How do I setup a once pass upgrade using application builder and Labview 7.0?

[maklen]

Hello,

How do I configure application builder so that the installation routine will both uninstall the old version of my software and install the new version in one pass. Currently, I double click on my setup.exe and run through the prompts and it uninstalls the previous version and then quits. I then have to run the setup.exe again to install the application. How do I avoid having to run setup.exe a second time when perforing an upgrade?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

[JellyBeans]

Right now it is not possible through app builder.

This requires some MSI knowledge though. Read the ProductCode of your previous installer from "installer properties" dialog of app builder. Create a batch file and copy it next to the new MSI that app builder created.

Contents of the batch file will be something like

msiexec /qb /x "{GUID-OF-OLD-MSI-HERE}"
msiexec /i ".\NewInstaller.msi"

First line should uninstall the previous MSI silently with minimum UI and second one installs the new one.

A Rafiq

[maklen]

Are you talking about regular windows batch file, something like install.bat with those two lines in it? Then the user would run "install.bat" instead of "setup.exe"?

Jamie

[JellyBeans]

Essentially yes or little more sophisticated would be to have a custom setup.exe that does equivalent or launches the batch file.

A Rafiq

[maklen]

MSI installer should be smart enough to handle it in one pass without resorting to using a batch file. I've installed a bunch of msi's where it's done in one pass without a ".bat". If I can't specify the settings in Application Builder, maybe there is a way to edit the msi directly using Orca to set this up. Has anyone tried that approach?

Thanks for your help!

Jamie

[JellyBeans]

Thats why i mentioned it requires more knowledge of MSI. You can read major upgrade information under MSI documentation.

A Rafiq

[maklen]

Great, thanks!

ps. If anyone has already figured how to do this, I would greatly appreciate that information. In the mean time, I guess I'll start reading about MSI.