[wix-users] How to install multiple instances of the same application using MSI

Phill Hogland phill.hogland at rimage.com
Thu Apr 28 10:01:03 PDT 2016


you might also be interested in these:
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Multiple-Instance-Transforms-Walkthrough-Proposed-Simple-Addition-to-WiX-to-Make-Them-Easier-td708828.html
http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Instance-transforms-with-the-msi-td4129002.html
And if also using Burn I believe there are some other limitations.


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From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com>
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That's the solution. See InstanceTransforms element.

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-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Anil Kumar
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 8:23 AM
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Subject: [wix-users] How to install multiple instances of the same application using MSI

Hi,
I have a requirement to allow multiple instances of same application and it should support major upgrade aswell.

I can do multiple installation by altering product code, upgrade code & product name. But, altering upgrade code will not support major upgrade.

I guess 'Authoring Multiple Instances with Instance Transforms' is the only option. More info on this are available in https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367797(v=vs.85).aspx

I am unable to find any examples on this transforms. Can anyone provide example project on this? else can anyone suggest a way to achieve my requirement?

Thanks

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