[wix-users] Upgrade Installation

[R]

Sorry to bug everyone again, but I just wanted to say I've solved my own
problem. With heat. exe, I realized that I was using the -gg option to
generate guids instead of -ag, which means that I had a different guid for
the same components everytime I ran heat. This probably means I was
breaking the Component Rules, and thus, weird behavior occurred. At least,
that is my current understanding of it. Thanks for bearing with me as I
slowly figure things out!

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 12:09 PM, R <ryee at pronktech.com> wrote:

> Is there a common newbie error that causes an upgrade to uninstall the
> original program?
>
> I have two products: drivers and the main app. Here are steps that create
> the problem:
>
>    1. Install 1.2.0.3.
>    2. Change Bundle version alone and everything else is the same.
>    3. Install 1.2.0.4.
>
> Step #3 uninstalls the main app but leaves the drivers alone and all my
> main app shortcuts (separate components from main app). The only difference
> I can tell is that the main app components that disappear are those
> generated by heat into a structure like the following:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
>     <Fragment>
>         <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLFOLDER">
>             <Directory Id="dir242DC17B8DFC53C13CAF172FC08B730A" Name="de"
> />
>             <Directory Id="dir43FCCFA109FBF584D9155DCE31E452EB"
> Name="x64" />
>             <Directory Id="dir97F42FF68945B97AAE670945C4FDAE93"
> Name="x86" />
>         </DirectoryRef>
>     </Fragment>
>     <Fragment>
>         <ComponentGroup Id="MainApp_Components">
>             <Component Id="cmpBB1767D7C200C536ABB2D361F40F9D92"
> Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Guid="{18EA1D5A-3C1A-4709-905F-19285C646D5A}">
>                 <File Id="fil4E0F4321F336BF83461A34116F3E30B7"
> KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.MainApplication.TargetDir)\Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll"
> />
>             </Component>
>
> ......
>
>         </ComponentGroup>
>     </Fragment>
> </Wix>
>
> "Repair" works and everything gets installed.
>
> As a side problem, sometimes the drivers will reinstall even though they
> are still there. Here is an example of what I have:
>
>             <Directory Id="dir_serialusb" Name="Driver_SerialUSB">
>             <Component Id="component_usbserialINF"
> Guid="111c9893-c0da-4c17-8d1d-b2a2854ee1c4" Win64="yes">
>               <difx:Driver /> <!-- Element to install the inf driver.-->
>               <File Id="file_usbserialINF" Source="..\BLED112-Signed-Win-Drv\windrv\usbserial.inf"
> Vital="yes" KeyPath="yes"/>
>               <File Id="file_usbserialCAT" Source="..\BLED112-Signed-Win-
> Drv\windrv\usbserial.cat" Vital="yes"/>
>               <RemoveFolder Id="rmDir_serialusb" Directory="dir_serialusb"
> On="both"/>
>               <RemoveFolder Id="rmDir_serialusb_drivers"
> Directory="dir_drivers" On="both"/>
>               <RemoveFile Id="rmFile_usbserialAllFiles" Name="*"
> On="both"/>
>             </Component>
>             </Directory>
>
> Thank you for your help!
>



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