Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-22 Thread Bob Arnson
On 21-Aug-13 16:33, keith.doug...@statcan.gc.ca wrote: > Why is the default in this location in the sequence (that seems unfortunate, > since rollbacks are part of the point of using MSIs)? RemoveExistingProducts has no default scheduling. If you're using the MajorUpgrade element, you control the

Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-22 Thread Keith.Douglas
m] Sent: August-21-13 4:44 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour Bob wrote a nice blog entry about this: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ Lots of tradeoffs to consider. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:33 PM,

Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-21 Thread Rob Mensching
13-951-4405 > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 > Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada > > > -Original Message- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: August-21-13 4:02 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subje

Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-21 Thread Keith.Douglas
Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-4405 Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: August-21-13 4:02 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [

Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-21 Thread Phil Wilson
éphone 613-951-4405 > Facsimile | Télécopieur 613-951-1966 > Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada > > > -Original Message- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: August-21-13 2:43 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-21 Thread Keith.Douglas
il...@gmail.com] Sent: August-21-13 2:43 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour A proper answer will depend on where you have sequenced RemoveExistingProducts. A verbose log will tell you what happened. Phil Wilson On Wed, Aug 21, 2

Re: [WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-21 Thread Phil Wilson
A proper answer will depend on where you have sequenced RemoveExistingProducts. A verbose log will tell you what happened. Phil Wilson On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:25 AM, wrote: > If a service update (a MajorUpgrade of a service installation) fails for > some reason, and a rollback to the previ

[WiX-users] Expected behaviour

2013-08-21 Thread Keith.Douglas
If a service update (a MajorUpgrade of a service installation) fails for some reason, and a rollback to the previous version happens, what happens if the MSI for the rollback cannot be found? Would this leave no files from the first package in the installation directory? I guess I may have naïve