Files element to generate a same Component id to support minor upgrade

[raghunnie]

I am using Files element to harvest the files and minor upgrade is not installing latest file

As per https://docs.firegiant.com/wix/whatsnew/#file-harvesting Files elements generates components and files for each file. Is there any way to fix the component guild so that the minor upgarde will consider to install the new version of file.

<Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="Niagara" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" > <Files Include="C:\\test\**"> </Files> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment>

heat command says:
heat.exe : warning HEAT5149: Heat is deprecated and will be removed in WiX v7. Consider alternative solutions, like the Files element.

[robmen]

Are the Component Guids actually changing?

[raghunnie]

@robmen
I have file content sample.txt change with minor upgrade where UpgradeCode and ProductCode is same.
Project version 1.0.0 changed from 1.0.1 for minor upgrade
On version 1.0.1 msi file sample.txt content is changed.

msiexec /i Project.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus
However on upgrade sample.txt still is not changed

I am not sure why updated file is not installing with on minor upgrade.
I don't where to check the harvest files Component Guids when using Files element

[robmen]

Well, your comment above suggested that you saw Component Guids changing. That would be a bug in WiX. But now it sounds like you didn't actually see the Guids change, so there probably isn't a bug.

[raghunnie]

@robmen ,
there is a difference in the way the Files and File element behaves in case of minor updates or re install
<Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="Niagara" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" > <Files Include="C:\test\**"/> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment>

<Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="Niagara" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" > <Component Id='two' Guid='{49D54176-F4A1-47A6-9539-DC48AC380D87}'> <File Id='sample' Name='sample.txt' Source='C:\test\sample.txt' KeyPath='yes' /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment>

On minor update the element sample.txt is getting latest file content changes i,e file is getting replaced.
In case of minor update or re-install of msi is not replacing file sample.txt

I am using following command
msiexec /i SampleUpgrade.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus

[robmen]

I don't know. You'd have to diagnose the issue with the log file. Did you confirm, yet, whether the GUIDs were changing like you thought they might be?

[raghunnie]

I don't know. You'd have to diagnose the issue with the log file. Did you confirm, yet, whether the GUIDs were changing like you thought they might be?
@robmen,
As I mentioned earlier, I don't where to check the harvest files Component Guids when using Files element. I was thinking that Components GUIDs are chaninging as files are not replacing.

I see that minor version is getting installed successfuly and same is observed in Add and remove program

Here is log file

=== Logging stopped: 5/13/2025 0:19:42 ===
MSI (c) (30:24) [00:19:42:861]: Note: 1: 1728
MSI (c) (30:24) [00:19:42:862]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
MSI (c) (30:24) [00:19:42:862]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT Message FROM
Error WHERE Error = 1728
MSI (c) (30:24) [00:19:42:862]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
MSI (c) (30:24) [00:19:42:862]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT Message FROM Error WHERE Error = 1709
MSI (c) (30:24) [00:19:42:862]: Product: Niagara 7.0.9 -- Configuration completed successfully.

And also i have attached the full log file.
in2.log

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