Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ?
There is a gotcha to be consider if you incorporate any Win32 SxS (such as using the Visual Studio runtime MSMs) in your MSIs it is possible for early RemoveExistingProducts to forget to reinstall the SxS (a subsequent repair does resolve that, but it is quite annoying when it happens). From: phil.wil...@mvps.org To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:34:44 -0700 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ? If over any existing version means that the old product will be removed and replaced by the new one, a major upgrade with RemoveExistingProducts early (e.g. just after InstallInitialize) will do that. You'll need to set the major upgrade to detect and replace any installed version, even products with a higher version than the incoming one. Phil W -Original Message- From: akshayB [mailto:akshay...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ? I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v?. If yes can I know how to do this ? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/I-have-an-inst aller-of-an-application-that-needs-to-be-installed-over-any-existing-version -regardles-tp7587937.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ?
True, and assemblies in the GAC too, this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905238/en-us I believe it's fixed in Windows 7 and 8, and there's a hotfix for it, I think this is it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972397/en-us But it's not redistributable - customers need to install it, not setup distributors. Anyway you are right, it's a pain. Phil W -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:46 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ? There is a gotcha to be consider if you incorporate any Win32 SxS (such as using the Visual Studio runtime MSMs) in your MSIs it is possible for early RemoveExistingProducts to forget to reinstall the SxS (a subsequent repair does resolve that, but it is quite annoying when it happens). From: phil.wil...@mvps.org To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:34:44 -0700 Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ? If over any existing version means that the old product will be removed and replaced by the new one, a major upgrade with RemoveExistingProducts early (e.g. just after InstallInitialize) will do that. You'll need to set the major upgrade to detect and replace any installed version, even products with a higher version than the incoming one. Phil W -Original Message- From: akshayB [mailto:akshay...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ? I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v?. If yes can I know how to do this ? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/I-have-a n-inst aller-of-an-application-that-needs-to-be-installed-over-any-existing-v ersion -regardles-tp7587937.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- -- -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.c lktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.c lktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ?
I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v?. If yes can I know how to do this ? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/I-have-an-installer-of-an-application-that-needs-to-be-installed-over-any-existing-version-regardles-tp7587937.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ?
If over any existing version means that the old product will be removed and replaced by the new one, a major upgrade with RemoveExistingProducts early (e.g. just after InstallInitialize) will do that. You'll need to set the major upgrade to detect and replace any installed version, even products with a higher version than the incoming one. Phil W -Original Message- From: akshayB [mailto:akshay...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 3:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v ? I have an installer of an application that needs to be installed over any existing version, regardless of version number. Can this be done using Wix 3.7v?. If yes can I know how to do this ? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/I-have-an-inst aller-of-an-application-that-needs-to-be-installed-over-any-existing-version -regardles-tp7587937.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
