Dear Blair, Dear Christopher, Thank you for your reply.
Am 22.07.2010 00:11, schrieb Blair: > [...] > This is part of the reason huge numbers of software producers distributing > over the internet use self-extract-and-launch-style wrappers (zip-exe style) > for their MSI distribution. Do you have a recommendation for such a tool? > [...] > It is true that changing the MSI file name forces a major upgrade. Isn't this really dumb? I am kind of disappointed of MSI... Everything gets a GUID in order to be REALLY sure that everything just depends on an ID and not on a name etc. And then...that?! > [...] I would suggest something like > [OriginalDatabase]>> \MYSUPPORTEDFILENAME.msi > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370562(VS.85).aspx > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368012(VS.85).aspx Is this what you mean? <Condition Message="You must not rename the msi file!"> OriginalDatabase ~<> "\MYSUPPORTEDFILENAME.msi" </Condition> Regards, Luke > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lukas Haase<lukasha...@gmx.at> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 4:42:20 PM > Subject: [WiX-users] Does the msi-filename matter? > > Hi, > > Does the filename of the msi file matter in any way? > > I really DO NOT hope so! Because I have no influence if the user renames > the file before installing?! > > [1] says: "There are cases when the Windows Installer forces you to use > a major upgrade [...] You have to when you change the name of the .msi > file for any reason. [...]" > > Regards, > Luke > > > > > [1] http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php#4.1 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
