We schedule RemoveExistingProducts after InstallValidate, so it should be safe to change all component ids.
Are there any issues upgrading 63-bit to 64-bit (as far as Windows Installer is concerned)? On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 23:34, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > If you schedule your RemoveExistingProducts early, that removes the > previous > version of the product before installing the new one. Essentially that > gives > you a clean slate to rev all of your Component GUIDs. > > Pretty much all the other options mean you have to be very careful about > managing your Component GUIDs. > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Alex Ivanoff <alex.ivan...@shavlik.com > >wrote: > > > I have a few more questions. We have a 32-bit installer today with all > > component ids explicitly specified. We are planning to move to 32/64 bit > > installer (mutualy exclusive) with the ability to upgrade current > > installations (major upgrade). > > > > 1. Should we update explicit component ids to "*"? > > 2. What is going to happen to upgrade code? > > 3. Is such scenario even possible? If not, what are our options? > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 22:09, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> > wrote: > > > > > SHA1 hash of the target path. It took us a long time to come up with it > > but > > > we finally got it. You can see the code in wix\src\wix\Binder.cs - > > > Binder::SetComponentGuids() > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Alex Ivanoff <alex.ivan...@shavlik.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > No. "*" component guids are stable, not randomly generated. > > > > > > > > If they are stable how are they generated and where the actual values > > > > are stored? Can you explain this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > > > > > > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > > > > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > virtually, Rob Mensching - > > > http://RobMensching.com<http://robmensching.com/> > < > > http://robmensching.com/>LLC > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > > > > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > > > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > > > _______________________________________________ > > > WiX-users mailing list > > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - > http://RobMensching.com<http://robmensching.com/>LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
