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‎Dec 26, 2007
05:44 PM
Unable to get new versions of files to install
We have a basic Installshield 2008 project and since we update our program on a very regular basis I did not want to mess with the Upgrade Table because all of the files need to be reinstalled anyways and there are only 6 or so files.
The problem is when I change our exe files and build a new release through Installshield it comes up with the Modify/Reinstall/Remove screen and no matter if I pick Modify or Reinstall it goes through the motion but never installs the new versions of the files.
The stupid thing is that I've tried just about everything I can think of and this should be the easiest thing in the world. If I manually delete or rename the files it will reinstall it with both the Modify and the Reinstall settings but I can run it 100 times without deleting them and it won't.
And sometimes it will come up into the Modify/Reinstall/Remove screen and other times it just comes into a Resume Setup Screen.
Some things I have tried are:
1.) Setting each files properties to Always Overwrite
2.) Changing the ReinstallModeText property to amusv
3.) Tried adding The Reinstall = ALL and ReinstallMode = [ReinstallModeText] events to the Maintenance Type dialogs using the _IsMaintenance = "Change" condition.
4.) And about a hundered other things which don't seam to help.
Somebody please help me. I've used 5 or 10 other installer packages through the years and not once have we ran into this problem.
The problem is when I change our exe files and build a new release through Installshield it comes up with the Modify/Reinstall/Remove screen and no matter if I pick Modify or Reinstall it goes through the motion but never installs the new versions of the files.
The stupid thing is that I've tried just about everything I can think of and this should be the easiest thing in the world. If I manually delete or rename the files it will reinstall it with both the Modify and the Reinstall settings but I can run it 100 times without deleting them and it won't.
And sometimes it will come up into the Modify/Reinstall/Remove screen and other times it just comes into a Resume Setup Screen.
Some things I have tried are:
1.) Setting each files properties to Always Overwrite
2.) Changing the ReinstallModeText property to amusv
3.) Tried adding The Reinstall = ALL and ReinstallMode = [ReinstallModeText] events to the Maintenance Type dialogs using the _IsMaintenance = "Change" condition.
4.) And about a hundered other things which don't seam to help.
Somebody please help me. I've used 5 or 10 other installer packages through the years and not once have we ran into this problem.
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‎Dec 27, 2007
10:16 AM
If you haven't yet, perhaps try creating a minor upgrade item in the Upgrades view of your project? That will create a setup.exe that passes the command-line switches used by a minor upgrade (if an appropriate target is already on the system, otherwise just runs as a first-time installation), and performs upgrade validation during the build process...
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‎Dec 27, 2007
05:03 PM
Thanks and I've tried adding both minor and major upgrades to it and still no luck. It looks like since I had deleted a component that maybe that was the problem. I tried this and it seams to have worked.
1.) Create a major upgrade.
2.) Then generate a new Product Code in the Project Properties.
1.) Create a major upgrade.
2.) Then generate a new Product Code in the Project Properties.
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‎Dec 28, 2007
06:53 AM
Right, it is not possible to delete a component in a minor upgrade. The following help topic lists some other common upgrade tasks, and shows which types of upgrades (major, minor, small) support each task:
Major Upgrade vs. Minor Upgrade vs. Small Update
This help topic also shows which codes need to be changed for each type of upgrade.
I hope that helps.
Debbie Landers
Macrovision Corporation
Major Upgrade vs. Minor Upgrade vs. Small Update
This help topic also shows which codes need to be changed for each type of upgrade.
I hope that helps.
Debbie Landers
Macrovision Corporation
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