Error 1638 isn't related to anything you do internally by denying certain installs for your own internal reasons. It's returned when the install cannot even proceed because you're trying to install a package with the same ProductCode (or PackageCode) as one that's already installed, but with a different version (and in non maintenance mode).
Phil -----Original Message----- From: Carl Tietjen [mailto:ctiet...@netiq.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:27 AM To: WiX Users Subject: [WiX-users] MSI install returning error 1603 when it should return 1638 Hi All, I have setup my MSI so that it detects when a newer (higher version) is installed. This works fine from a human interface point of view (i.e. I get a message saying that a later version is already installed). However when another product tries to install my MSI they are expecting to get the 1638 MSI error (ERROR_PRODUCT_VERSION), but instead we are seeing the 1603 MSI error (ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE). Can anyone help? FYI -- Here are snippets of my wxs file with the relevant info: <Upgrade Id="{2DE4B44F-6886-4b1e-BF91-BD0236D428D9}"> <UpgradeVersion Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED" Minimum="2.7.0.0" Maximum="!(bind.FileVersion.ccsw32.dll)" IncludeMinimum="yes" IncludeMaximum="yes" OnlyDetect="no"/> <UpgradeVersion Property="NEWERVERSIONDETECTED" Minimum="!(bind.FileVersion.ccsw32.dll)" IncludeMinimum="no" OnlyDetect="yes"/> </Upgrade> <Condition Message="A later version of [ProductName] is already installed. Setup will now exit."> NOT NEWERVERSIONDETECTED OR Installed </Condition> ___________ I am seeing in the log file that NEWERVERSIONDETECTED property is added. Thanks in advance for any help. Carl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
