Perfect! That's exactly what I was looking for but couldn't find. Thanks for the link Blair. :-)
Craig On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Blair <os...@live.com> wrote: > With regards to files that don't have Version resources (since WiX's binder > by default does populate the file hash for files that don't contain version > resources) the following pages are of use to help you understand what is > expected. > > The default behavior for your case is described on this page: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa370532.aspx > > REINSTALLMODE is described here: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa371182.aspx > > The default value for REINSTALLMODE is documented as "omus". > > Additional information about file replacement rules (versioning) covering > additional cases is found in the same area of the MSDN library. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miller, Craig [mailto:craig.mil...@spatialminds.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:55 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Component Level Versioning? > > Thanks Peter and Pally for the replies. > > I don't make a lot of installers, but I did read and follow the > component rules very carefully when I created the original installer. > What I'm unclear on is if I have the same component snippet in two MSI > files (same GUID), but one snippet contains a newer version of the > underlying file, how does the windows installer know that the newer > version is in fact a newer version? > > E.g. > Version 1 created in 2008 and Version 2 created in 2010 are identical > except the "Source" attribute of the "File" element points to an > updated version of the file "..\USGS > Topographic\250k\NY\c43078a1.tif". Since components don't appear to > have any version info, if I run the version 2 installer, followed by > the version 1 installer, what prevents the old file from overwriting > the newer file? > > <Component Id='c43078a1.tif' Guid='784351B6-50BC-43B3-B668-F5248B4A4B90'> > <File Id='c43078a1.tif' > Name='c43078a1.tif' DiskId='1' > KeyPath='yes' > Source='..\USGS Topographic\250k\NY\c43078a1.tif' /> > </Component> > > > Agreed, VMs are very helpful for this sort of thing. > > Craig > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- Craig Miller Geospatial Software Architect ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
