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[vskoblit]

Hi,
Please help resolving the following issue:

I'm using InstallShield 11 Express, installed on XP Pro.
I made updates to my project and recompiled the setup package.
The new package is being installed on Vista. It looks like that the system somehow remembers previously installed access database structure and the new one.
However, if I copy content of my project to some folder that is manually created,
everything runs just fine.

Please help. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Vadim

Edited by vskoblit, 03 February 2009 - 04:03.

[Stefan Krueger]

So you are installing an Access database (.mdb file) and want to overwrite it during an update? Did you add an entry in the Previous Versions panel of InstallShield Express?

[vskoblit]

Thank you for your reply Stefan. Yes, I'm istalling Access DB, but it does not even work without overwriting. I added a table and trying to install the package. Previous installation was uninstaled and all the files deleted. However, when I install the newly buiit package, the system does not see the new table. The strange thing is that if I copy content of the file into another dirrectory everything works fine. So, it can not be the code inside the soft I'm trying to install.
I have no idea what Previous Versions panel is and could not find it.
Thank you very much for your help
Vadim

[Stefan Krueger]

Does your setup work properly when installed on a fresh machine (image) where the older version never was installed? I suspect that the old mdb file is still in your setup. Because you say it's coming back even after your deleted it.

[Glytzhkof]

I suppose the problem could also be that the mdb file is not seen as a versioned file. This means that it will not be overwritten during a reinstall / upgrade since the create and modify data of the file will be different - and MSI interprets this as a data file that has changed and hence contain user data.

If it is OK to always delete the database for every install and then re-add it you could add a remove command to the RemoveFile table to remove the mdb before installing again.

[Stefan Krueger]

Stein - that was my first idea, too. But if I recall correctly, Express can only do Major Upgrades. And Vadim said:

[Glytzhkof]

Could there be no key path set?

[Stefan Krueger]