Without seeing your Upgrade or MajorUpgrade code it's hard to say what it's actually doing. As Rob says, I suspect it's upgrading when the versions are equal due to the way your Upgrade table is laid out.
Have you tried installing 4.1.1.8896 first and then trying to install 4.1.1.8878 & seeing if it lets you or if it fails? Palbinder Sandher Software Platform Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: ptr [mailto:ptrajku...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 April 2013 18:08 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ProductVersion msi property vs Wix Version@Product I understand that msi won't recognize 4.1.1.8878 as a higher version over 4.1.1.8896 but will it recognize 4.1.1.8896 as higher than 4.1.1.8878. The msi document talks about version in terms of "major.minor.build" in the link i have attached. It seems to work presently but I was wondering why as per msi documentation it is not simply being treated as "4.1.1" Thanks in advance Raj ps: Thanks Rob for talking the time to answer all the questions on this forum and making an amazing WIX installer. I usually don't respond with a Thank you when my question is answered but know that I am very grateful :) On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > Windows Installer will not recognize "4.1.1.8878" as a higher version > than "4.1.1.8896". However, you can write your upgrade to say "Upgrade > when the version is the same". Technically speaking, I think you could > write "Upgrade when the version is lower" but I don't know that anyone does > that. > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:39 AM, ptr <ptrajku...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > hey all > > > > The ProductVersion > > < > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370859(v=vs. > 85).aspx > > > > > msi documentation talks > > about a 3 digit version number. I have been assigning Wix XML elment > > Version@Product a four digit .net Version. We are currently > > supporting only major upgrades so > > > > if the user has 4.1.1.8878 and tries to install 4.1.1.8896 it should > > do > an > > upgrade. This seems to be working currently but reading the msi > production > > version documentation leads me to believe that it should not. > > > > Can somebody shed some light on this ? > > > > Thanks > > raj > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the > > most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer > > Resources Portal > > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the > most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer > Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
