> If you use major > upgrades, you can supply just one .msi -- it both does a fresh > installation and upgrades an existing installation. The MSI major > upgrade support sets a property during upgrading, so you can use the > presence of that property to suppress components and custom actions you > want to be skipped during upgrade.
I Know that I am already pushing my luck :) , but can you provide me a snippet or an example for it? Especially the use of the Upgrade and UpgradeVersion tags. On 9/12/06, Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tiago Silva wrote: > > We will produce in our weekly builds two setups. One that is the full > > installation and other that have almost the same components that the > > full install except files that the user changes (settings files), the > > application database and customs actions that setup the server > > environment on the clean install. > > > That works but is more complicated than necessary. If you use major > upgrades, you can supply just one .msi -- it both does a fresh > installation and upgrades an existing installation. The MSI major > upgrade support sets a property during upgrading, so you can use the > presence of that property to suppress components and custom actions you > want to be skipped during upgrade. > > The idea is to create the > > upgrade as minor upgrades to avoid the change of ProductCode. What do > > you think of this ? > > > The downside to minor upgrades is that they can't do a fresh > installation and you need a chainer/bootstrapper to apply them. > Double-clicking the .msi file doesn't install a minor upgrade. > > My boss wants to keep track of the upgrades that has been installed. > > The idea is to do something like MS style to keep track of the dates > > and versions that were installed. > > > > In MS office for example we can see in add and remove programs the > > entry to the application and if we check the "Show Updates" checkboxs > > a list of updates to the application are showed. I was wondering what > > kind of upgrades are it? Patches? Minor upgrades? > > > Add/Remove Programs shows that info only for patches. Upgrades of any > kind replace the existing version of the product. > > -- > sig://boB > http://bobs.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
