If you'd like to help us improve the documentation, that would be great. Unfortunately, we don't always think of every use case possible. The WiX toolset is extremely powerful so the space to document is pretty large.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Tad Carlucci <tad.carlu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Actually, I was able to do a web search and find a Very Old example of how > to handle upgrades which actually described what why each XML clause was > needed, and what it did. To bad the so-called documentation doesn't do > that! > > I'll show what I came up with for the Basic case, so far. > > <Upgrade Id="$(var.BasicUpgradeCode)"> > <!-- Prevent downgrading to this older version. Don't remove the > already-installed newer version of Basic. --> > <UpgradeVersion Minimum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMinimum="no" > OnlyDetect="yes" Property="NEWERBASIC" /> > <!-- Remove older versions of Basic --> > <UpgradeVersion Maximum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMaximum="no" > OnlyDectect="no" Property="OLDERBASIC" /> > <!-- Windows Installer will install this version of Basic if it is not > already installed, or offer to Repair it if it is. --> > </Upgrade> > > <Upgrade Id="$(var.LiteUpgradeCode)"> > <!-- Prevent downgrading to this older version. Don't remove the > already-installed newer version of Lite. --> > <UpgradeVersion Minimum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMinimum="no" > OnlyDetect="yes" Property="NEWERLITE" /> > <!-- Remove older, or equal, versions of Lite --> > <UpgradeVersion Maximum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMaximum=yes" > OnlyDetect="no" Property="OLDERLITE" /> > </Upgrade> > > <Upgrade Id="$(var.PremiumUpgradeCode"> > <!-- Prevent installing this Basic version if any version of Premium is > already installed --> > <UpgradeVersion Minimum="0.0.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" OnlyDetect="yes" > Propery="PREMIUMFOUND" /> > </Upgrade> > > > <CustomAction Id="NewerBasic" Error="A newer version of Basic is already > installed." /> > <CustomAction Id="NewerLite" Error="A newer version of Lite is already > installed. Download a newer version of Basic or Premium and try again." /> > <CustomAction Id="PremiumFound" Error="Premium is installed. Download and > install a newer version of Premium and try again." /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="NewerBasic" > After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWERBASC</Custom> > <Custom Action="NewerLite" > After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWERLITE</Custom> > <Custom Action="PremiumFound" > After="FindRelatedProducts">PREMIUMFOUND</Custom> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > <InstallUISequence> > <Custom Action="NewerBasic" > After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWERBASC</Custom> > <Custom Action="NewerLite" > After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWERLITE</Custom> > <Custom Action="PremiumFound" > After="FindRelatedProducts">PREMIUMFOUND</Custom> > </InstallUISequence> > > > > I'm not sure if I can eliminate the normal downgrade prevention for this > MSI and use the newer <MajorUpgrade> XML feature. Probably, but I'll be > testing it. > > I tried omitting the InstallUISequence section. The installer worked, and > prevented/allowed/upgraded as it should, but the error messages came out > way later in the process. By adding this section, they came out almost > immediately. Sooner is better, so I'm leaving it in. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
