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It doesn't need to be higher, just different.
You should always change your assembly version number when modifying any assembly that goes in the GAC. Otherwise the Framework will simply ignore your change, whether you use MSI or gacutil. It doesn't check the file version attributes, only the assembly version.
If you want to redirect old clients to the new assembly, you need to use publisher policy, or use .exe.config files on the programs to be redirected. The former is the proper way to do it as a component author.
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Mike Dimmick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Wilson, Phil Sent: Fri 22/09/2006 20:32 To: Frank Tse; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] how to enforce assembly to be gac'd even when thereisalready a copy in the gac That needs the FileVersion Name-Value pair to be in the MsiAssemblyName data, and to state the obvious the file version must be higher than the existing version in the GAC.
Phil Wilson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Tse Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 12:10 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] how to enforce assembly to be gac'd even when there isalready a copy in the gac Hi,
I am using the File element to put assembly in GAC and using Netfx extension to put the assembly in GAC . A scenario is that an older version of assembly might already be in GAC (done manually by user). Right now when it is the case, the setup does not put the assembly within the setup into GAC. On the other hand, setup does not report any errors.
<File Id='DLLInGACAndNgen' Name='MyAssembly.dll' DiskId='1' Source='MyAssembly.dll' Vital='yes' Assembly='.net' KeyPath='yes'> <netfx:NativeImage Id="Ngen" Priority="0"/> </File>
I would like to make my setup to be robust and want it to install the assembly into the GAC to override the old version, is there any way to enforce the File element to always GAC the assembly even if it is already in GAC?
Thanks, Frank |
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