Bob Arnson-6 wrote: > > John Robbins wrote: >> If you have such radical changes in files, you may want to do is always >> go the major upgrade route and schedule an uninstall of the previous >> version. That way you don't have to worry about the individual files >> changing. The always brilliant Bob Arnson write about this here: >> http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/ >> > > Well, usually, perhaps...<g> An interesting scenario is to use major > upgrades during product development and use Paraffin during servicing > lifetime. The challenge there is to make sure everyone knows that just > because you're shipping a service pack, doesn't mean they have free > reign to change the world. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ > >
Thanks John & Bob. Brian Taylor had also referred me to Bob's article above, but when i read it through the first time I didn't grok it properly (apologies Brian). So sounds like going the major upgrade route and scheduling 'RemoveExistingProducts' will do the trick for me. Can i confirm one thing with you guys: if i do this, RemoveExistingProducts will still work to get rid of the previously installed version irregardless of whether the 'changed' files have different GUIDs in the new installer, right? It appears yes because it will just automatically uninstall the old version first without checking (and i do understand it's more inefficient since some files will be removed with that and then put immediately back with the major upgrade but that's okay). -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Question-about-including-large-number-of-%22modified%22-files...-tp2385558p2390043.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
