One package upgrading two old?
Hi!
Does anyone know if it's possible to have one package remove (upgrade) more than one previous package?
In my case I have one application "Package A". Some users also have a "Package B" with some TrueType Fonts.
Now have I done a "Package C", an upgrade of "Package A". The installation of Package C searches for the Upgrade Code and removes the Package A.
Is it possible to have it to, in case of exist, remove Package B as well in the upgrade process?
Any other suggestions of how to solve it?
Thanks!
/Jonas
Does anyone know if it's possible to have one package remove (upgrade) more than one previous package?
In my case I have one application "Package A". Some users also have a "Package B" with some TrueType Fonts.
Now have I done a "Package C", an upgrade of "Package A". The installation of Package C searches for the Upgrade Code and removes the Package A.
Is it possible to have it to, in case of exist, remove Package B as well in the upgrade process?
Any other suggestions of how to solve it?
Thanks!
/Jonas
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Posted by:
brenthunter2005
18 years ago
I've never had this issue before, but I'm sure Windows Installer could handle it if all the versioning is right between the different packages.
Posted by:
sikkert
18 years ago
If you just add the upgrade code, and spesify the correct version, of package b into the upgrade table of package c, it should remove both package a and package b when you install package c.
Posted by:
jonasm
18 years ago
I tried add the Upgrade Code for both Application B and Application A, in the Upgrade List of Application C. It´s only uninstalling one of the applications.
I have tried to only install one of the Application A and B, and Applications C finds both individually, but not if both are on the same machine at the same time...
/Jonas
I have tried to only install one of the Application A and B, and Applications C finds both individually, but not if both are on the same machine at the same time...
/Jonas
Posted by:
jonasm
18 years ago
Thank you for your reply Wildhair.
I didn't really expect it to remove more than one applications either, thats why I posted the first message to see if anyone had any solutions for it already.
I have already tried to add the remove as a custom action, but does only get (as you says) an error message saying that there only can be one setup running. If i changed it to run earlier in the setup i got a Internal Error instead.
In this case we have removed the previous versions using the SMS server, but that means, to eliminate the problems, we have to wait until all is uninstalled before the new package can be installed.
/Jonas
I didn't really expect it to remove more than one applications either, thats why I posted the first message to see if anyone had any solutions for it already.
I have already tried to add the remove as a custom action, but does only get (as you says) an error message saying that there only can be one setup running. If i changed it to run earlier in the setup i got a Internal Error instead.
In this case we have removed the previous versions using the SMS server, but that means, to eliminate the problems, we have to wait until all is uninstalled before the new package can be installed.
/Jonas
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