You could certainly create your own custom property and store it in the MSI file after each build, and extract it to see what your internal version is, but I would avoid ProductVersion because that's already the name of the Windows Installer property, and could cause confusion anyway.
It won't help from the user point of view because Windows Installer uses ProductVersion in places like Programs/Features, and whenever the version is shown. Phil -----Original Message----- From: Rod Horsley [mailto:rhors...@control4.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:16 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I need to use Product Version Build numbers larger than 65535 Good point; Since I started this thread an engineer I work with suggested I use a new attribute called ProductVersion that is not bound by the 255.255.65535.65535 limitation. I've started testing this approach to see if it will solve my issues... Thanks for your time and feedback... Later, Rod /B^) Rod Horsley | Software Engineer -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 12:52 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] I need to use Product Version Build numbers larger than 65535 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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
