I'm not sure what technical limitations are there, but the documentation for ProductVersion property is saying both major and minor version have maximum value of 255.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370859(VS.85).aspx <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370859%28VS.85%29.aspx> Ondřej Zarevúcky On 12.3.2010 16:36, Joris Spriet wrote: > Hi, > > we currently are using WiX v2 for like 4 years now, but are now thinking > of moving to v3 for various reasons. > > One first obstacle we are getting is quite surprisingly our product > version numbering. > We use the year as major version number -it was a marketing decision to > use same number for file/assembly major versions > as for the marketed version name - and the quarter as minor version > number > (so we are now in the process of finishing and releasing 2010.1.a.b, and > are starting to work on 2010.2.c.d). > > These version numbers are no longer considered valid by candle in v3. It > only allows major and minor > version numbers up to 255, and build numbers up to 65535; there is no > check for revision. > > I wonder where this validation is based upon ? I did not readily find > any guidelines or rules, saying that > major and minor cannot be greater than 255, so it looks a bit random to > me. > > Any chance this might change in a (near) future release of WiX v3 ? > > Thanks in advance for your reaction/answer. > > Joris Spriet > > -------------------------------- > MESware N.V. > Beversesteenweg 561/2 > 8800 Roeselare > Tel +32 51 263210 > Fax +32 51 228022 > url www.mesware.be > -------------------------------- > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-devs mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
