I had a similar problem the way I got round it was to set the upgrade code to 
include the maximum version, e.g. UpgradeVersion/@IncludeMaximum="yes". This 
will generate an ICE61 which you will need to ignore. This isn't perfect as 
1.2.3.4 will be downgraded by 1.2.3.3 but if you are sure two releases with the 
same 3 part number will never go live you should be ok.
 
If you search back through the list you should find a discussion about doing 
this.
 
Neil
 
Neil Sleightholm
X2 Systems Limited
n...@x2systems.com <mailto:n...@x2systems.com> 
 

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From: Dirk Ziegelmeier [mailto:d...@ziegelmeier.net]
Sent: Mon 13/07/2009 12:42
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Setup upgrade needs to care for 4th part of version number



Hello All,

due to political issues (see below) my setups need to be able to upgrade
when only the 4th part of the version info changes.

Example: V1.0.0.1 needs to upgrade V1.0.0.0. My installers always do major
upgrades, the product GUI always changes (that is OK and not an issue to
discuss).

After a lot of googeling, my idea is to write a custom action that can to
the version comparision, but then I need to tell MSI somehow at runtime that
this run is an upgrade - how can I do that?

Is there another (better?) way to achieve this?


Thank you in advance
Dirk

PS: Political issue explanation: We label Major.Minor.Bugfix.SvnRevision.
During the development phase only the SVN revision will increase. My bosses
install the setups on their PCs and do not always want to uninstall by hand
before installing a new Setup...
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