[WiX-users] General Information Question about New Releases and GUIDs...

2010-10-29 Thread John D. Marinuzzi
Hello All, Our company puts out a release of our software once a year. By default, it gets installed in a directory that is unique every year. I just started using WIX last release and we have a new one coming up. Our customers will often keep the old version during a transition. My

Re: [WiX-users] General Information Question about New Releases and GUIDs...

2010-10-29 Thread Nick Ramirez
You shouldn't ever need to change the UpgradeCode as long as it's all the same product. Windows Installer needs the UpgradeCode to stay the same so that it can detect older versions of itself during an upgrade, should you ever set it up to do one. For example, the Upgrade element needs that same

Re: [WiX-users] General Information Question about New Releases and GUIDs...

2010-10-29 Thread John D. Marinuzzi
Hello Nick, Replies below... You shouldn't ever need to change the UpgradeCode as long as it's all the same product. Windows Installer needs the UpgradeCode to stay the same so that it can detect older versions of itself during an upgrade, should you ever set it up to do one. For example,