It depends on what you want to do with your version. If you just want to display it to the user you can put your version string in the Product/@Name attribute and put something else like 1.0.0 into the Version attribute.
If you try to work around the version numbering scheme, you might run into difficulties with Upgrades which require versions to be comparable. -----Original Message----- From: Sohail Somani [mailto:soh...@taggedtype.net] Sent: 27 August 2010 15:52 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Exceeding version limits Hi, I'm currently in the middle (or nearing the end, I hope) of porting an installer from the evil that shall not be named to WiX. Mostly, it's been pretty easy. However, one thing which is sticking out is the version number. The products being ported use the current year as the major version number and this means strings like "2011.foo.bar". Obviously, if I try to use such a version, I am greeted with CNDL0242. I did find a workaround at the following page: http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg38954.htm l But that seems like it is guaranteed to cause me problems. Is there a simpler way to exceed the limits without using VB script? Should I write to the registry manually? Thanks. -- Sohail Somani -- iBlog : http://uint32t.blogspot.com iTweet: http://twitter.com/somanisoftware iCode : http://bitbucket.org/cheez ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users </pre> <BR style="font-size:4px;"> <a href = "http://www.sdl.com";><img src="http://www.sdl.com/images/email logo_150dpi-01.png" alt="www.sdl.com" border="0"/></a> <BR> <font face="arial" size="2"><a href = "http://www.sdl.com"; style="color:005740; font-weight: bold">www.sdl.com</a></font> <BR> <BR> <font face="arial" size="1" color="#736F6E"> <b>SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved.</b> If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us.<BR> SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207.<BR> Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. </font> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
