Hi, What is there for your component causing issues in Attribute column in Component table . (You can use ORCA to see the table content in MSI)
The below link may help. http://msdn.microsoft.com/hi-in/library/aa368007(en-us,VS.85).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/hi-in/library/aa368007%28en-us,VS.85%29.aspx> Ranganatha On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Don Pratt <don.pr...@cox.net> wrote: > Thanks Blair and Phil. > > We sequence RemoveExistingProducts before InstallInitialize, but do not > use Side-by-Side or GAC. > > I'm pretty sure we're doing major upgrade correctly. We keep the > UpgradeCode constant and put in a new ProductCode for each new version. > We let WiX auto-gen the PackageCode. > > One thing I should have mentioned to start with is that this isn't the > first major upgrade we've done for this product. Upgrade from v11.2.0 > to 11.2.1 works fine. Upgrade from 11.2.x to 11.2.2 (the current > release) ends up dropping this one file. > > Thanks again for the help. I know trying to troubleshoot remotely can > be tricky. If there are other pieces of the log file or our WiX source > that would be helpful, just let me know. > > Don > > Blair wrote: > > Normally if the component was already installed the "Installed:" part of > the > > spew would read Local, not Absent. > > > > Does your component use either Side-by-Side or GAC? There are known > issues > > with upgrades when RemoveExistingProducts is sequenced "too early" for > > Windows Installer's interface to those technologies (fusion). > > > > You are sure this is a major upgrade. The ProductCodes are different > between > > the two packages, correct? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:18 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Understanding component states > > > > I read that to mean that the component is already installed and doesn't > need > > updating from your new setup, perhaps because the versions are identical. > > Your RemoveExistingProducts is probably sequenced to run at the end of > your > > install, so it's applying update rules. In some cases you might see a > > message something like "{guid} will not be installed because the same or > a > > higher-versioned keyfile is already installed", the same situation. > > > > Phil Wilson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Don Pratt [mailto:don.pr...@cox.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:35 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] Understanding component states > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having trouble understanding why one component is failing to get > > installed. I'm doing a major upgrade, and this component exists in both > > the old and new versions of my package. If I manually uninstall the old > > version and then do a normal install of the new version, the problem > > component does get installed. > > > > Looking in an MSI log, during the InstallValidate action I see: > > MSI (s) (C4:94) [15:51:13:079]: Component: SPCControls_dll; Installed: > > Absent; Request: Local; Action: Null > > > > I have a relatively simple installer with a single feature that contains > > everything. This component doesn't have any conditions. I dark'ed this > > MSI and our previous MSI (which handles a major upgrade just fine) and > > they both show identical markup for the component in question. None of > > the other components seem to have problems. > > > > What else should I look for to understand why the action for this > > component is getting set to 'Null'? > > > > Thanks, > > Don Pratt > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus > > on > > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > > trial. 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