I've followed the instructions in WiX.chm to the T, and also used the code from the tutorial (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php#4.1) - using this code here (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/download.php?file=samples/sampleupgrade.zip&type=application/zip). I cannot for the life of me get WiX to build MSIs that prevent downgrading, so I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
My own files look like this: First version (3.0.1, version code 3.0.101) <code> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Name="MyProduct 3.0.1 (windows)" Language="1033" Version="3.0.101" Manufacturer="MyCompany" UpgradeCode="9A7F3EA0-634B-3751-8FE3-0CBB95B43196"> <Package Description="An installer for Myproduct" Comments="Test only, does not work" Manufacturer="MyCompany" InstallerVersion="300" Platform="x86" Compressed="yes" /> <Condition Message="A later version of this product is already installed. Setup will now exit. If you were intentionally trying to do this, please uninstall the older version manually first.">NOT PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE</Condition> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="data.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Component Id="RegistryComponent" Guid="970094A6-FF5D-3C39-9E8E-DC1524831863" Win64="no" Permanent="yes"> <RegistryKey Action="create" Key="Software\MyCompany\MyProduct" Root="HKLM"> <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="InstallDir" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" /> </RegistryKey> </Component> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles"> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="MyProduct" FileSource="C:\MyProduct\"> <Component Id="Component1" Guid="4FF8421C-80B0-33E4-96B3-E9C7C883045F" Win64="no"> <File Id="File1" Name="sample.file" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" /> </Component> ... hierarchy continues ... </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="MyProductMainFeature" Title="MyProduct" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="Component1" /> <ComponentRef Id="RegistryComponent" /> .. more components ... </Feature> <Upgrade Id="9A7F3EA0-634B-3751-8FE3-0CBB95B43196"> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" IncludeMaximum="no" Maximum="3.0.101" Property="PRODUCT_UPGRADE" /> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="3.0.101" IncludeMinimum="no" Property="PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE" /> </Upgrade> <CustomAction Id="PreventDowngrade" Error="A more recent version than [ProductName] is already installed. If you are intentionally installing an older version, please remove the more recent one first." /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="PreventDowngrade" After="FindRelatedProducts">PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE</Custom> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> <InstallUISequence> <Custom Action="PreventDowngrade" After="FindRelatedProducts">PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE</Custom> <LaunchConditions After="AppSearch" /> </InstallUISequence> <Property Id="INSTALLDIR"> <RegistrySearch Id="RegistrySearch01" Type="raw" Root="HKLM" Win64="no" Key="Software\MyCompany\MyProduct" Name="InstallDir" /> </Property> <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" /> <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="C:\MyProduct\License.rtf" /> <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" /> <Icon Id="iconfile" SourceFile="C:\MyProduct\resources\images\myproduct_windows_all.ico" /> <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="iconfile" /> </Product> </Wix> </code> Second version (3.0.2, version code 3.0.201) <code> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="*" Name="MyProduct 3.0.2 (windows)" Language="1033" Version="3.0.201" Manufacturer="MyCompany" UpgradeCode="6F683F09-2B91-3DD8-A30D-8A7A64073199"> <Package Description="An installer for Myproduct" Comments="Test only, does not work" Manufacturer="MyCompany" InstallerVersion="300" Platform="x86" Compressed="yes" /> <Condition Message="A later version of this product is already installed. Setup will now exit. If you were intentionally trying to do this, please uninstall the older version manually first.">NOT PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE</Condition> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="data.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Component Id="RegistryComponent" Guid="F4F37A98-791F-3BAC-B5AA-51B328155601" Win64="no" Permanent="yes"> <RegistryKey Action="create" Key="Software\MyCompany\MyProduct" Root="HKLM"> <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="InstallDir" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" /> </RegistryKey> </Component> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles"> <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="MyProduct" FileSource="C:\MyProduct\"> <Component Id="Component1" Guid="380CDBB7-FB3E-38F2-944E-700902491D5E" Win64="no"> <File Id="File1" Name="sample.file" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" /> </Component> ... hierarchy continues ... </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> <Feature Id="MyProductMainFeature" Title="MyProduct" Level="1"> <ComponentRef Id="Component1" /> <ComponentRef Id="RegistryComponent" /> .. more components ... </Feature> <Upgrade Id="6F683F09-2B91-3DD8-A30D-8A7A64073199"> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" IncludeMaximum="no" Maximum="3.0.201" Property="PRODUCT_UPGRADE" /> <UpgradeVersion Minimum="3.0.201" IncludeMinimum="no" Property="PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE" /> </Upgrade> <CustomAction Id="PreventDowngrade" Error="A more recent version than [ProductName] is already installed. If you are intentionally installing an older version, please remove the more recent one first." /> <InstallExecuteSequence> <Custom Action="PreventDowngrade" After="FindRelatedProducts">PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE</Custom> <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize" /> </InstallExecuteSequence> <InstallUISequence> <Custom Action="PreventDowngrade" After="FindRelatedProducts">PRODUCT_DOWNGRADE</Custom> <LaunchConditions After="AppSearch" /> </InstallUISequence> <Property Id="INSTALLDIR"> <RegistrySearch Id="RegistrySearch01" Type="raw" Root="HKLM" Win64="no" Key="Software\MyCompany\MyProduct" Name="InstallDir" /> </Property> <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLDIR" /> <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="C:\MyProduct\License.rtf" /> <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir" /> <Icon Id="iconfile" SourceFile="C:\MyProduct\resources\images\myproduct_windows_all.ico" /> <Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="iconfile" /> </Product> </Wix> </code> I'm so sure that I've done everything according to the tutorials, but no matter what I try, the first msi happily installs itself over the second, even though the second is of higher version number than the first. I end up with both versions in the add remove programs menu. I've tried both my own files here and the tutorial files I mentioned at the top of the post, I've tried installing them on both vista and XP, same behaviour. The only common factor i can think of is the set of commands I'm using something to build the wixobj and msi files - maybe they're somehow munching the upgrade behaviour. Here they are (slightly edited, but to give a general idea): "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\candle.exe" -v C:\Users\Me\<name of file>.wxs -o C:\Users\Me "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\light.exe" -ext "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Installer XML v3\bin\WixUIExtension.dll" -cultures:en-us C:\Users\Me\<name of file>.wixobj -o C:\Users\Alex\<name of msi>.msi Any help would be greatly appreciated. Any further information required to help me resolve this I'll gladly give. Thanks in advance, frag -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Major-Upgrade-Cannot-get-preventing-downgrades-to-work-tp5096599p5096599.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
