If you're referring to the Microsoft platform testing, those tests are
flawed. They failed an MSI of ours due to having a null entry for
VersionMax in an Upgrade Table entry even though the MSDN documentation
on Windows Installer tells you to do this if you want to check for all
versions greater than the VersionMin (see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372379.aspx). This is checked
by ICE61 which they run before they do their "Package Identity" testing
& yet they don't actually know enough about Windows Installer to know
this even though they're testing packages built for it.

They also failed another MSI because we apparently install 16-bit
binaries which aren't identified as such. The files are data templates
(ASCII text) with a .sys extension. They don't bother actually looking
at the content of the files, their tests assume .sys = 16-bit & since
the testing is all automated by someone with a basic knowledge of how to
click buttons & send e-mails actually trying to explain this to them is
about as useful as talking to your buildings walls.

Our testing was done by "VeriTest" so if you're using someone else you
may have more intelligent responses.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Uma Harano [mailto:uhar...@esri.com] 
Sent: 23 March 2010 17:17
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Upgrade Table

Hi,
I have read that the Upgrade Table must be populated based on the Server
2008 certification guidelines.
My setup msi program is not designed to do upgrades of previous
versions. Should I still populate the Upgrade table? If so, what Upgrade
code should I use? (Since it is not designed to upgrade anything).

Thanks!
Uma Harano-
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