Hello,
My current problem is that I wish to display the currently installed version of my product before installing a newer version. Currently, my product will silently uninstall the current version and then display the new installation when running my exe. I would like to display a prompt before this step so that the user can see what version they have currently installed, and have the option to accept or refuse the new installation.
Is there a way I can accomplish this?
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Re: Check previous version upon new installation
Hi,
When an old version of your product is found on current machine during an upgrade installation the OLDPRODUCTS property is set to the product code of the old version. Therefore you could create your own custom action to be displayed only when the OLDPRODUCTS property is set (that actually means the current installation is an upgrade installation).
For instance you can go to "Custom Actions" page and add a new "Display message box" custom action using the following condition:
Hope this helped.
All the best,
Daniel
When an old version of your product is found on current machine during an upgrade installation the OLDPRODUCTS property is set to the product code of the old version. Therefore you could create your own custom action to be displayed only when the OLDPRODUCTS property is set (that actually means the current installation is an upgrade installation).
For instance you can go to "Custom Actions" page and add a new "Display message box" custom action using the following condition:
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OLDPRODUCTSAll the best,
Daniel
Re: Check previous version upon new installation
Hi Daniel,
Thank you for your response! I will try it out right now. Is there a way I can detect the version number of that older version?
Thank you for your response! I will try it out right now. Is there a way I can detect the version number of that older version?
Re: Check previous version upon new installation
Hello,
Yes, we have a predefined extended search in our "Search" page. This is "New Extended Search -> Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code)" search type, but currently due to an issue in our product such a search type cannot be configured into a setup project. This issue will be fixed in our next version of Advanced Installer which should be out by the end of next month.
In the meantime, as a workaround you could try to create your own custom action to search the "ProductVersion" property by "ProductCode" (this value is set in the OLDPRODUCTS property) of your old product. For instance you could use the "MsiGetProductInfoW" function.
All the best,
Daniel
Yes, we have a predefined extended search in our "Search" page. This is "New Extended Search -> Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code)" search type, but currently due to an issue in our product such a search type cannot be configured into a setup project. This issue will be fixed in our next version of Advanced Installer which should be out by the end of next month.
In the meantime, as a workaround you could try to create your own custom action to search the "ProductVersion" property by "ProductCode" (this value is set in the OLDPRODUCTS property) of your old product. For instance you could use the "MsiGetProductInfoW" function.
All the best,
Daniel
Re: Check previous version upon new installation
Hi,
we're also trying to fetch the number of the currently installed version during an update.
The search 'Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code)' returns '1' when we pass the Upgrade Code. (Expected would be something like '2.0.0'...)
Are we doing it wrong?
Also, is there an example on how to use "MsiGetProductInfoW" from the Custom Actions alternatively?
Kind regards,
Kai
we're also trying to fetch the number of the currently installed version during an update.
The search 'Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code)' returns '1' when we pass the Upgrade Code. (Expected would be something like '2.0.0'...)
Are we doing it wrong?
Also, is there an example on how to use "MsiGetProductInfoW" from the Custom Actions alternatively?
Kind regards,
Kai
Re: Check previous version upon new installation
Hi Kai,
Indeed it seems our 'Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code)' extended search always returns 1 if a product version with the specified UpgradeCode is found. I apologize for my previous misleading info.
In what regards an example on how to use "MsiGetProductInfoW", I am afraid we do not have any such example, but as a starting point you can have a look over "Determining Installation Context" article.
All the best,
Daniel
Indeed it seems our 'Product Version (identify by Upgrade Code)' extended search always returns 1 if a product version with the specified UpgradeCode is found. I apologize for my previous misleading info.
In what regards an example on how to use "MsiGetProductInfoW", I am afraid we do not have any such example, but as a starting point you can have a look over "Determining Installation Context" article.
All the best,
Daniel