Upgrades happen when the version is higher. There is discussion on this mailing list a while ago about allowing same version upgrades but that is not implemented today.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Kristian Jaksch <kristian.jak...@gmail.com>wrote: > I'm starting out with the wix installer and got a setup project working. > The msi works in such a way that it uninstall a previous version if present > and then installs the new version. > > Now, when trying to creating a managed bootstrapper application to > customize the installer experience I'm having a hard time understaning how > everything works together. From this blog post: > > > http://bryanpjohnston.com/2012/09/28/custom-wix-managed-bootstrapper-application/ > > I successfully set up a managed bootstrapper application and it works ok > but for starters I have a question (there will be more for sure ;-) > > - When the bundle is installed it shows up in the "Uninstall programs and > features" list. The problem is that if I rebuild the solution so that a new > bundle installer is created it's installed side by side with the first > installation. Even if I don't change upgradecode or version of the bundle > between builds. I would like the previous installation to be automatically > uninstalled and then the new bundle to be installed. How can this be done? > The msi-file that is added in the bundle does just that; it checks for a > previous version and uninstall it but that does not happen for the > installed bundle. > > Below is the "Bundle.wxs": > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension"; xmlns:bal=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/BalExtension";> > <Bundle Name="My Test Application" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Bryan" > UpgradeCode="C82A383C-751A-43B8-90BF-A250F7BC2863" > > <BootstrapperApplicationRef Id="ManagedBootstrapperApplicationHost"> > <Payload SourceFile="..\TestBA\BootstrapperCore.config"/> > <Payload SourceFile="..\TestBA\bin\x86\Debug\TestBA.dll"/> > <Payload > SourceFile="..\TestBA\bin\Release\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.WPF4.dll"/> > <Payload > SourceFile="..\External\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll"/> > </BootstrapperApplicationRef> > > <Chain> > <PackageGroupRef Id='Netfx45'/> > <MsiPackage SourceFile="..\Installer\bin\Debug\Installer.msi" > Id="DummyInstallationPackageId" Cache="yes" Visible="yes"/> > </Chain> > </Bundle> > > <Fragment> > <!-- Managed bootstrapper requires .NET as a dependency, since it was > written in .NET. > WiX provides a Bootstrapper for the bootstrapper. The fragment below > includes .NET. > For more information or examples see Heath Stewart's blog or the WiX > source: > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2011/10/28/introducing-managed-bootstrapper-applications.aspx > --> > > <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqPackageId" Value="Netfx4Full" /> > <WixVariable Id="WixMbaPrereqLicenseUrl" Value="NetfxLicense.rtf" /> > > <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework > Setup\NDP\v4\Full" Value="Version" Variable="Netfx4FullVersion" /> > <util:RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Net Framework > Setup\NDP\v4\Full" Value="Version" Variable="Netfx4x64FullVersion" > Win64="yes" /> > > <!-- .NET 4.5 only installed if Vista or higher AND it's not already > installed--> > <PackageGroup Id="Netfx45"> > <ExePackage Id="Netfx45" Cache="no" Compressed="yes" PerMachine="yes" > Permanent="yes" Vital="yes" InstallCommand="/q" > SourceFile="..\External\dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe" > DetectCondition="(Netfx4FullVersion="4.5.50709") > AND (NOT VersionNT64 OR (Netfx4x64FullVersion="4.5.50709"))" > InstallCondition="(VersionNT >= v6.0 OR VersionNT64 >= v6.0) > AND (NOT (Netfx4FullVersion="4.5.50709" OR > Netfx4x64FullVersion="4.5.50709"))"/> > </PackageGroup> > </Fragment> > > </Wix> > > Thanks for help! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
