Hello Nick, Replies below...
> You shouldn't ever need to change the UpgradeCode as long as it's all the same product. Windows Installer needs the UpgradeCode to stay the same so that it can detect older versions of itself during an upgrade, > should you ever set it up to do one. For example, the Upgrade element needs that same code in its Id attribute. So, if I have an older version of our software installed in a directory called xxx2010 and the newer version installed in xxx2011 and I put out an upgrade, will it know to upgrade the newer version? > You are correct to change the ProductCode (and version) for each major update. You should not change all of your component Ids for each update. See Rob Mensching's blog for info about components: > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/4/Windows-Installer-Components-In troduction > http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2003/10/4/Windows-Installer-Components-In troduction Thanks, I will read these. > Anyway, the component GUID identifies that component. Changing it would mean that you're referring to a different component. So, if the file is the same, or even if it's just a newer version of itself that would be > backward compatible with other parts of the system, you shouldn't change it. > More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367849 > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367849 > I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to DirectoryRefs and GUIDs. Are you putting one file per component? Or more than one per component? How have you got your directories being installed? Which > version of WiX are you using? I am using 3.6 in a Visual Studio 2010 project, but the original script was written in a text editor a couple of years ago. The way the project is set up is we have a few Features, but the main Feature has a lot of ComponentRefs. I create a Component for each Directory within the installation and it can contain from 0 to X files. So, it something like: <Fragment id=""> <Feature Id="f_Main" Title="xx" Description="xx" Level="1" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR" AllowAdvertise="no" InstallDefault="local"> <ComponentRef Id="InstallDir_Key" /> <ComponentRef Id="root_executables" /> <ComponentRef Id="sub_1" /> </Feature> <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR"> <Component Id="root_executables" Guid="6F334E6D-DCB7-11DC-AAEA-00059A3C7800"> <CreateFolder> <Permission WriteExtendedAttributes="yes" GenericAll="yes" User="Everyone" /> </CreateFolder> <File Id="xx_exe" Name="xx.exe" Source="..\root\xx.exe" DiskId="1" Vital="yes"> <Shortcut Id="xx" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" Name="xx" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR" Icon="xx" IconIndex="0" /> <Shortcut Id="xx" Directory="DesktopFolder" Name="xx" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR" Icon="xx" IconIndex="0" /> </File> <File Id="xx1_exe " Name="xx1.exe" Source="..\root\xx1.exe" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> <File Id="xx2_exe " Name="xx2.exe" Source="..\root\xx2.exe" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> <File Id="xx3_exe" Name="xx3.exe" Source="..\root\xx3.exe" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> <File Id="xx4_exe" Name="xx4.exe" Source="..\root\xx4.exe" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> </Component> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> And then all the Components for the subdirectories, etc. (in separate source files) <Fragment Id="frag_root_subdirectories"> <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR"> <Directory Id="sub1" Name="sub1"> </DirectoryRef> <DirectoryRef Id="sub1"> <Component Id="sub_1" Guid="6F334E70-DCB7-11DC-AAEA-00059A3C7800"> <File Id="xx_3da" Name="xx.3da" Source="..\root\ sub1 \xx.3da" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> <File Id="xx2_3da" Name="xx2.3da" Source="..\root\ sub1\xx2.3da" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> <File Id="xx3_3da" Name="xx3.3da" Source="..\root\ sub1\xx3.3da" DiskId="1" Vital="yes" /> </Component> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> Thanks for your help, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
