I recently installed our product on a new machine with Windows 2000. I then installed the full deveopment environment for the product (in C++ and VB).
On compiling some VB components, I noticed that the Windows Installer popped up and did something.
Was it reinstalling the 'installed' version of a component which I had just compiled?
Would this mean that you should not install a product on a machine used for developing that product?
Phil
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Installing on deveopment machine
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PhilJollans
, May 03 2002 09:00
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Posted 03 May 2002 - 09:10
We tried installing one of our products on a developing machine and then going on with developing work once. Never again.
Due to Windows installers ability to autorepair missing/changed files (in WI's opinion) and especially registry entries we had the situation that there was a new version of a dll compiled & registered but never used because WI "repaired" the changed registry entries.
Due to Windows installers ability to autorepair missing/changed files (in WI's opinion) and especially registry entries we had the situation that there was a new version of a dll compiled & registered but never used because WI "repaired" the changed registry entries.
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Posted 03 May 2002 - 16:22
Thanks,
I forgot to mention, that I have done this lots of times under NT 4.0 and never had any trouble. Of course, the Windows Installer is not integrated into NT 4.0 to the same degree that it is into Windows 2000.
Anyway, shouldn't it be OK if you (auto) increment the version number?
Phil
I forgot to mention, that I have done this lots of times under NT 4.0 and never had any trouble. Of course, the Windows Installer is not integrated into NT 4.0 to the same degree that it is into Windows 2000.
Anyway, shouldn't it be OK if you (auto) increment the version number?
Phil