Re: [WiX-users] How to not launch install if previous version not found?
Upgrades are used to find and replace previously installed files. But if there's nothing to replace, there's nothing to say the install can't continue as a fresh install. If you need to not run the installer at all if a previous install isn't there then try using a launch condition (http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/launchconditions.html) -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-not-launch-install-if-previous-version-not-found-tp7594474p7594535.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: #149; 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity #149; Requirements for releasing software faster #149; Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to not launch install if previous version not found?
Hi Nick, Thank you for your reply. I think that is a better fit. I have also thought IExpress and VBScript might be a simpler approach. I admit what I am doing is unusual. I have an old pre-Vista legacy app that used HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to store product key registration information. Under Vista and later this gets virtualized and stored under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This causes each new user that logs on to call in with a broken license complaint. My initial thought was the easiest solution for this small set of customers was to install in new DLL that basically ignores the registry and returns happy. After struggling with the installer I think time would have been better spent to re-write the DLL to read/write from the correct ALLUSERSPROFILE ProgramData location. -Ed -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:59 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to not launch install if previous version not found? Upgrades are used to find and replace previously installed files. But if there's nothing to replace, there's nothing to say the install can't continue as a fresh install. If you need to not run the installer at all if a previous install isn't there then try using a launch condition (http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/launchconditions.html) -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-not-launch-install-if-previous-version-not-found-tp7594474p7594535.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: #149; 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity #149; Requirements for releasing software faster #149; Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users This email and any files transmitted with it from The Charles Machine Works, Inc. are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Our company accepts no liability for the contents of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: #149; 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity #149; Requirements for releasing software faster #149; Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to not launch install if previous version not found?
This may no longer be an option, but an external manifest to that exe would disable its virtualization and make it require elevation. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patricka/archive/2009/12/09/answers-to-several-application-manifest-mysteries-and-questions.aspx --- Phil Wilson On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Edward Sutton edward.sut...@subsite.com wrote: Hi Nick, Thank you for your reply. I think that is a better fit. I have also thought IExpress and VBScript might be a simpler approach. I admit what I am doing is unusual. I have an old pre-Vista legacy app that used HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to store product key registration information. Under Vista and later this gets virtualized and stored under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This causes each new user that logs on to call in with a broken license complaint. My initial thought was the easiest solution for this small set of customers was to install in new DLL that basically ignores the registry and returns happy. After struggling with the installer I think time would have been better spent to re-write the DLL to read/write from the correct ALLUSERSPROFILE ProgramData location. -Ed -Original Message- From: Nick Ramirez [mailto:nickra...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:59 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to not launch install if previous version not found? Upgrades are used to find and replace previously installed files. But if there's nothing to replace, there's nothing to say the install can't continue as a fresh install. If you need to not run the installer at all if a previous install isn't there then try using a launch condition (http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/launchconditions.html) -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-not-launch-install-if-previous-version-not-found-tp7594474p7594535.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: #149; 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity #149; Requirements for releasing software faster #149; Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users This email and any files transmitted with it from The Charles Machine Works, Inc. are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Our company accepts no liability for the contents of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: #149; 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity #149; Requirements for releasing software faster #149; Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? Join Perforce May 7 to find out: #149; 3 signs your SCM is hindering your productivity #149; Requirements for releasing software faster #149; Expert tips and advice for migrating your SCM now http://p.sf.net/sfu/perforce ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] How to not launch install if previous version not found?
(Sorry for re-post, the example Minimum and Maximum did not match my
description.)
I created an upgrade containing an updated DLL that replaces a previous version.
How can I make the install require a previous version to be installed? Is that
not the purpose of Upgrade? I cannot get it to work as expected. The
upgrade is happy to launch without the previous version installed.
Here is what I did:
1. Opened version 1.2.3 of the original MSI in WixEdit
2. Replaced a single DLL with an updated DLL
3. Updated version to 1.2.4
4. Updated Product Id
5. UpgradeCode did * not * changed
6. Added Upgrade element after the last Property element
Upgrade Id={59BF7F9E-FF46-45D5-8050-F1477466A661}
UpgradeVersion Minimum=1.2.3 Maximum=1.2.3
IncludeMinimum=yes IncludeMaximum=yes Property=OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED
/
/Upgrade
Is OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED a pre-defined thing or just used as a comment? I
have no matching Property named OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED.
Thanks,
-Ed
From: Edward Sutton
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 1:30 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: How to not launch install if previous version not found?
I created an upgrade containing an updated DLL that replaces a previous version.
How can I make the install require a previous version has been installed? Is
that not the purpose of Upgrade? I cannot get it to work as expected. The
upgrade is happy to launch without the previous version installed.
Here is what I did:
1. Opened version 1.2.3 of the original MSI in WixEdit
2. Replaced a single DLL with an updated DLL
3. Updated version to 1.2.4
4. Updated Product Id
5. UpgradeCode did * not * changed
6. Added Upgrade element after the last Property element
Upgrade Id={59BF7F9E-FF46-45D5-8050-F1477466A661}
UpgradeVersion Minimum=3.8.1 Maximum=3.8.1
IncludeMinimum=yes IncludeMaximum=yes Property=OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED
/
/Upgrade
Is OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED a pre-defined thing or just used as a comment?
There is no matching Property.
-Ed
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