Thanks for the confirmation Phil. I would try to find a solution to the
same.
On 08-03-2014 00:17, Phil Wilson wrote:
> I don't believe that any of that is possible using anything in Windows
> Installer or WiX, unless you build your own Burn functionality. It
> seems to me that you'd need to inspect the system before installing
> anything to see what is already installed, where it is installed, and
> then choosing an install of one of the several MSI files I think you'd
> need to cover those scenarios, one of which would upgrade and one or
> more that wouldn't. You need some kind of pre-install program to do
> that. The bottom line is that I think you'd have to invent the
> functionality to achieve what you want, there's nothing I know of that
> you can just pick up and use.
> ---------------
> Phil Wilson
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Suvrajyoti Panda
> <suvrajyo...@contata.co.in> wrote:
>> Yeah Phil i understood that. But if some has faced the below scenarios
>> to achieve, please let me know if it is possible to achieve these and how:
>>
>> I am not able install different versions my application that i developed
>> with WIX. Below are my requirements
>>
>> a.I want it to uninstall and reinstall automatically if the install is
>> in the same folder location say pipelineoptimizer 6.0.0. What this means
>> is that if it is the same build version i.e. 6.0.0 or simply say version
>> of the two products, we want it to "overwrite". If it is a different
>> build version, we want it to install side by side. I put "overwrite" in
>> quotes because what it should actually do is uninstall and reinstall so
>> that it is a clean install.
>>
>> b.I would also want it to install separately if it was 6.0.1 as well,
>> not just a change to the major number. Also, we don't want any manual
>> changes to the scripts when upgrading versions(say changing the upgrade
>> code).
>>
>> C. If we are installing to same directory(say pipelineoptimizer 6.0.0),
>> it should uninstall/reinstall. If it is a different directory, it should
>> install side-by-side without uinstalling the previous one already
>> installed. Since the directories by default are <ProductName>
>> <major.minor.revision>, all 3 of those numbers have to be the same for
>> it to overwrite. However, if someone is intentionally doing a
>> side-by-side and changes the default directory, that should allow a
>> side-by-side install without uinstalling the previous one already installed.
>>
>> Below is the code that i have:
>> <Product Name='PipelineOptimizer $(var.SvnVersion)' Id='*'
>> UpgradeCode='{A73A66C4-CBC1-45DD-B6A3-85D6252AE592}'
>> Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version='$(var.SvnVersionBuild)'
>> Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'>
>>
>> <Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="Tort Installer
>> 1.0" Comments='Tort Installer' Platform='x64'
>> Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'
>> InstallerVersion='300' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes'
>> SummaryCodepage='1252' />
>>
>> <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades='no' DowngradeErrorMessage="A later
>> version of [ProductName] is already installed."
>> Schedule="afterInstallInitialize" />
>>
>> Please let me know what changes i need to make.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Suvra Jyoti
>>
>> On 05-03-2014 23:53, Phil Wilson wrote:
>>> Most of this is just the way that Windows Installer works, by design.
>>> It's the ProductCode (that Id) that identifies the product, so you
>>> cannot have the same product installed twice.
>>>
>>> If your product version doesn't come out consistently, and is not what
>>> was intended, then that sounds like a build problem to me. It's your
>>> build process that should produce two separate versions, but
>>> apparently it can't.
>>> ---------------
>>> Phil Wilson
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:16 AM, Suvrajyoti Panda
>>> <suvrajyo...@contata.co.in> wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am not able to install different versions of my application through
>>>> installer i have created side by side. It says that it is already
>>>> installed. We should be able to install 2 different builds.
>>>>
>>>> <Product Name='PipelineOptimizer Tort Engine $(var.SvnVersion)'
>>>> Id='5A1581BE-27C3-46A1-8699-4F1D642C97E0'
>>>> UpgradeCode='C54B7D5D-0E66-43E8-A770-C9750693F057' Language='1033'
>>>> Codepage='1252' Version='$(var.SvnVersion)'
>>>> Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'>
>>>>
>>>> <Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="Tort Installer
>>>> 1.0" Comments='Tort Installer' Platform='x64'
>>>> Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'
>>>> InstallerVersion='300' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes'
>>>> SummaryCodepage='1252'></Package>
>>>>
>>>> In the above the <Product> version sometimes comes out as 06.00.3422 and
>>>> sometimes as 06.00.3424 .The first installer is able to install the
>>>> application(version 06.00.3422) but second one with version 06.00.3424
>>>> is not allowed to install.It says that it is already installed. I tried
>>>> changing the <Product> Id attribute to '*' and then it allows to install
>>>> the two versions side by side. But in this case even if the version
>>>> remains as 06.00.3422(since its is dynamic and i am fetching the
>>>> revision from svn) then we have two applications with the same same
>>>> version installed side by side. That's not something that should happen.
>>>> It should install the second version only if it is different from the
>>>> first.
>>>>
>>>> If any one knows the workaround please provide your inputs on the same.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
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