For the reason mentioned, we use the bootstrapper for handling the correct action on the fourth part of the version string. This is not too hard and you can show a 'Internal release', 'Alpha release' or 'Beta release' logo when installing as well :)
Albert van Peppen -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Verzonden: zondag 16 januari 2011 18:18 Aan: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Wix upgrade process does not consider 4th part of the version string Rob- The comment to not use MSI aside, it is pretty hard for me to justify to build engineers, software developers and product managers that yes they can build DLL's as 1.0.0.0 and 1.0.0.1 but that they can't build their MSI as 1.0.0.0 and 1.0.0.1 because MSI will see it as 1.0.0 and 1.0.0. I'm pretty much left saying "you are right, that is the tail wagging the dog. But that's the framework we use so deal." I'd appreciate your detailed thoughts on this. 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 ----- Original Message ---- From: Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sun, January 16, 2011 10:55:00 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix upgrade process does not consider 4th part of the version string Terrifying. You must be in some really controlled environments for that to work out well. <smile/> The Windows Installer (for whatever reason) chose to ignore the 4th version. It boggles my mind that "management" gets to decide a versioning scheme that won't work. You might as well pick a different installation technology that meets the requirement than the Windows Installer if something so fundamental as versioning is going to be ignored. The cognitive dissonance here kills me. <smile/> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com>wrote: > 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. 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