Check the archives for more information, I asked a similar question sometime last year. I can't find the exact thread, but ended up being convinced to make the change. I did however find a list of pointers from Rob around localization - changing the PackageCode was important enough to be item 0 ;)
> 0. *Every* MSI should have a different PackageCode. Even two builds of > the same MSI. Sascha On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Pratapa Reddy Sanaga <pratap.san...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I was going through an example for localization and came across this MSDN > page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372369. It says that we must > change the productCode for every localized package. Is this a necessary > condition or just a good practice? I'm planning to create MSIs for different > languages, create transforms with english as base package, embed these > transforms into the base package and have a bootstrapper that would apply > the right transform and install the package. So, for this scenario, do I > need to create different ProductCodes for different language MSIs? > > If I have the same product code for all the language MSIs and tomorrow if I > find a localization bug in one language, will there be any implications in > this servicing process because of the same productCode used in the first > place? > > Thanks, > Pratap. > > -- > Vote for loksatta = vote for a better future > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
