.. And this example describes it: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2010/01/16/major-upgrades-now-easier-than-ever/
And note that RemoveExistingProducts is early in the sequence, after InstallValidate, and that results in removal of the oler product before installing the new one. I don't know what a FORCE parameter is. What we have here is an upgrade that removes potentially every file in the older product and then installs the new files with the new product. Phil -----Original Message----- From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:22 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7 Classification: Public Sounds like a MajorUpgrade... Removes the older version, installs the new version... Steve -----Original Message----- From: Hans ter Horst [mailto:hoshis...@gmail.com] Sent: April-17-13 3:14 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Tutorial about handling upgrades in Wix 3.7 Is there a tutorial or a reference post available that explains the principles of how to write an installer that first uninstalls an older version before installing the version included in the MSI but that would leave newer versions unaffected unless a FORCE parameter is supplied on the interface? Google search results are clouded by questions about upgrading Wix itself and any other answer seems to be from people guessing and second guessing like I've been doing today. Thanks! Hans -- http://monochrome.me.uk/blog/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users This message has been marked as Public by Steven Ogilvie on April-17-13 3:21:35 PM. The above classification labels were added to the message by TITUS Message Classification. For more information visit www.titus.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
