Yeah Phil i understood that. But if some has faced the below scenarios
to achieve, please let me know if it is possible to achieve these and how:
I am not able install different versions my application that i developed
with WIX. Below are my requirements
a.I want it to uninstall and reinstall automatically if the install is
in the same folder location say pipelineoptimizer 6.0.0. What this means
is that if it is the same build version i.e. 6.0.0 or simply say version
of the two products, we want it to "overwrite". If it is a different
build version, we want it to install side by side. I put "overwrite" in
quotes because what it should actually do is uninstall and reinstall so
that it is a clean install.
b.I would also want it to install separately if it was 6.0.1 as well,
not just a change to the major number. Also, we don't want any manual
changes to the scripts when upgrading versions(say changing the upgrade
code).
C. If we are installing to same directory(say pipelineoptimizer 6.0.0),
it should uninstall/reinstall. If it is a different directory, it should
install side-by-side without uinstalling the previous one already
installed. Since the directories by default are <ProductName>
<major.minor.revision>, all 3 of those numbers have to be the same for
it to overwrite. However, if someone is intentionally doing a
side-by-side and changes the default directory, that should allow a
side-by-side install without uinstalling the previous one already installed.
Below is the code that i have:
<Product Name='PipelineOptimizer $(var.SvnVersion)' Id='*'
UpgradeCode='{A73A66C4-CBC1-45DD-B6A3-85D6252AE592}'
Language='1033' Codepage='1252' Version='$(var.SvnVersionBuild)'
Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'>
<Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="Tort Installer
1.0" Comments='Tort Installer' Platform='x64'
Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'
InstallerVersion='300' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes'
SummaryCodepage='1252' />
<MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades='no' DowngradeErrorMessage="A later
version of [ProductName] is already installed."
Schedule="afterInstallInitialize" />
Please let me know what changes i need to make.
Regards,
Suvra Jyoti
On 05-03-2014 23:53, Phil Wilson wrote:
> Most of this is just the way that Windows Installer works, by design.
> It's the ProductCode (that Id) that identifies the product, so you
> cannot have the same product installed twice.
>
> If your product version doesn't come out consistently, and is not what
> was intended, then that sounds like a build problem to me. It's your
> build process that should produce two separate versions, but
> apparently it can't.
> ---------------
> Phil Wilson
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:16 AM, Suvrajyoti Panda
> <suvrajyo...@contata.co.in> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am not able to install different versions of my application through
>> installer i have created side by side. It says that it is already
>> installed. We should be able to install 2 different builds.
>>
>> <Product Name='PipelineOptimizer Tort Engine $(var.SvnVersion)'
>> Id='5A1581BE-27C3-46A1-8699-4F1D642C97E0'
>> UpgradeCode='C54B7D5D-0E66-43E8-A770-C9750693F057' Language='1033'
>> Codepage='1252' Version='$(var.SvnVersion)'
>> Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'>
>>
>> <Package Id='*' Keywords='Installer' Description="Tort Installer
>> 1.0" Comments='Tort Installer' Platform='x64'
>> Manufacturer='$(var.ManufacturerName)'
>> InstallerVersion='300' Languages='1033' Compressed='yes'
>> SummaryCodepage='1252'></Package>
>>
>> In the above the <Product> version sometimes comes out as 06.00.3422 and
>> sometimes as 06.00.3424 .The first installer is able to install the
>> application(version 06.00.3422) but second one with version 06.00.3424
>> is not allowed to install.It says that it is already installed. I tried
>> changing the <Product> Id attribute to '*' and then it allows to install
>> the two versions side by side. But in this case even if the version
>> remains as 06.00.3422(since its is dynamic and i am fetching the
>> revision from svn) then we have two applications with the same same
>> version installed side by side. That's not something that should happen.
>> It should install the second version only if it is different from the
>> first.
>>
>> If any one knows the workaround please provide your inputs on the same.
>>
>> Regards
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