Change the 4th field of the version.
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Blair Murri <os...@live.com> wrote: > Patching becomes more difficult whenever you change the ProductVersion. > > > From: chr...@iswix.com > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:01:04 -0700 > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Versioning on small updates > > > > Can someone explain to me the rational behind the definition of a "small > update"? My CM background has never liked the though of shipping a new > MSI that had the same ProductVersion as a previous MSI. Even if the > PackageCode GUID is different. It just doesn't make sense to me. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "David Watson" <dwat...@sdl.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:49 AM > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." < > wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Versioning on small updates > > > > You need to update the file version to allow windows installer to know > > whether or not to overwrite any existing file. > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa368599(v=vs.85).asp > > x > > > > I don't think the string version is used but I always keep them both in > sync > > anyway. > > Windows installer honours and recognises all four parts of file versions > (you > > are correct that it only recognises the first 3 parts of msi product > > versions). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 06 August 2013 06:42 > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] Versioning on small updates > > > > According to the MSDN documentation, small updates are for small fixes > that > > don't change the product version. But I can't find definite information > on > > what to do with *file* versions. Do I still need to increase the file > version > > (in the VERSIONINFO resource) of Win32 PE files that I modify in a small > > update patch? > > > > If yes, is that the numeric FILEVERSION, the string FileVersion, or > both? And > > can I bump only the 4th component, or does Windows Installer only take > the > > first three into account? (Perhaps I'm mixing things up and that's only > for > > MSI product versions, not file versions...) > > > > -- > > Nicolás > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > 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? 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