The main feature which this products lacks that while adding self register components it can not check them and mark them as they will be automatically registered as compared to Installshield application.
If this application has this feature than please let me know how to do this. Because our applications have more than 50 self register components and individually setting the auto register option is possible but too much time consuming process.
I created the setup successful and installed it but after making some updates to installation files I recreated the setup. When i install the new setup it says another verion of the application is installed go to the control panel choose add/remove etc etc. What is this? I think it sould update the existing installation.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Windows Components Which Require Self Registration
Hi,
If you don't want to create a new version of the package you need to uninstall the original MSI before installing the modified one. However, if you want to create a new version which will upgrade the old one, you can follow the steps explained in the Upgrades article.
Please note that running the modified package from Advanced Installer will automatically uninstall the old package (the error is avoided by Advanced Installer).
Regards,
Cosmin
I added this improvement on our TODO list and it will be available in a future version. Thank you for your suggestion.The main feature which this products lacks that while adding self register components it can not check them and mark them as they will be automatically registered as compared to Installshield application.
Usually this message is shown if you created a package, installed it, modified its contents and then you tried to install it again without uninstalling the original one. Basically, Windows Installer can upgrade the original package only if the modified one has a higher version and a different Product Code.When i install the new setup it says another verion of the application is installed go to the control panel choose add/remove etc etc. What is this? I think it sould update the existing installation.
If you don't want to create a new version of the package you need to uninstall the original MSI before installing the modified one. However, if you want to create a new version which will upgrade the old one, you can follow the steps explained in the Upgrades article.
Please note that running the modified package from Advanced Installer will automatically uninstall the old package (the error is avoided by Advanced Installer).
Regards,
Cosmin