Updating Components for an Upgrade

By design, users of the fictitious MNP2000 product should never use upgraded files such as Baseba01.txt. Therefore the updated files are by definition incompatible with the original product and Windows Installer components, such as Baseball, containing these files must be assigned new component codes. New files, such as Opera01.txt, are introduced as a part of a new component with a unique component code. Because the original product and upgrade use the same Notepad component, the component code of this component is unchanged. For more information about when component code must be changed, see Changing the Component Code.

Use Orca or another database editor to enter the following data into the Component table of MNP2001.msi. Do not reuse the GUIDs shown below in the ComponentId column in your sample.

Component Table

Component	ComponentId	Directory_	Attributes	Condition	Keypath
Baseball	{2951190A-6AF8-4D7F-AA16-D256405C277A}	SPORTDIR	2		Baseba01.txt
Basketball	{E1AAB6B0-FEC6-4F18-B765-3B05A81CEACB}	SPORTDIR	2		Basket01.txt
Concert	{C28C5064-AA84-4431-AC69-FC1321DF18AF}	ARTSDIR	2		Concer01.txt
Dance	{1AC2B14D-D5F4-4642-9F7A-EE81BF59B3E2}	ARTSDIR	2		Dance01.txt
Opera	{C2DABF7E-1EF6-458D-84B1-AAC1127CED26}	ARTSDIR	2		Opera01.txt
Football	{92AA30F4-7AC5-4DFA-801E-988CF3DAA4DC}	SPORTDIR	2		Footba01.txt
Help	{AD10EB50-33C1-11D3-91D6-00C04FD70856}	NOTEPADDIR	2		Help.txt
January	{E90CD0E6-ED8D-4F88-B000-27BD2B482C6C}	MONDIR	2		Janua01.txt
NewYears	{1EEF8C53-F7C0-405C-8FE3-2B0FE54B0114}	HOLDIR	2		NewYea01.txt
Memorial	{BA81ACF7-4D43-424F-93B0-8845A2DF1C02}	HOLDIR	2		Memori01.txt
Notepad	{19BED232-30AB-11D3-91D3-00C04FD70856}	NOTEPADDIR	2		Redpark.exe

 

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