Thank you for clarifying this for me, Peter! I ran the MSI without REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE and it worked like a charm! Your explanation was perfect and Rob's response provided further clarifications on this page http://stackoverflow.com/questions/526707/major-vs-minor-upgrade-in-windows-installer
Thanks, Alec On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Peter Shirtcliffe <pshirtcli...@sdl.com> wrote: > Are you mixing up minor and major upgrades ? > Major upgrades use the upgrade table and replace the old product with the new > one. You don't specify REINSTALL or REINSTALLMODE on the command line. The > upgrade code should be the same and the product code and version different. > Minor upgrades repair and update the existing installation using a new > version of the MSI. You do use REINSTALL and REINSTALLMODE but the upgrade > table is not used. The upgrade code should be the same and the product code > too: only the version differs. > The MajorUpgrade element is just a convenient shorthand for using the upgrade > table. You can leave it commented out for now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alec [mailto:alecs...@gmail.com] > Sent: 21 September 2012 04:30 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UI upgrade succeeds, but silent upgrade fails > > I tried silently upgrading 19.0.1 on top of 18.3 with the following code > snippet: > > <Upgrade Id="E8805AF3-CF50-4092-BE57-220A8C51E2AA"> > <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect="yes" Minimum="19.0.1" > IncludeMinimum="no" Property="NEWERVERSIONDETECTED"/> <UpgradeVersion > OnlyDetect="no" Maximum="19.0.1" IncludeMaximum="no" > Minimum="18.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" > Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED"/> > </Upgrade> > > <CustomActionRef Id="WixExitEarlyWithSuccess"/> > > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallInitialize"/> > > > <Custom Action='PrepareForInstall' After='InstallInitialize'>NOT Installed > AND NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE</Custom> > <Custom Action='SetJavawPath' Before='InstallServices'>NOT > Installed</Custom> > <Custom Action="Upgrader" After="InstallHelperAction">NOT > Installed</Custom> </InstallExecuteSequence> > > The log file has the following entries: > > Doing action: FindRelatedProducts > Action start 12:01:15: FindRelatedProducts. > PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED property. Its value is > '{4B43BAEB-553B-4FAD-9219-C55DA3492D89}'. > Skipping action: WixExitEarlyWithSuccess (condition is false) > Doing action: AppSearch > FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1. > AppSearch. > ... > Windows Installer installed the product. ... Product Version: > 19.0.1. Product Language: 1033. .. Installation success or error > status: 0. > > It looks like upgrade should have succeeded, but in reality 18.3 is there and > 19.0.1 is not. > > I noticed that we have <MajorUpgrade> element commented out (see above). > Should it be uncommented? (Sorry I don't work with WIX a whole lot). > > Thanks, > > Alec > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/UI-upgrade-succ > eeds-but-silent-upgrade-fails-tp7580671p7580716.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Got visibility? > Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. > Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. > If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires > that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we > further request that you advise us. > SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. > Registered number: 02675207. > Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 > 7DY, UK. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Got visibility? > Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. > Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
