[wix-users] Is there a way to allow major upgrade if version is the same but product code is different?

[Joseph Musser]

I'm using the MajorUpgrade element, but since I was blocked on
accomplishing what I want I also tried the upgrade table. Neither work yet.

Like I said in my opening email, AllowSameVersionUpgrades does not work
when product code changes and version and revision do not change. From my
testing it leaves duplicate entries in ARP.


On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:12 PM, John Cooper <JoCooper at jackhenry.com> wrote:

> Read the documentation for the MajorUpgrade element and the
> AllowSameVersionUpgrades attribute.
>
> There is very little benefit to hand-authoring the upgrade tables like you
> are doing.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Joseph Musser
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Is there a way to allow major upgrade if version
> is the same but product code is different?
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> I also tried this which had the same result:
>
> <Upgrade Id="$(var.UpgradeCode)">
>   <UpgradeVersion Maximum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMaximum="yes"
> Property="OLDERVERSIONBEINGUPGRADED" />
>   <UpgradeVersion Minimum="$(var.ProductVersion)" IncludeMinimum="no"
> OnlyDetect="yes" Property="NEWERVERSIONDETECTED" /> </Upgrade>
> <CustomActionRef Id="WixExitEarlyWithSuccess"/>
>
> <InstallExecuteSequence>
>   <RemoveExistingProducts After="InstallValidate" />
> </InstallExecuteSequence>
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Joseph Musser <me at jnm2.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm randomizing the product ID with each build ("*") but I want to
> > leave the revision at 0. We may do multiple builds internally but when
> > we publish to the client the revision number should be 0.
> >
> > AllowSameVersionUpgrades="yes" seems like it was designed for this,
> > but it does not work and two instances end up in ARP. I assume this is
> > because the version is the same.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do to augment this so that a major upgrade
> > happens without changing the version?
> >
> >
> >
>
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