Yes, correct. Phil Wilson
-----Original Message----- From: Sohail Somani [mailto:soh...@taggedtype.net] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:38 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UpgradeGUID question On 10-08-19 1:10 PM, Wilson, Phil wrote: > ....and it might help to look at it in terms of a product line. Using two > products as an example: > > Prod1 v1.0 => Prod1 v2.0 => Prod1 => v3.0 > > And > > Prod2 v10.0 => Prod2 v11.0 => Prod2 => v12.0 > > Each of these is a product line where each new version is intended to replace > any already-installed pre-existing versions. Prod1 and Prod2 would each have > their own unique UpgradeId for the life of the product although each version > would have a new ProductCode. The point is that Windows makes it easy to do > the upgrades because all you do is use the Upgrade table to say which > previous versions you want to upgrade. You get the uninstall/upgrade for free > with RemoveExistingProducts. > > Phil Wilson A corollary is if you want to install major versions side-by-side, you should use a different UpgradeCode for each major version, correct? -- Sohail Somani -- iBlog : http://uint32t.blogspot.com iTweet: http://twitter.com/somanisoftware iCode : http://bitbucket.org/cheez ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
