Thanks for the response.
q1 - So is minor upgrade depicted just by a wix sources change such as the
following <Product Version="1.0.0.0" -> "1.1.0.0" />
and minor upgrade is depicted just by a wix sources change such as the
following <Product Version="1.1.0.0" -> "2.0.0.0" />?
q2 - do the same REINSTALLMODE switch settings apply when trying to use a patch
to carry out a minor or major upgrade? Our understanding at this point of a
patch vs and upgrade is the patch provides rollback to prior release support
where a upgrade does not...is that correct?
q3 - Would the following be something that you'd expect to work in terms of
providing a way for users NOT to have to enter the required command line switch
settings to get a minor upgrade to work?
<Upgrade Id="D1652FA2-32AC-4D5B-8DCF-5DF11FE128BA">
<UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.1.0.0" IncludeMinimum="no" OnlyDetect="yes"
Property="NEWERVERSIONFOUND" />
<UpgradeVersion Minimum="1.0.0.0" IncludeMinimum="yes" Maximum="1.1.0.0"
IncludeMaximum="no" Property="OLDERVERSIONFOUND" />
</Upgrade>
<CustomAction Id="PreventDowngrading" Error="Newer version already installed."
/>
<CustomAction Id="SetReInstallProperty" Property="REINSTALL" Value="all"
Execute="firstSequence" />
<CustomAction Id="SetReInstallModeProperty" Property="REINSTALLMODE"
Value="vomus" Execute="firstSequence" />
<InstallExecuteSequence>
<Custom Action="PreventDowngrading"
After="FindRelatedProducts">NEWERVERSIONFOUND</Custom>
<Custom Action="SetReInstallProperty"
After="FindRelatedProducts">OLDERVERSIONFOUND</Custom>
<Custom Action="SetReInstallModeProperty"
After="FindRelatedProducts">OLDERVERSIONFOUND</Custom>
<RemoveExistingProducts
After="InstallFinalize">OLDERVERSIONFOUND</RemoveExistingProducts>
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:45 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] does running upgrade msi or patch msi still require
additional command line switches?
Robert O'Brien wrote:
> Q1 - does running upgrade msi or patch msi still require additional command
> line switches?
>
Minor upgrades must be applied with arguments. Major upgrades don't need
them.
> Q2 - I seem to recall running into upgrade capable msi's and patch msp's that
> I could simple double click on and successfully upgrade or patch an existing
> msi install w/o the need for launching from a command line and including the
> noted switch settings. Are those upgrade msi and patch msp's doing
> something custom to avoid the need for that command line parameter?
>
They're major upgrades.
> Q3 - Is the tutorial denoted difference in the REINSTALLMODE switch setting
> for a upgrade msi and patch msp, i.e. "vomus" versus "omus", a typo or is the
> v some kind of verbose reinstall mode flag?
>
See the MSI SDK doc for REINSTALLMODE. You need the 'v' for minor
upgrades but can't have it for the initial install.
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