Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Przemyslaw Galera
discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems FYI there is not an attachment. This is how I used to do it before my requirements changed... will upgrade 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.2.1 and not allow a downgrade. keep the Upgradecode static and the product/Package Ids

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread David Watson
change the upgrade guid. -Original Message- From: Przemyslaw Galera [mailto:p.gal...@indigovision.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 10:02 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems Hello, Thank you very much for your response. What hasn't

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Neil Sleightholm
...@indigovision.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 10:02 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems Hello, Thank you very much for your response. What hasn't been asked explicitly is: Can I use a MajorUpgrade element and prevent the Software from upgrading

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Przemyslaw Galera
Solutions -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 10:39 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems If you want to block the installation you can use the upgradeVersion element with OnlyDetect

[WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Dharma.T.Gogineni
I am new 2 wix. I tried using burn but it is not generating the wixobj file. Below is the bundle I am trying to create. Is there anything wrong in this. I already have my two .msi's in sourcefile path. In the upgrade code I created a new GUID. ?xml version=1.0? Wix

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Phil Wilson
...@indigovision.com www.indigovision.com Complete IP Video Security Solutions -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 10:39 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems If you want

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Przemyslaw Galera
discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems You may not realize that you can have multiple Upgrade elements. So you can forget the MajorUpgrade and do something like this, off the top of my head: Property Id=PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED Secure=yes / Upgrade Id

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Phil Wilson
...@gmail.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 15:20 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems You may not realize that you can have multiple Upgrade elements. So you can forget the MajorUpgrade and do something like this, off the top of my head

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Przemyslaw Galera
: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 16:08 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems Ok, but I think somebody may have already mentioned that you can't upgrade from 2.0.0.1 to 2.0.0.5 because Windows Installer

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Phil Wilson
: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems Ok, but I think somebody may have already mentioned that you can't upgrade from 2.0.0.1 to 2.0.0.5 because Windows Installer upgrades use only the first 3 fields of the version. You can't use upgrade elements or majorupgrade for this reason

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: 04 June 2014 17:12 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems I'll repeat the part that says you can't do any kind of major upgrade unless you change your version in the first

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-04 Thread Przemyslaw Galera
discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems There is one option, you can set AllowSameVersionUpgrades that will allow 1.0.0.0 to be upgraded to 1.0.0.1 but (and it is a big but) it will also make 1.0.0.1 upgrade to 1.0.0.0 which is dangerous

[WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-02 Thread Przemyslaw Galera
Hi there! I have a terrible problem with using the MajorUpgrade element in the current installer we have. We tended to use the Upgrade element having different error messages for different versions by using UpgradeVersion property. We wanted this behaviour to persist and to force the Major

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-02 Thread Jeremiahf
FYI there is not an attachment. This is how I used to do it before my requirements changed... will upgrade 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.2.1 and not allow a downgrade. keep the Upgradecode static and the product/Package Ids to * I use a config.wxi file that I include into product.wxs then reference the

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-02 Thread Jeremiahf
Meant maybe try to explain why you are getting downgrading between builds with no errors - from 2.3.4.6 to 2.3.4.2 Got ahead of myself. J On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Jeremiahf jeremi...@gmail.com wrote: FYI there is not an attachment. This is how I used to do it before my

Re: [WiX-users] MajorUpgrade element problems

2014-06-02 Thread David Connet
Meant maybe try to explain why you are getting downgrading between builds with no errors - from 2.3.4.6 to 2.3.4.2 Got ahead of myself. As far as MSI is concerned, those 2 version numbers are the same. MSI only looks at the first 3 parts.