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

[Joseph Musser]

It must be related to Burn. I tried the msi directly and it worked as
expected.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Carlos Sosa <carlos.sosa.us at outlook.com>
wrote:

>
> I don’t fully understand what is the problem you are describing, but with
> the settings bellow, the Version will be set to whatever is set in the
> configuration.
> I hope it helps.
>
>
> ************************************************************
> ****************
> *******************
> <?define UpgradeCode = "6XXXXXXb-3aa3-XX0a-b8ea-fdXXXXXX50916" ?>
>   <!--<?define
> ProductVersion="$(fileVersion.ProductVersion($(var.ProductFe
> ature.TargetPath
> )))" ?>-->
>
>   <Product Id="*"
>            Name="$(var.ProductName)"
>            Language="1033"
>            Version="1.0.0.0"
>            Manufacturer="$(var.ProductManufacturer)"
>            UpgradeCode="$(var.UpgradeCode)">
>     <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
> InstallScope="perMachine" InstallPrivileges="elevated" />
>     <MajorUpgrade AllowDowngrades="no"
>                   AllowSameVersionUpgrades="YES"
>                   DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName]
> is
> already installed." />
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of
> John Cooper
> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 3:12 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Is there a way to allow major upgrade if version
> is
> the same but product code is different?
>
> Read the documentation for the MajorUpgrade element and the
> AllowSameVersionUpgrades attribute.
>
> There is very little benefit to hand-authoring the upgrade tables like you
> are doing.
>
> --
> John Merryweather Cooper
> Senior Software Engineer -- Integration Development Group -- Enterprise
> Notification Service Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 |
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Joseph Musser
> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2016 3:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [wix-users] Is there a way to allow major upgrade if version
> is
> the same but product code is different?
>
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> I also tried this which had the same result:
>
> <Upgrade Id="$(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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