John Robbins wrote: > Using the registry key SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Installer XML\<version> is > sufficient. >
Agreed. The right values are probably there, as we did some work to enable the WiX that was to ship in VS2010 to be swapped out for the public version. > I guess anyone using a Product Id="*" really needs to plan a detection > scheme. I'd suggest avoiding the use of product codes -- it ties you to a single build if you rely on major upgrades, as some bright folks have recommended <http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/12/30/paying-for-upgrades/>.<g> If you use minor upgrades/patches, it still means changing whenever they do a major upgrade or a SxS release. You can use upgrade codes to detect any products in that family. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users