Yes it's correct that the ProductVersion docs say the maximum major version is 255. Even if you make it larger in Orca you'll still get an ICE error if you run validation "ICE24 ERROR ProductVersion: '2014.1.1' is an invalid version string."
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370859(v=vs.85).aspx It is what it is, as they say. --------------- Phil Wilson On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:17 AM, kpanilkumarmca <kpanilkumar....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I believe windows installer will not accept major version greater than 255. > If we specify, we will encounter error like below: > error CNDL0242: Invalid product version '2014.1.2.3'. Product version must > have a major version less than 256, a minor version less than 256, and a > build version less than 65536. > > But I am able to use the required version(2014.1.2.3) after updating the MSI > using orca. Is it possible to specify the required version without using > orca? I mean, during MSI creation itself I want to specify the required > version(eg: 2014.1.2.3) > > Thanks > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Is-there-a-way-to-specify-major-version-greater-than-255-tp7600618.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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
