For what it's worth, I recently proposed adding this to WixStdBA, but we haven't had time yet to discuss it.
> On Nov 13, 2014, at 3:27 AM, "CALCEL Sebastien" > <sebastien.cal...@econocom-osiatis.com> wrote: > > Thanks for your answer Jacob. > I ended on same conclusion about the custom BA. > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] > Envoyé : jeudi 6 novembre 2014 15:53 > À : General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Cc : FAURE Helian > Objet : Re: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade : Conditional uninstallation on even > version number > > I've got a similar requirement. In order to only conditionally uninstall, > each "major upgrade" needs to have a new upgrade code and product code. In my > use case the application will only be installed by a bundle, so I can add a > related bundle with an action of detect and conditionally request the > uninstall of the related bundle (in my case I want a check box on the UI, and > let the user decide if they wish to remove the older version). This will > allow multiple versions of an application to peacefully co-exist (unique > component id's, unique install folders). > > Either way, I believe to get the functionality you want will require a custom > BA (I don't think a BA function DLL has all the callbacks in that you would > need to just augment WixStdBA). > > -----Original Message----- > From: CALCEL Sebastien [mailto:sebastien.cal...@econocom-osiatis.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 4:34 AM > To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' > Cc: FAURE Helian > Subject: [WiX-users] Major Upgrade : Conditional uninstallation on even > version number > > Hello everyone, > > I would like to know if there is a mean to make the uninstallation of > previous versions conditional in the case of a Major Upgrade. > > Here's the context : > > We recently migrated our application setup from the VS 2008 MSI project. > We now have a WiX installer project for the app and a bootstrapper project > which embed the output MSI of the first one plus dependencies. > > Now our client asks us to prevent older versions of the app to be removed if > the current installation version number is uneven. > > In resume : > 4.0.3 => no older versions uninstallation. > 4.2.0 => older versions uninstall. > > Could someone tells me if this is possible ? And if it is, how do do so ? > > Here's the beginning of the app installer wxs : > > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > > <?define FullMaintVersion="!(bind.FileVersion.AppMainFolder_App)" ?> > <?define version="4.3.0" ?> > <?define UpgradeCode="{509102D1-A560-4552-A115-8C27D82DEB86}" ?> > > <Product Id="{3ADE095D-AAE3-4DA7-A872-AFDB7A8BFDA2}" > Name="App 4.3.0" > Version="$(var.version)" > Language="1036" > Manufacturer="APCbyS" > UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)"> > > <Package Id="*" Description="Maint2Install 4.3.0" Keywords="Installer" > InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" /> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="SetCustomActionDataValue" After="InstallFiles" /> > <Custom Action="LaunchOlderExe" After="SetCustomActionDataValue" /> > <!--<RemoveExistingProducts > After='InstallInitialize'>PREVIOUSFOUND</RemoveExistingProducts>--> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > > <Media Id="1" Cabinet='data.cab' EmbedCab='yes'/> > > Thanks in advance, > > Sébastien. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
