No, the binaries are specific to a product only and will never be distributed by any other product.
> From: os...@live.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 20:05:21 -0700 > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Downgrade support to MSI > > Are/will any of the binaries you distribute in this product (or ever intend > to distribute) ever [be] distributed by any other product? > > > From: surya6...@hotmail.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 04:39:26 +0530 > > Subject: [WiX-users] Adding Downgrade support to MSI > > > > Hi, > > I have been trying to add "Downgrade" support to our MSI. I know > > Uninstall/Re-install is preferred over this, but this is needed for > > automated deployments and is specially helpful for our zero-downtime > > product upgrades across multiple machines. So the requirement is that any > > version can be installed over any other version which is different. > > I am using the AllowDowngrades="yes" option with MajorUpgrade element > > i.e.<Product Id="*" ..... UpgradeCode="<GUID>" > > > <MajorUpgrade Schedule="afterInstallInitialize" > > AllowDowngrades="yes" /> > > However, I see a few issues while testing downgrade (say installing v1.9 > > while 2.0 is already installed) - > > 1. Our wxs file contains one file per component, however all the components > > are skipped during the installation of v1.9.2. As a result, Custom action > > execution fails with this error - > > The File 'File_xxxx' is not marked for installation.MSI (s) (A4:E4) > > [15:45:47:544]: The installer has encountered an unexpected error > > installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The > > error code is 2753. The arguments are: File_xxxx, , > > I would like to know possible ways to solve this problem.Please note that > > versions of all our files will change across releases. > > P.S - I read about using REINSTALLMODE=amus to force reinstallation of all > > files. I also saw comments saying that this is okay for dev testing and is > > NOT RECOMMENDED for production systems. > > Regards,Surya > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get your SQL database under version control now! > > Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent > > caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under > > version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out. > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get your SQL database under version control now! > Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent > caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under > version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your SQL database under version control now! Version control is standard for application code, but databases havent caught up. So what steps can you take to put your SQL databases under version control? Why should you start doing it? Read more to find out. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=49501711&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
