Dup MSI Change Component GUIDs
Hi All,
Say you have an MSI that deploys an application for you PROD environment to C:\PROD and then want to use that same MSI to install into a different directory for your UAT environment such as C:\UAT.
If you duplicate this MSI all the component GUIDs will be the same which is what you want for the shared files in directories such as windows but for all the files under C:\UAT you want different component GUIDs.
Within Wise is there an automated way of changing the component GUIDs?
Cheers,
Say you have an MSI that deploys an application for you PROD environment to C:\PROD and then want to use that same MSI to install into a different directory for your UAT environment such as C:\UAT.
If you duplicate this MSI all the component GUIDs will be the same which is what you want for the shared files in directories such as windows but for all the files under C:\UAT you want different component GUIDs.
Within Wise is there an automated way of changing the component GUIDs?
Cheers,
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
Why not simply create a property called, say, ENVIRONMENT and use that to conditionally set INSTALLDIR or any feature/component which differs between the environments?
Posted by:
gac_msil
14 years ago
VbScab,
Please reread my original post.
I have duplicated the PROD msi and changed the INSTALLDIR to UAT. Now when you compare the components table of these 2 msi's the component guids are all the same.
If the component guids are the same but the components are installing to different directories then you are going to have problems with uninstalling.
What is the easiest way to change the component guids for all components who's directory is INSTALLDIR or a sub directory of INSTALLDIR.
Cheers,
Please reread my original post.
I have duplicated the PROD msi and changed the INSTALLDIR to UAT. Now when you compare the components table of these 2 msi's the component guids are all the same.
If the component guids are the same but the components are installing to different directories then you are going to have problems with uninstalling.
What is the easiest way to change the component guids for all components who's directory is INSTALLDIR or a sub directory of INSTALLDIR.
Cheers,
Posted by:
jmcfadyen
14 years ago
you can change the component guids easily with wise macros.
I am quite sure there is a setComponentGuid method available. If I had wise I would whip one up for you but I dont.
something like this should suffice.
set tblComponent = WTables("Component")
for each rowComponent in tblComponent.Rows
rowComponent("ComponentId") = setComponentGuid() ' use the correct method in wise function list
next
note: this is untested but you should get the idea from that.
I am quite sure there is a setComponentGuid method available. If I had wise I would whip one up for you but I dont.
something like this should suffice.
set tblComponent = WTables("Component")
for each rowComponent in tblComponent.Rows
rowComponent("ComponentId") = setComponentGuid() ' use the correct method in wise function list
next
note: this is untested but you should get the idea from that.
Posted by:
gac_msil
14 years ago
Thanks jmcfadyen, I've had already made a vbscript where I can define a list of directories of the components which I want to change the guids for, but I was wondering how others handle this from within Wise and if there was a function within Wise. I will look into Wise macros.
Cheers,
Cheers,
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