The fomatting is messed up but notice that Upgrade table is listed in this section of that documentation:
The following installer tables cannot occur in a standard merge module. BBControl <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367818(v=VS.85).aspx> Billboard <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367823(v=VS.85).aspx> CCPSearch <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367846(v=VS.85).aspx> Error <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368554(v=VS.85).aspx> Feature <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368585(v=VS.85).aspx>LaunchCondition table <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369752(v=VS.85).aspx>Media<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369801(v=VS.85).aspx> Patch <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370737(v=VS.85).aspx> Upgrade <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372379(v=VS.85).aspx> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Christopher Painter < chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote: > I read this article from MSDN and it doesn't make any reference to Upgrade > not being allowed in a Merge Module. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369823(VS.85).aspx > > > 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 > > > --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Christopher Painter < > chr...@deploymentengineering.com> wrote: > > > From: Christopher Painter <chr...@deploymentengineering.com> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ComponentSearch and * > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." < > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:00 AM > > Speaking of using the Upgrade table > > to do detect only searches, is there a reason why WiX > > won't allow me to author this in a merge module? > > > > We have merge modules maintained in ORCA that we are trying > > to convert to WiX and WiX won't allow it. I can't > > think of a reason why using the Upgrade table to do a search > > and property assignment would be problematic in a merge > > module. > > > > Chris > > > > 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 > > > > > > --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ComponentSearch and * > > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML > > toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 9:17 AM > > > Upgrade table would probably be > > > easier. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Alex Ivanoff < > alex.ivan...@shavlik.com>wrote: > > > > > > > I just realized that we may using the wrong > > approach. > > > > > > > > We have two installers: InstallerA and > > InstallerB. > > > InstallerB can only be > > > > installed if InstallerA is installed. So we are > > using > > > component search to > > > > find one of the components of InstallerA. 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