Windows Installer will not recognize "4.1.1.8878" as a higher version than
"4.1.1.8896". However, you can write your upgrade to say "Upgrade when the
version is the same". Technically speaking, I think you could write
"Upgrade when the version is lower" but I don't know that anyone does that.


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:39 AM, ptr <ptrajku...@gmail.com> wrote:

> hey all
>
> The ProductVersion
> <
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370859(v=vs.85).aspx
> >
> msi documentation talks
> about a 3 digit version number. I have been assigning Wix XML elment
> Version@Product a four digit .net Version.  We are currently supporting
> only major upgrades so
>
> if the user has 4.1.1.8878 and tries to install 4.1.1.8896 it should do an
> upgrade. This seems to be working currently but reading the msi production
> version documentation leads me to believe that it should not.
>
> Can somebody shed some light on this ?
>
> Thanks
> raj
>
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