Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-19 Thread Rob Mensching
, October 15, 2009 5:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product. Hi All, This isn't so much a WiX specific question, but more of a Windows Installer one... however those

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-18 Thread Sascha Beaumont
CustomActionRef Id=WixExitEarlyWithSuccess /, depending on expectations. -Original Message- From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] When to change Product

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-18 Thread Sascha Beaumont
-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product. Hi All, This isn't so much a WiX specific question, but more of a Windows Installer one... however those on the list seem to have a pretty good understanding of all the rules we should be following so I'm hoping

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-16 Thread Rob Mensching
1. You should use different ProductCodes. Otherwise it will be very difficult to tell what product a user has installed. The real kicker (which you may not be hit by directly) is if you ever try to create patches. Using the same ProductCode will make patching basically impossible. There is really

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-16 Thread Blair
=WixExitEarlyWithSuccess /, depending on expectations. -Original Message- From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:50 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions

[WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-15 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Hi All, This isn't so much a WiX specific question, but more of a Windows Installer one... however those on the list seem to have a pretty good understanding of all the rules we should be following so I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Currently for our main product I'm

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-15 Thread Dave Kolb
I understand Product/@Id is an XPath fragment but where is such syntax used in conjunction with wix? I could find no such usage in any wix or project files that I am using. Just trying to understand what you are talking about. Thanks, Dave snip Currently for our main product I'm using two

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-15 Thread Sascha Beaumont
Hi Dave, http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_product.htm The Id attribute of the Product element... It's the third line in every single one of my WiX projects :) ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8? Wix xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi; Product

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-15 Thread Dave Kolb
is the syntax I would expect in an .xls file. - Dave -Original Message- From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 11:56 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-15 Thread Sascha Beaumont
-Original Message- From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 11:56 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product. Hi Dave, http

Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product.

2009-10-15 Thread Dave Kolb
...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:55 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] When to change Product/@Id (ProductCode)? - two editions of the same product. Hi Dave, I'm not using the fragment *in* my WiX sources, I'm using