Migrating from Visual Studio MSI installer..

[barees63]

Hi there, I will be migrating from an MSI installer created as a VS2005 deployment project to an InstallAware installer, I have been busy coming to terms with InstallAware as it applies to our quite large .NET 2.0/SQL product and so far I'm very impressed, As a long time (but disillusioned)InstallShield user I get the feeling that InstallAware is much hungrier and more responsive than Macrovision

One issue I could could do with some help with: I need to be able to upgrade existing users with minimal pain for them.. It looks like I should be able to use the "(un)install MSI" script action to uninstall existing users via the "upgrade code" (we have a lot of existing users, not all on the same product code but all installations have the same upgrade code).

Can you offer any advice on how to achieve this, where is the best the place to insert this action and any particulars on using it to uninstall based on upgrade code rather than product code?

Thanks!
Bruce

[CandiceJones]

Hi Bruce,

I think there is a plug-in which converted an upgrade code to a package code, suitable for use with the (Un)Install MSI Setup plug-in. Just search for it in the Plug-Ins section of this forum, that should be all you need to get going!

[barees63]

Great! I've downloaded and installed it and will give it a go tomorrow.. thanks for the fast and helpful response!