1) author your launch conditions correctly; 2) use the remember pattern for key properties;
3) follow the Component Rules strictly; 4) ensure your assemblies, executables, MSI's, and bootstrappers are all properly versioned; 5) test with MSIENFORCEUPGRADECOMPONENTRULES property set and remove any resulting error causes; 6) test, test, test! -- John Merryweather Cooper Build & Install Engineer - ESA Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® Shawnee Mission, KS 66227 Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com www.jackhenry.com -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Linker [mailto:jlin...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:26 PM To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrade Questions Can someone point me towards some exhaustive information/examples on how to add upgrade/repair capabilities to my installer? On repair it would basically just replace the installed files with the ones in the installer regardless of version, upgrade would naturally only install if the version in the installer is higher than the installed version. On upgrade, one of my projects is a Windows Service. Will WIX automatically handle the stopping/starting of the service on upgrade or will there be code I will need to include to handle this? Also, is it possible on upgrade to have configuration files update but only specific sections? I have configuration files that handle binding redirects for versions of third party controls, so on upgrade if those controls are newer than the existing ones they need to be updated and the redirects in the configuration file has to be updated, but the configuration file also holds custom properties that the users can set that do not need to be modified on upgrade. Thank you in advance for your help. ~Joshua Linker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
