Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ?
Thanks for mentioning those hotfixes. In the end I've included them in the bootstrapper. It seems to be the right way compared to increasing the file version of the assemblies. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RemoveExistingProducts-after-the-InstallFinalize-action-still-needed-so-that-Major-Upgrades-don-t-re-tp7137858p7167252.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ?
I've done some more tests and it seems that on Windows Installer 4.5 the assembly is removed from GAC after a major upgrade. Good to see that at least on 5.0 got fixed. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RemoveExistingProducts-after-the-InstallFinalize-action-still-needed-so-that-Major-Upgrades-don-t-re-tp7137858p7146124.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ?
There is a hotfix available, not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972397/EN-US More Info says you also need http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983280 Phil W -Original Message- From: CristianG [mailto:cristian.gherghine...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:09 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ? I've done some more tests and it seems that on Windows Installer 4.5 the assembly is removed from GAC after a major upgrade. Good to see that at least on 5.0 got fixed. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RemoveExistingProducts-after-the-InstallFinalize-action-still-needed-so-that-Major-Upgrades-don-t-re-tp7137858p7146124.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ?
Hi, There is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238 a knowledge base article (mentioned also on the WiX Documentation) that describes the case of an assembly from GAC missing after a major upgrade. One of the solutions was to schedule *RemoveExistingProducts *action to occur after the *InstallFinalize *action. However, after the following test the assembly was still in GAC. The test: Using WiX 3.6, created a new setup project, with version 1.0.0.0 and *MajorUpgrade *element default, containing a dll to install into GAC. Install this small setup. Windows Installer 5.0 Create version 2.0.0.0, change Product Id (*ProductCode*) and leave the *MajorUpgrade *element default. The assembly for GAC remained the same. Checked with Orca and *RemoveExistingProducts *was scheduled after *InstallValidate * Do a major upgrade. The assembly remained in GAC. In the log file there is something like: Does that line from the log mean that the knowledge base article doesn't apply anymore ? Did I miss something and the *RemoveExistingProducts * action still needs to be scheduled after *InstallFinalize *action so that the assemblies from GAC are not removed after a major upgrade ? Thanks, Cristian -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RemoveExistingProducts-after-the-InstallFinalize-action-still-needed-so-that-Major-Upgrades-don-t-re-tp7137858p7137858.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ?
My colleague investigated some scenarios like this a few months ago. He found that when not changing the assembly version, then using the -fv switch on light and increasing the file version enabled a major upgrade of an assembly in the GAC with early RemoveExistingProducts to succeed. Without -fv, it failed on Win2003 with MSI 4.5 but succeeded on Win7 with MSI 5. When changing the assembly version too, the major upgrade succeeded. It might be worth making a quick test installer for the scenarios you are interested in to see if you get the same results. I'd look at the GAC, rather than the log, as the indicator of what happened, to avoid misinterpreting it. -Original Message- From: CristianG [mailto:cristian.gherghine...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 December 2011 11:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ? Hi, There is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238 a knowledge base article (mentioned also on the WiX Documentation) that describes the case of an assembly from GAC missing after a major upgrade. One of the solutions was to schedule *RemoveExistingProducts *action to occur after the *InstallFinalize *action. However, after the following test the assembly was still in GAC. The test: Using WiX 3.6, created a new setup project, with version 1.0.0.0 and *MajorUpgrade *element default, containing a dll to install into GAC. Install this small setup. Windows Installer 5.0 Create version 2.0.0.0, change Product Id (*ProductCode*) and leave the *MajorUpgrade *element default. The assembly for GAC remained the same. Checked with Orca and *RemoveExistingProducts *was scheduled after *InstallValidate * Do a major upgrade. The assembly remained in GAC. In the log file there is something like: Does that line from the log mean that the knowledge base article doesn't apply anymore ? Did I miss something and the *RemoveExistingProducts * action still needs to be scheduled after *InstallFinalize *action so that the assemblies from GAC are not removed after a major upgrade ? Thanks, Cristian -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RemoveExistingP roducts-after-the-InstallFinalize-action-still-needed-so-that-Major-Upgrades- don-t-re-tp7137858p7137858.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ?
I believe the issue is fixed in MSI 5.0. I've forgotten who told me but I think it was somebody in Microsoft. Phil W -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 4:13 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ? My colleague investigated some scenarios like this a few months ago. He found that when not changing the assembly version, then using the -fv switch on light and increasing the file version enabled a major upgrade of an assembly in the GAC with early RemoveExistingProducts to succeed. Without -fv, it failed on Win2003 with MSI 4.5 but succeeded on Win7 with MSI 5. When changing the assembly version too, the major upgrade succeeded. It might be worth making a quick test installer for the scenarios you are interested in to see if you get the same results. I'd look at the GAC, rather than the log, as the indicator of what happened, to avoid misinterpreting it. -Original Message- From: CristianG [mailto:cristian.gherghine...@gmail.com] Sent: 30 December 2011 11:34 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] RemoveExistingProducts after the InstallFinalize action still needed so that Major Upgrades don't remove assembly from GAC ? Hi, There is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238 a knowledge base article (mentioned also on the WiX Documentation) that describes the case of an assembly from GAC missing after a major upgrade. One of the solutions was to schedule *RemoveExistingProducts *action to occur after the *InstallFinalize *action. However, after the following test the assembly was still in GAC. The test: Using WiX 3.6, created a new setup project, with version 1.0.0.0 and *MajorUpgrade *element default, containing a dll to install into GAC. Install this small setup. Windows Installer 5.0 Create version 2.0.0.0, change Product Id (*ProductCode*) and leave the *MajorUpgrade *element default. The assembly for GAC remained the same. Checked with Orca and *RemoveExistingProducts *was scheduled after *InstallValidate * Do a major upgrade. The assembly remained in GAC. In the log file there is something like: Does that line from the log mean that the knowledge base article doesn't apply anymore ? Did I miss something and the *RemoveExistingProducts * action still needs to be scheduled after *InstallFinalize *action so that the assemblies from GAC are not removed after a major upgrade ? Thanks, Cristian -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/RemoveExistingP roducts-after-the-InstallFinalize-action-still-needed-so-that-Major-Upgrades- don-t-re-tp7137858p7137858.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. - - Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. -- Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents
