I'm starting out with the wix installer and got a setup project working. The msi works in such a way that it uninstall a previous version if present and then installs the new version.
Now, when trying to creating a managed bootstrapper application to customize the installer experience I'm having a hard time understaning how everything works together. From this blog post: http://bryanpjohnston.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/ I successfully set up a managed bootstrapper application and it works ok but for starters I have a question (there will be more for sure ;-) - When the bundle is installed it shows up in the "Uninstall programs and features" list. The problem is that if I rebuild the solution so that a new bundle installer is created it's installed side by side with the first installation. Even if I don't change upgradecode or version of the bundle between builds. I would like the previous installation to be automatically uninstalled and then the new bundle to be installed. How can this be done? The msi-file that is added in the bundle does just that; it checks for a previous version and uninstall it but that does not happen for the installed bundle. Below is the "Bundle.wxs": <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; xmlns:bal=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension";> <Bundle Name="My Test Application" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Bryan" UpgradeCode="C82A383C-751A-43B8-90BF-A250F7BC2863" > <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost"> <Payload SourceFile="..\TestBA\BootstrapperCore.config"/> <Payload SourceFile="..\TestBA\bin\x86\Debug\TestBA.dll"/> <Payload SourceFile="..\TestBA\bin\Release\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.WPF4.dll"/> <Payload SourceFile="..\External\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll"/> </BootstrapperApplicationRef> <Chain> <PackageGroupRef Id='Netfx45'/> <MsiPackage SourceFile="..\Installer\bin\Debug\Installer.msi" Id="DummyInstallationPackageId" Cache="yes" Visible="yes"/> </Chain> </Bundle> <Fragment> <!-- Managed bootstrapper requires .NET as a dependency, since it was written in .NET. WiX provides a Bootstrapper for the bootstrapper. The fragment below includes .NET. For more information or examples see Heath Stewart's blog or the WiX source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2011/10/28/introducing-managed-bootstrapper-applications.aspx --> <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqPackageId" Value="Netfx4Full" /> <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl" Value="NetfxLicense.rtf" /> <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full" Value="Version" Variable="Netfx4FullVersion" /> <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full" Value="Version" Variable="Netfx4x64FullVersion" Win64="yes" /> <!-- .NET 4.5 only installed if Vista or higher AND it's not already installed--> <PackageGroup Id="Netfx45"> <ExePackage Id="Netfx45" Cache="no" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" InstallCommand="/q" SourceFile="..\External\dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe" DetectCondition="(Netfx4FullVersion="4.5.50709") AND (NOT VersionNT64 OR (Netfx4x64FullVersion="4.5.50709"))" InstallCondition="(VersionNT >= v6.0 OR VersionNT64 >= v6.0) AND (NOT (Netfx4FullVersion="4.5.50709" OR Netfx4x64FullVersion="4.5.50709"))"/> </PackageGroup> </Fragment> </Wix> Thanks for help! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
