Personally, I wouldn't use the word "robust" in that sentence. The word "flexible" may be appropriate but not "robust". The alternative installation engines available on the Windows platform are not more "robust".
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Rod Horsley <rhors...@control4.com> wrote: > >From the looks of it; I may have no choice but to abandon the Windows > Installer in favor of a more robust product... > > Thanks for your time and your feedback... > > Later, Rod > /B^) > > > Rod Horsley | Software Engineer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:22 PM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I need to use Product Version Build numbers > larger then65535 > > Windows Installer might copy the version info model, but the limitation is > the ProductVersion property, and that's not a WiX limitation, it's Windows > Installer. > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370859(v=vs.85).as > px > > So "abandoning WiX" means abandoning Windows Installer - that's where the > limit is. > > Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 10:38 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I need to use Product Version Build numbers larger > then65535 > > Correct me if I am wrong, but the VERSIONINFO resource can't handle > numbers larger than that. > ( > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).a > spx) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Horsley [mailto:rhors...@control4.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:16 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] I need to use Product Version Build numbers larger > then > 65535 > > The product version number I have to use has the following form: > > 3.5.6.257832 obviously the candle compiler doesn't like this; is there any > way to suppress the error or to work around this limitation? > > If I can't find a solution to this problem we are going to have to abandon > WIX in favor of a solution that will allow build numbers larger than 65K. > > > Thanks, Rod > /B^) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
