= should be the UpgradeCode of the product you wish to upgrade. > Often times the UpgradeCode in the new package is also set to the same > value. It basically describes a family of products. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:06 PM > To: wix-users > Subject: [WiX-users] Problem during upgrade > > Ok, I have two products being installed, each with their own .msi package. > > Each product is versioned, and is updated via a major update, which means > removal of old and install of new. > > I got this working perfectly on one of my projects, and copied the xml > elements to my other .wxs file. > > Unfortunately, in the second case it does not work. When I test, say, v > 1.0.2 and then upgrade to 1.0.3, BOTH are installed. No "upgrade" happens, > they just get installed in the same place. > > Worse, if I install 1.0.3 and then try to install 1.0.2, that works as > well. > > In the first wxs I worked on, I got it so that upgrading from an old > version > to a new version removed the old version, and trying to downgrade would > give > you an error. > > I copied the xml chunks to the new .msi file, but they don't work. > > I'm trying to go through the log file from msiexec, but there is a ton of > stuff here and I don't know what to even look for. > > The relevant parts are: > > > <Product Id="*" > Name="My Other Package" > Language="1033" > Version="$(var.Version)" > UpgradeCode="BCC1E0A5-5BB3-42d4-A468-BA3FED552A65" > Manufacturer="My Software Corp."> > > <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> > > <Upgrade Id="358F169A-F1E8-46a2-A556-9C37FC712F2B"> > <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="no" Property="PATCHFOUND" > Minimum="1.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" Maximum="$(var.Version)" > IncludeMaximum="no"/> > <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="yes" Property="NEWERFOUND" > Minimum="$(var.Version)" IncludeMinimum="yes"/> > </Upgrade> > > <CustomAction Id="AlreadyUpdated" Error="[ProductName] is already > installed."/> > <CustomAction Id="NoDowngrade" Error="A later version of [ProductName] > is already installed."/> > > <....> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="NoDowngrade" > After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWERFOUND</Custom> > <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallFinalize"/> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > > Am I doing something obviously wrong? Or is there something I can look for > in the log file to help point me in the right direction? > > -- > Regards, > cf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
