No problem. This is what we do for our customers every day at FireGiant (although FireGiant answers are far more detailed than the 1-2 sentences I have time to write here).
_____________________________________________________________ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Lukas Rieger [mailto:lrie...@nemetschek-engineering.at] Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:33 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Major upgrade: a few files are not installed I thought it treated files like MSIs and only compared the first three digits, so I glanced over the version number. Comparing them again, OLD > NEW. File Table |File | Component_ | FileName | FileSize | Version -----------|------------------------------------------------------------ -----------|------------------------------------------------------------ -----------|-------------------- old MSI |fileEcMWtDjRdBXxvVHY.WvW_XXJI4GZcq5iAszC_F3KIwk | Cj9pc73bMjDSVVGUqS81_nPSltSFuUEweshtzct2AHi4 | bftlang.dll | 118784 | 2004.553.4453.1067 new MSI |fileYXlC3cFPRwh6qrJ5u..Ll052XUiMylAmA6a4BwMlz_o | CZJsalkL4nX.r6JS5xXH3pjmr9mY1AO4CITmUEHjP82I | bftlang.dll | 118784 | 2004.553.4453.1064 Component Table |Component | ComponentId | KeyPath ----------------|------------------------------------------------------- ----------------|------------------------------------------------------- ----------------|------------------------- old MSI |Cj9pc73bMjDSVVGUqS81_nPSltSFuUEweshtzct2AHi4 | {C45097D5-E359-48B5-9F85-AB5EC81D62BF} | filepcu3NI3UMnsXucCthGSqTSHMvUoyVuyQHRbEXnUVii0 new MSI |CZJsalkL4nX.r6JS5xXH3pjmr9mY1AO4CITmUEHjP82I | {8B97BC16-7D4D-45CD-A3E3-903C60868202} | fileYXlC3cFPRwh6qrJ5u..Ll052XUiMylAmA6a4BwMlz_o MSI (s) (88:A0) [20:12:50:115]: Disallowing installation of component: {8B97BC16-7D4D-45CD-A3E3-903C60868202} since the same component with higher versioned keyfile exists Now that log entry finally makes sense... *head->table* Thank you! So I guess the question becomes how to best downgrade a file during a major upgrade... We have no shared components or merge modules, so we always want to put exactly the version in the msi on disk, even if that means downgrading. At least according to this ( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4227456/windows-installer-deletes-versioned-file-during-product-upgrade-instead-of-down?rq=1 ) post, scheduling before Costing should work, so I will try that. Thank you again, Lukas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
