Onlydetect="yes" is not what you need to do in order to get an upgrade....................
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Joe Osman [mailto:joe.os...@taitradio.com] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 4:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade - still doesn't work Yes, the installer found the related product: MSI (c) (A0:08) [11:20:08:562]: Doing action: FindRelatedProducts MSI (c) (A0:08) [11:20:08:562]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: ActionText Action 11:20:08: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications Action start 11:20:08: FindRelatedProducts. FindRelatedProducts: Found application: {2779B856-ED76-470B-BD81-CD9FC9FA4ABC} MSI (c) (A0:08) [11:20:08:578]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding NEWERVERSIONDETECTED property. Its value is '{2779B856-ED76-470B-BD81-CD9FC9FA4ABC}'. Action ended 11:20:08: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1. On 3/08/2010 10:22 a.m., Christopher Painter wrote: > What does the log say? Does FindRelatedProducts find the product and set the > property? One common problem is a Major Upgrade can go from a Per-User to > Per-Machine install or the other way around. > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Joe Osman<joe.os...@taitradio.com> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 4:40:24 PM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade - still > doesn't work > > I followed your suggestions and scheduled the remove existing products > before InstalInitialize but it's still doesn't work. The old version > gets installed beside the new version and it doesn't remove it. When I > tried to schedule the product removal before CostInitialize I got a > compilation error. > > Here is the sample project: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Product Id="*" > Name="WixProject1 $(var.Version)" > Language="1033" > Version="$(var.Version)" > Manufacturer="WixProject1" > UpgradeCode="56e0b99a-fb15-45ac-ad83-9e2376e69744"> > <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /> > > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" /> > > <Upgrade Id="56e0b99a-fb15-45ac-ad83-9e2376e69744"> > <UpgradeVersion Minimum="$(var.Version)" > OnlyDetect="yes" > IncludeMinimum="no" > Property="NEWERVERSIONDETECTED" /> > <UpgradeVersion Minimum="0.0.0" > Maximum="$(var.Version)" > IncludeMinimum="yes" > IncludeMaximum="no" > Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED" /> > </Upgrade> > > <Feature Id="Feature1" Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR" > Description="Create new folder" Title="Create new folder"> > <ComponentRef Id="CreateNewFolder"/> > <ComponentRef Id ="File1"/> > </Feature> > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> > <Directory Id="DataBaseFolder"> > <Component Id="CreateNewFolder" > Guid="{4C1F68DD-11F4-4fc1-B494-DEBB52CEDA96}"> > <CreateFolder/> > </Component> > <Directory Id="INSTALLDIR"> > <Component Id="File1" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes" > Guid="3FC72951-D247-4959-9908-4308E77D0218"> > <File Id="temp.txt" Source=".\temp1.txt" /> > </Component> > </Directory> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <RemoveExistingProducts Before="InstallInitialize" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > </Product> > </Wix> > > > On 3/08/2010 1:09 a.m., Christopher Painter wrote: > >> When I worked at Continental Airlines I would always schedule >> RemoveExistingProducts prior to CostInitialize. I was pushing my packages >> > with > >> SMS as System so I wasn't concerned with elevation concerns. I wanted my >> installs to behave as close as possible to an uninstall / reinstall because >> > our > >> roll back strategy in case of application problems was to readvertise >> the package for the previous version. >> >> Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog >> Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves >> attention? E-Mail Me >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Rob Hamflett<r...@snsys.com> >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 7:03:37 AM >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade ? >> >> For years I used to have RemoveExistingProducts scheduled before >> CostInitialize, >> and then a few >> >> weeks ago msiexec started crashing on some customers machines. When I moved >> RemoveExistingProducts >> >> to after InstallInitialize everything started working again. >> >> Rob >> >> On 02/08/2010 11:56, Pally Sandher wrote: >> >> >>> You could achieve that by simply scheduling RemoveExistingProducts >>> before InstallInitialize -> >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371197(VS.85).aspx. "normal" >>> usage placement tends to be after InstallInitialize as the WiX >>> documentation suggests -> >>> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm but it also >>> mentions reviewing the placement options as above. >>> >>> Palbinder Sandher >>> Software Deployment& IT Administrator >>> T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 >>> F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 >>> >>> http://www.iesve.com >>> **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the<Virtual Environment>** >>> Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. >>> SC151456 >>> Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, >>> Glasgow G20 0SP >>> Email Disclaimer >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Rob Hamflett [mailto:r...@snsys.com] >>> Sent: 02 August 2010 08:52 >>> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Does WIX / MSI support product downgrade ? >>> >>> > Does Wix / MSI support product downgrade ? >>> >>> Sort of, but not fully. You can schedule RemoveExistingProducts after >>> InstallInitialize to remove the old version before installing the new >>> version. By this point though the costing has already happened so >>> Windows Installer has already decided what it thinks needs to be done >>> with the files, despite the fact that RemoveExistingProducts changes all >>> that. You can specify the REINSTALLMODE property to have the value >>> "amus" which will force the files from the installer you're running to >>> overwrite any existing ones. This is needed to make sure that files get >>> downgraded to the lower versions your older install will be carrying. >>> This is only safe though if you have no shared components. In this case >>> you'll need to uninstall the existing version via some other method >>> (i.e. >>> a bootstrapper) before installing the new/old one. >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------ >>> The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In >>> Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 >>> Million in cash or HP Products. 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