[wix-users] How WixTools manage the upgrades?

Mon Aug 17 18:03:06 PDT 2020

Davide,

You'll really need to get support from JPackage directly. My very quick
search online suggests that JPackage might use WiX under the covers
indicating any problems with JPackage will need to be addressed by the
JPackage developers.

https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/343 mentions

--win-upgrade-uuid <string> — UUID associated with upgrades for this package

but https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214564 suggests it might not
work properly.

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8240111 hints JPackage might use
WiX under the covers.

I'm afraid we may not be of too much help if you must continue to use
JPackage.

If you attempt to create your installer directly with WiX without the use
of JPackage, then we'd be glad to help you but please check out the
tutorial for the basics.

https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/

--
Edwin G. Castro

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:11 PM Davide Perini via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> It's still unclear to me how to say to jpackage to create an "upgrade
> rule".
> I know that this is the wix mailing list but I think that argument is
> strictly related to wix.
>
> Is there any java users here?
> Documentation is not clear on how to create an "uninstall and reinstall"
> binary.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Il 17/08/2020 20.26, Steven Ogilvie ha scritto:
> > You don't need to create an EXE to do upgrades...
> >
> > The MSI will do that for you... As long as the 'rules' are satisfied for
> an
> > upgrade.
> > I.e. in the case of a major upgrade the ProductCode has changed and 1 of
> the
> > first 3 digits of the ProductVersion have changed...
> >
> > You can google that, i.e. using major upgrades using WiX...
> >
> >
> https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/updates/major_upgrade
> .
> > html
> >
> https://support.firegiant.com/hc/en-us/articles/230912187-Implement-major-up
> > grade-
> > https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/upgrades-and-modularization/
> >
> > These should help you out...
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> >> Davide Perini via wix-users
> >> Sent: August 17, 2020 2:02 PM
> >> To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> >> Cc: Davide Perini <perini.davide at dpsoftware.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [wix-users] How WixTools manage the upgrades?
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> >> I don't understand the purpose of Wix Toolset in this case.
> >> Isn't Wix Toolset "a way to install software" in Windows?
> >>
> >> In Windows I can uninstall the software I installed with wix, how can I
> > tell wix
> >> to create an exe that does an inplace upgrade by removing the old
> >> installation and installing a new version?
> >>
> >> Isn't this something that wix can do?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Davide
> >>
> >> Il 17/08/2020 19.36, Markus Kramer via wix-users ha scritto:
> >>> Edwin,
> >>> In an Major Upgrade, how do you specify the condition for a Custom
> >>> Action that shall only execute in an upgrade?
> >>>
> >>> I tried
> >>> *     Installed AND NOT REMOVE*
> >>> but in a Major Upgrade, the Custom Action was skipped (Condition not
> >> met).
> >>> Also, how do you schedule  RemoveExistingProducts early?
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> Markus
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:58 PM Edwin Castro via wix-users <
> >>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Do you mean WiX Toolset when you say WixTools? If yes, then you are
> >>>> probably really asking how does the Windows Installer support
> >>>> upgrades? The WiX Toolset is a collection of tools for authoring
> >>>> Windows Installer packages.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoc
> >>>> s.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows%2Fwin32%2Fmsi%2Fpatching-
> >> and-upgrad
> >> es&data=02%7C01%7Cstogilvie%40genetec.com%7C3cac014083aa4fe38
> >> cb80
> >> 8d842d7bbd8%7C7ba8d2fb46604a19802e4d015a17e167%7C0%7C0%7C637332
> >> 841621
> >> 265324&sdata=%2FH9%2BGN7QIcejb2lHhl0wsnx2hitWgU49xWrsOCRW
> >> MOc%3D&a
> >>>> mp;reserved=0
> >>>>
> >>>> You'll see the answer is "it depends on how you author your MSI
> >>>> package". I understand that answer isn't very satisfying but it is a
> > correct
> >> answer.
> >>>> I author my MSI packages to "uninstall the old version and install
> >>>> the new version" by using a Major Upgrade and schedule
> >>>> RemoveExistingProducts early.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Edwin G. Castro
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 16:10 Davide Perini via wix-users <
> >>>> wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> As title.
> >>>>> How WixTools manage the upgrades?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Suppose that I have a version 1.0 installed, what happen if I
> >>>>> install version 1.1 on it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> DOes it uninstall the old version and reinstall the new one?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> Davide
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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