I have a similar scenario and my workaround is to allow same version upgrades. This means 3.0.1.14900 will upgrade 3.0.1.14500 (but it also means 3.0.1.14500 will upgrade 3.0.1.14900 which might be undesirable).
In WiX 3.5 you can do this by setting MajorUpgrade/@AllowSameVersionUpgrades - otherwise just set the appropriate fields in the Upgrade table. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Sanjay Rao [mailto:s...@noida.interrasystems.com] Sent: 14 January 2011 21:33 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Wix upgrade process does not consider 4th part of the version string Hi, I have an installer having 4-part version strings. Our installer stops installation if a newer version is already installed on the system. We often have alpha/beta releases of our product in which we do not change first 3 parts of the product. Suppose we have two releases of our product : Release1 : 3.0.1.14500(Alpha) Release2 : 3.0.1.14900(Beta) Our users are able to install alpha release even if beta is already present on their systems. I went through this article http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/major_upgrade.htm see the paragraph having text "Windows Installer only uses the first 3 parts of the............" Is there any way in Wix to take care of 4th part of version string in upgrade process ? OR Do I need to dive into clumsy custom action thing to take care this ? Regards, Sanjay Rao -- Sanjay Rao Digital Media Group, Interra Systems s...@interrasystems.com Phone: +1-408-873-1212 http://www.interrasystems.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
