[wix-devs] Stable Guid MSBuild task

[Edwin Castro]

Under what circumstances would I want my UpgradeCode to change build to
build?

What does stable mean? I assume the code changes build to build but in what
ways does it change?

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Edwin G. Castro


On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 8:37 AM Hoover, Jacob via wix-devs <
wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> For wix4, would anyone else find use in having the existing stable guid
> logic also exposed as a MSBuild task? While a random guid works, sometimes
> having something deterministic is desired.
>
> Ex:
>   <Target Name="GenerateUpgradeCode">
>                 <PropertyGroup>
>
> <ProductCodeKey>$(ApplicationBuild)#$(Version)#ProductCode</ProductCodeKey>
>
> <UpgradeCodeKey>$(ApplicationBuild)#$(Version)#UpgradeCode</UpgradeCodeKey>
>
> <Salt>{C1BA69E1-B69D-46B8-A095-CAF6337B71F4}</Salt>
>                 </PropertyGroup>
>
>                 <GetStableGUID Key="$(ProductCodeKey)" Salt="$(Salt)">
>                                 <Output TaskParameter="Stable"
> PropertyName="ProductCode" />
>                 </GetStableGUID>
>                 <GetStableGUID Key="$(UpgradeCodeKey)" Salt="$(Salt)">
>                                 <Output TaskParameter="Stable"
> PropertyName="UpgradeCode" />
>                 </GetStableGUID>
>                 <PropertyGroup>
>                                 <DefineConstants>
>                                   $(DefineConstants);
>                                   ProductCode=$(ProductCode);
>                                   UpgradeCode=$(UpgradeCode);
>                                 </DefineConstants>
>                 </PropertyGroup>
>   </Target>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jacob
>
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