1. IIRC, (I try to avoid CopyFile so I could be mistaken) uninstalling an MSI does not remove the copied content. You could create a quick MSI to verify.
2. I highly recommend making your scripts idempotent. Thus, you can always run them and if they've already been applied, they do nothing. Makes life much easier. On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Christian Hausknecht < chauskne...@beracom.de> wrote: > Hello folks, > > as I did not get any answers to my last question, I try to be more precise > today. > > I want to make an Installer with burn, that installs quite a big > application. So there are different things to do, like just install some > files, copy some files around, initiating a database and so on. Now I need > to plan an update strategy before I actually start working on implementing > the installer. As far as I know today, a major upgrade always deletes all > elements which are related with the given Upgradecode. So that is in fact > sometimes a problem. I have some formular templates which are copied to a > different location after installation (with copyfile-Tag). So are those > formular copies also uninstalled during a major upgrade? If so, is there a > way to prevent them from being uninstalled? As customers can change the > copies the update should not delete their work... only the new default > formulars should be shipped... > > Another thing that gets me stuck is executing a script for database > modification. Assuming I have a version 1.0.0 and some further versions > like 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and so on. My plan is to build a full installer and an > update installer for each version. But of course the update installer > should be running on every customer machine that has a version prior to the > current one. But how can I tell burn not to execute all database scripts > but only those needed based upon the current version? For example a client > has the version 1.0.1 (no matter if he fully installed at that version or > made already an update from 1.0.0). Now the current version is 1.0.2. If he > launches the current update installer, it should only execute the > db-update-script that is needed in order to transform 1.0.1 db to a 1.0.2 > db. But of course the db-script for transforming a 1.0.0 to a 1.0.1 is also > bundled within the installer, as other customers might still stay at the > 1.0.0. I definitely do not want to ship x different update installers for x > existing program version that must be executed in a special sequence... so > how can I achieve that goal? > > I hope you can help me with that issue :) > > Greetings, > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Christian Hausknecht > Entwicklung > > BeraCom > Beratung und Software-Entwicklung GmbH & Co. KG > Weidestr. 134, 22083 Hamburg > T: +49 (0)40 547 241 - DW > F: +49 (0)40 547 241 - 60 > M: chauskne...@beracom.de<mailto:chauskne...@beracom.de> > http://www.beracom.de > > ============================================= > Kommanditgesellschaft: Sitz Hamburg, RG Hamburg, HRA 90932 > Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin: BeraCom Beratung und > Software-Entwicklung GmbH > Sitz Hamburg, RG Hamburg, HRB 64844 > Geschäftsführer: Arno Schaefer, Britta Kahlfuss > Diese E-Mail ist vertraulich und exklusiv für den/die Adressaten bestimmt. > Weiterleitung oder Kopieren, auch auszugsweise, darf nur mit ausdrücklicher > schriftlicher Einwilligung des Absenders erfolgen. In jedem Fall ist > sicherzustellen, dass keinerlei inhaltliche Veränderungen erfolgen. Der > Absender ist von der Richtigkeit dieser Mail zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Erstellung > überzeugt. Er und/oder sein Unternehmen übernimmt jedoch keine Haftung für > ihre Richtigkeit. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
