[wpkg-users] Adobe reader package problem

[Alan Adams]

Problem solved. I'd been testing in a folder with the 1.3 wpkg.js, then
moved it to a folder with the 1.2 wpkg.js, which doesn't understand
<condition>


> I've been trying to create a package which will update Adobe Reader,
> removing any of several possible existing versions first. An added
> complication is that in the past I've installed two different MSIs which I
> now discover install the same version. I therefore have to try using both
> msis in turn to remove that version. This means that one of the msi's will
> return 1605 or the other 1638, i.e. one can't find the product, and the
> other says "another version is installed".
>
> I tested this quite extensively on one computer, where it worked. However
> on another computer, where Adobe Reader has been uninstalled, it tries to
> uninstall both 10.1.0 and 10.1.1, returns 1605 (treated as success) then
> does not attempt to install 10.1.2. The file it is testing doesn't exist
> on this computer.
>
> Can anyone see why?
>
> The package is:
>
> <package
> id="adobereader10-1-2"
> name="Adobe Reader 10.1.2 update"
> revision="3"
> priority="1" >
> <check type="file" condition="versiongreaterthan"
> path="%programfiles%\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
> value="10.1.2.0" />
> <install cmd='msiexec /uninstall "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.1\AdbeRdr1011_en_US\AcroRead.msi"/qb /norestart' >
> <condition>
> <check type="file" condition="versionequalto"
> path="%programfiles%\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
> value="10.1.0.534" />
> </condition>
> <exit code="1638"/>
> <exit code="1605"/>
> </install>
> <install cmd='msiexec /uninstall "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.0\AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi"/qb /norestart' >
> <condition>
> <check type="file" condition="versionequalto"
> path="%programfiles%\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
> value="10.1.0.534" />
> </condition>
> <exit code="1638"/>
> <exit code="1605"/>
> </install>
> <install cmd='msiexec /uninstall "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.0\AdbeRdr1000_en_US.msi"/qb /norestart' >
> <condition>
> <check type="file" condition="versionequalto"
> path="%programfiles%\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"
> value="10.0.0.396" />
> </condition>
> </install>
> <install cmd='msiexec /i "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.0\AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi" TRANSFORMS="%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.0\LBJ-setup.mst" /update "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.2\AdbeRdrUpd1012.msp" /qb /norestart' />
> <upgrade cmd='msiexec /i "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.0\AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi" TRANSFORMS="%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.0\LBJ-setup.mst" /update "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.2\AdbeRdrUpd1012.msp" /qb /norestart' />
> <remove cmd='msiexec /x "%software%\adobe acrobat
> reader\10.1.0\AdbeRdr1010_en_US.msi"/qb /norestart' />
> </package>
>
>
>
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