[wix-users] Order for feature Installation

[Edwin Castro]

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> You don't upgrade features. You upgrade products. You can select features
> to be installed. You can also specified which features you want to not be
> installed.
>
> If you need to install 2 features and later you want to upgrade a single
> feature, then you need separate your features into separate products that
> can be upgraded separately.


When Jacob and Rob suggest two MSIs, they are suggesting the same thing I
did above. Separate your App and DB features into separate Products (MSIs)
then you can upgrade them individually and can orchestrate the order of
installs and upgrades as required.

--
Edwin G. Castro


On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Rob Mensching via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> I'd do what Jacob suggested: two MSIs.
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> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Ven
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> Subject: [wix-users] Order for feature Installation
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> I have an MSI with 2 features, one for App and the other one for DB. I
> have a little twisted requirement. During the initial installation, I need
> to install DB feature first and then only App feature, whereas for Upgrade,
> App feature should be installed first and then the DB feature. I know I can
> run the installer twice and get it done, but I need to run it once and
> achieve this. Please help.
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