Hi, I need to implement minor upgrades - same ProductCode for my software releases.
The problem is that when it's a fresh new installation it's enough to double click the .msi (or msiexec /i <awesome-software.msi>). But, when it’s an upgrade, then I need to msiexec /i <awesome-software.msi> REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus only. I would like to handle upgrades with the same manner as a fresh new installation – simply double clicking the .msi. I was able to handle it before by having Major Upgrades, but then, came up a requirement that we must keep the same ProductCode across the releases (explanation why at the bottom). Well, I was thinking of having a bootstrapper (then an .exe instead of a .msi) to handle this logic, and shield the user from this problem. Seems like from WiX 3.6 on, the way to go is to create a bundle with Burn Engine. That’s OK. I’ll have a bundle with two MsiPackage pointing to the same awesome-software.msi, but one will have the properties REINSTALL=ALL and REINSTALLMODE=vomus set via children MsiProperty elements. Then, I need some sort of logic to handle which one will be triggered by the bootstrapper. I guess that I can use a ProductSearch to check if the ProductCode is already in place. Then, based on the variable set, for each MsiPackage I’ll have a InstallCondition. Am I going in the right direction? Is this is the way to go? Or should I think of .msp (and all the overhead of creating and managing them) or create a boostrapper myself, without WiX Burn? -> Motivation behind Major/Minor upgrade strategy: Before, we had Major Upgrades, therefore, every upgrade was in fact an uninstall/install. But then another product, awesome-bundle.exe, included awesome-software.msi within their bundle (built with WiX 3.6 Burn). If awesome-software.msi was upgraded in a stand-alone fashion (thus changing the ProductCode), then awesome-bundle.exe wasn’t able to remove it anymore, since the ProductCode changed and it had lost track of awesome-software.msi. So this means that Burn doesn’t support Major Upgrades on its packages? Kind Regards, Gustavo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
