We need to overwrite files with higher version on major upgrade:
SomeFile.dll (3.0.1.1) -> SomeFile.dll (2.1.0.0)
How do we do it?
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I update the .wixproj file to use a different OutputName for each platform. In
my case, I simply append the value of the Platform property:
MyProductName$(Platform)
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The .wixproj file defines the Platform property that should be getting passed
automatically to candle. You should be able to use something like this:
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Where 'value' is one of the platforms defined for your project.
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This might work:
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I got this bug report from QA and I'm not quite sure how to fix. It seems to
happen only on Windows 7.
I have an ExitDialog box that get shown on successful install like so:
...
I notice th
Richard
Here's some help on doing upgrades
http://blogs.technet.com/b/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx
Looking at your code, I think you may have sequenced
RemoveExistingProducts in the wrong place.
It either needs to be
or
The first option removes
I notice a strange behavior with browse dialog box and I'm wondering if there
is any way around the issue.
I have the following WiX script to setup the dialog box:
1
NOT TARGET_PATH_VALID=0
NOT
The only way that kind of sharing will ever really work is if you use the same
component guids. If you are replacing a file from Product A and not using the
same component guid as A you've broken the rules, after which things get
unpredictable.
Permanent=yes is typically not a good solution, e
Hi:
Is there a defined variable within the wix pre-processor that allows me to
detect the currently active platform I'm compiling for in visual studio. I have
a project with both win32, and x64 platforms, and I want to #ifdef code based
on the platform in my wix source.
Cheers
Sean.
I use 2 project files located in the same directory. Each one of them targets
one platform, builds only one configuration and includes the same source files.
Lena
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Hi:
I have a visual 2010 solution which amongst other things has an installer being
compiled for 32/64 bit. I don't appear given that I have two different
platforms configured to be able to provide differing output names for these
different platforms.
I could do this with a post build event-that
Our product requires another product to be pre-installed. We then
overwrite some of the other products files during our install as the
"integration points" between our two products.
If they are in Folder A and my product goes into Folder B, then it would
be true that when we detect them we are
Hi,
I made an installer with WIX 3.5 that deploy things for a BI Solution.
When I have a new version of my WIX Installer, and the client run the
installer (MSI), can it automatically uninstall any older version installed
on the PC and start the installation of the new version ? It is something
Windows Installer has no such concept of return codes when calling custom
actions. To get the behavior you are looking for will depend on what kind of
custom action you are using.
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Hi, I'm new to this forum and it seem, I din't post to the correct subforum,
so sorry and here's my second try.
I have built several Wix product installers for which each of them is an
independent product and has its dedicated msi installer file and also a wix
merge module associated to it.
I
Hi,
Does anybody have any idea, how to get the error code returned by a
custom action? I want to display a dialog box based upon the return code
of the custom action.
Regards,
Sanjay Rao
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There is a feature in the works in WiX v3.6 to address #2. That feature is
right behind finishing the huge features of Burn. I hope everything gets
unlocked in next two weeks and bugs start getting fixed (instead of feature
work).
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:34 AM, Nick Davey wrote:
> I will not
I recently worked with both and failed to get the Pyro method to work to my
liking. WiX was excluding obviously changed files in some of my early builds
and I couldn't find definitive information on how it determines which files to
include in the patch cab. Later I also discovered that it was in
I will not disagree, it does smack of a nasty syndrome. But in the
grand scheme of things, the boss is the boss, and he controls the
hardware. No amount of bitching will change his mind. I have considered
using WinZip or the like to create a chunked delivery method, but I am
still exploring o
Your whole FTP problem smacks of the "they" (passive voice) syndrome and you
are
solving the wrong problem IMO. I would refuse to "fix" it by chunking my MSI
into 5 CABs. Instead I would use a tool like WinZip of PackageForTheWeb (
InstallShield ) to create a self extracting EXE that handle
I will check out the links later today from work. I will also see if
there is a newer .msm for crystal reports that will work with (/not
break) my project. If there is, I will use it instead.
As for switching FTP servers, that I cannot do, as it is the company
wide FTP and I do not have a cho
Hi,
1) the first warning could be ignored safely. This only means that
ProgramFile is defined twice, once in your file and in crystal reports msm.
(This is common for most MSMs)
The other errors are from an "old" crystal msm. There was a similar thread
in Februar. See
http://windows-installer-
Hi,
I'm doing some patch stuff right now and I saw the patch related changes on
sourceforge wix35.feed from Sep 25th. I then updated my cloned source from
codeplex and discovered that the latest commit was done on Sep 10th here. So
where are the last two weeks gone?
Another point I want to addre
I just took a quick glance at the wix 2.0 code. You can supply more than one
WXL file to light.exe. You just can't duplicate any strings AND the CodePage
must match.
Go ahead and put your custom strings in a new file. You just can't override
any strings already in the WixUI_en-us.wxl without repla
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