Thanks for the info. I think the easiest route is going to be to create multiple msi's as needed. This way there won't be any jumping through hoops and there shouldn't be any concerns when it comes to upgrading the installation of a particular brand's website files.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > Read up on instance transforms first... If I remember correctly, you need > to know ahead of time how many instance transforms you are going to support. > That requirement sort of makes instance transforms useless in my opinion. > > On the other hand, perhaps you can use regular transforms to change > information in the base MSI package (things such as PackageCode(?), > ProductCode, UpgradeCode, and perhaps ProductVersion as well as your virtual > directory). The only issue with this approach is that generating regular > transforms is not easy. WiX provides torch.exe to generate transforms but it > requires the base MSI package and the end result MSI package... You could > probably build a tool that can use a DSL of some kind (XML?) that specifies > the changes that should exist in a regular transform and generate directly > from it. I don't think that tool exists today. > > This is not the first time I've heard of a requirement like this but I > don't have a good solution yet. > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Digital Channels > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:32 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Issue with MajorUpdate Element > > > > Thanks, our ideal result is to give the installer to our production > support > > team, who will run the single msi however many times is needed and each > > time specify a different brand (virtual directory). This is sounding like > the > > instance transforms is what will be needed; otherwise, there is the > potential > > to have to create 1..N msi's for brands and maintaining the various > associated > > UpgradeCodes so way. > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:19 PM, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes you are probably correct depending on exactly how you are > > > supporting multiple brands. > > > > > > If you want 2 identical products but the installation branded with > > > different logos and installed to a different location, your best bet > > > is to make multiple msis (you can do this from a shared codebase to > > > simplify development), we have done this here with editions of > > > software (full featured or cut down etc). We tend to have one > > > installation package these days and support editions with licensing in > > > the application. > > > > > > If you wish to install multiple websites on the same machine you are > > > either looking at instance transforms (never done this myself but > > > there have been threads on this list) or you could also have a base > > > MSI that does the actual grunt work of installing the application then > > > do multiple sets of configuration either as small msis or outside of > > > MSI altogether as a configuration step. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: CoolBreeze [mailto:coolbreeze...@googlemail.com] > > > Sent: 23 June 2011 17:06 > > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Issue with MajorUpdate Element > > > > > > Edwin as you described this is the behavior that is occurring as the > > > ProductCode is different, but the ProductVersion and UpgradeCode are > > > the same. > > > > > > Are my only options to accomplish what I want to: > > > > > > 1. Create a new MSI with a different ProductCode and UpgradeCode for > > > each Brand. > > > 2. Configure my installer to support Multiple Instance installs. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) < > > > edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > As I understand from the Wix docs that when the MajorUpdate > > > > > element is used with the attribute AllowSameVersionUpgrades="no" > > > > > that I should be able to run my installer a second time and the > > > > > new installation would > > > be > > > > > treated by MSI as a new product independent from the previous one. > > > > > I'm not finding this to be the case though. > > > > > > > > This is *not* how I understand the meaning of the > > > > AllowSameVersionUpgrades="no". Windows Installer does not use the > > > > Upgrade table to determine what constitutes an independent product. > > > > That is > > > driven > > > > by ProductCode, ProductVersion, and UpgradeCode. The Upgrade table > > > provides > > > > a mechanism for finding/detecting earlier installations and > > > > automatically removing them as part of the current install. The > > > > value of AllowSameVersionUpgrades will only affect whether a related > > > > product > > > (equal > > > > UpgradeCode but different ProductCode) will be detected if it has > > > > the > > > same > > > > ProductVersion as the product getting installed. > > > > > > > > Assume you install PackageA with some ProductCode, ProductVersion > > > > and UpgradeCode. > > > > > > > > Installing PackageB with a different ProductCode than PackageA and > > > > the same ProductVersion and UpgradeCode as PackageA will not result > > > > in PackageA's installation getting selected for removal. In my > > > > experience > > > this > > > > results in multiple entries in ARP (they are different products > > > > after > > > all) > > > > but might end up clobbering each other's resources (which is very > > > > bad). I would recommend that you avoid releasing different related > > > > products > > > (equal > > > > UpgradeCode but different ProductCode) with the same ProductVersion. > > > > > > > > If you install PackageA once. And then attempt to install it again, > > > > then > > > my > > > > experience is that Windows Installer will treat that as a repair > > > situation. > > > > This is the behavior I would expect since it is the same product > > > > (same UpgradeCode, ProductCode, and ProductVersion... and if it > > > > really is the > > > same > > > > package, then same PackageCode). > > > > > > > > Edwin G. 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