-----Original Message----- From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bak...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Multiple web-site installer
> I have a situation where I need to run the same installer more than once on a > web server. The situation is that I want to be able to install to a given > web site once for each customer we have on the same web server. As I get > more customers for a given product, I want to be able to re-run the original > installer and choose a new web site to deploy to. AFAIK, I can't re-run a > given msi. I am, however. trying to come up with a reasonable solution. > > The only work around I have come up with so far is to recreate the installer > for each customer with a different Product Id. This is working Ok, but, now, > as expected, I get multiple entries in the Add/Remove Programs list. In > addition, this seems like a lot of maintenance to me. You'll need to change more than just Product ID, I believe, to correctly follow component rules. The MSDN docs describe these rules. I would look into using transforms to accomplish this. Unfortunately, multiple installs of the same product on the same machine is somewhat of a maintenance headache. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Two more questions: 1) I have looked at the component rules, and do not think I have any problems. I am guessing there is a better place to ask about installing the same product more than once on the same box. Any suggestions on where to go to discuss msi issues? 2) When you say transforms, are you referring to XML transformations & XSLT? Thanks, Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
