I don't know how the internals of the COM+ custom action work but this does sound like a bug to me.
Neil -----Original Message----- From: Adam Burton [mailto:adz...@googlemail.com] Sent: 09 February 2009 13:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] COM Plus Applications and Major Upgrade Good thinking, that worked. The next question is, should this be necessary? Is the ComPlusExtension using its own custom actions or something, rather than using stuff like the ComPlus tables provided by Windows Installer? Just seems to me that it should be able to handle this in the same way something like ServiceInstall does. Adam 2009/2/9 Neil Sleightholm <n...@x2systems.com> > Where do you have RemoveExistingProducts scheduled? Have you tried it after > InstallValidate so that is removes everything before reinstalling. > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > n...@x2systems.com <mailto:n...@x2systems.com> > > > ________________________________ > > From: Adam Burton [mailto:adz...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Mon 09/02/2009 13:08 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] COM Plus Applications and Major Upgrade > > > > Hi, > I have been working on an installer for a COM application. The installer > contains a few .NET assemblies, with a couple configuration files and > installs a COM application that uses the .NET assemblies (with the > ComPlusExtension). Due to our development not being so strict I figured it > would probably be easier if each install was a major upgrade than messing > with minor and small. So to test this I generated the MSI and installed, > all > is well so far. Next I changed the product guid (ok well actually I had it > set to '*' :-) ) and increased the version from 2.0.0.0 to 2.1.0.0 (both > the > steps I believe are required to initiate a major upgrade). I generated the > MSI and attempted an install. During the install the installation > complained > a COM application with the specified id already existed, retry had no > effect, so I tried ignore and the install completed successfully. I tried > minor and small updates afterward just to confirm and they did not > complain. > So is there something I am missing when it comes to major upgrades and the > ComPlusExtension? Or even just something I am missing with Major Upgrades > in > general? > > I tried this again 3.0.4805.0 and 3.0.5006.0, same result. > > Cheers, > Adam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code > to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of > local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK > and > Ajax docs to start building applications today- > http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code > to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of > local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK > and > Ajax docs to start building applications today- > http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
