Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-21 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
aller XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working That would not work since it would also prevent upgrading to newer versions, which I like allow by having installer uninstall automatically the older version. -Original Message- From: [

Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-21 Thread Alexander Shevchuk
bject: Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working That would not work since it would also prevent upgrading to newer versions, which I like allow by having installer uninstall automatically the older version. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-21 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
8:41 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working Your [EMAIL PROTECTED] is set to "*" meaning that it is autogenerated every time. If you set this to a static value, perhaps passed it in as a va

Re: [WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-21 Thread Karthik Krishnan
Your [EMAIL PROTECTED] is set to "*" meaning that it is autogenerated every time. If you set this to a static value, perhaps passed it in as a var the same way you do the UpgradeCode, Windows Installer should throw an error saying that another version of the same product is installed. Is this what

[WiX-users] prevent an old package from installing not working

2008-07-19 Thread Lucius Fleuchaus
I am following the instructions given at http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/02/15/from-msi-to-wix-part-8-major-upgrade.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370840(VS.85).aspx to prevent an old package from installing. Below is the WIX file with the yellow highlight th