Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-05 Thread Rob Mensching
:45 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall Right. The reason I am asking is because in the past we have used InstallShield for our installations. With InstallShield it is possible to make an installation on top of an older

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-04 Thread Thomas Due
peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: 4. februar 2009 17:29 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall Another thing to consider if you don't remove the old version is what does Control Panel Add/Remove Programs look like. If you hav

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-04 Thread Bob Arnson
Thomas Due wrote: > Related question: Why should the old version even have to be uninstalled > first? > Shouldn't it be enough to just install on top of the old version? > That's what it does if you schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallFinalize. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-04 Thread Chad Petersen
ion. Chad -Original Message- From: Thomas Due [mailto:thomas@scanvaegt.dk] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:57 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall Related question: Why should the old version even have to be u

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-03 Thread Michael Osmond
ssion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall Related question: Why should the old version even have to be uninstalled first? Shouldn't it be enough to just install on top of the old version? If so, how would one do that? /Thomas Due ---

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-03 Thread Thomas Due
bruar 2009 17:49 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall I believe you need to change your Product Id="" to use a different GUID than your previous package and also change the version. You might also need to ad

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-02-03 Thread Chad Petersen
Original Message- From: Thomas Guettler [mailto:h...@tbz-pariv.de] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:23 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall Hi, thank you for this hint. I found more information now after searchin

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-01-30 Thread Thomas Guettler
Hi, thank you for this hint. I found more information now after searching for "Major Upgrade". But somehow I couldn't find a working example. Here is my xml file: NEWPRODUCTFOUND

Re: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-01-30 Thread Rob Mensching
Yeah sure. Check out Major Upgrade. -Original Message- From: Thomas Guettler [mailto:h...@tbz-pariv.de] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 00:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall Hi, if I try to install a new version of my msi file, I get the

[WiX-users] auto delete on reinstall

2009-01-30 Thread Thomas Guettler
Hi, if I try to install a new version of my msi file, I get the error message, that I need to uninstall it first. Is there a way to automatically uninstall it? Is possible to enable a switch in the wix file that says "delete old version on install"? The next best solution would be an option if y