Install that knows about C11.1

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Friedrich,

Any idea when a version will be available that recognizes 11.1?

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Hi Lee,

>
> Any idea when a version will be available that recognizes 11.1?
>

it's already available ;-)

The new build #6976 can detect C11.0 and C11.1 (and adds preliminary
built-in support for Windows Server 2022).

I have backported these features from the upcoming SetupBuilder 2022 to
SetupBuilder 2019.

Friedrich

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Friedrich,

> it's already available ;-)


Sneaky! THANK YOU!

Lee White

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I've tweaked my installer, and when the detection screen appears, it
shows 11.1, but no longer shows 11. Are the two mutually exclusive?

Mike Hanson

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Hi Mike,

> I've tweaked my installer, and when the detection screen appears, it
> shows 11.1, but no longer shows 11. Are the two mutually exclusive?

Because C11.0 and C11.1 share the *SAME* Product GUID, from the installation
point-of-view they can't coexist on the same machine. Similar to Visual
Studio 2019 - you can only have one VS 2019 version installed. But C11.1
*replaces* C11.0.

The last Clarion 11.x install always overwrites the previous installation
details. If you go to Windows "App and Features" you'll only see one
Uninstall entry for Clarion 11. With two different Product GUIDs (means:
two different versions CAN co-exist) you would see two Uninstall entries
(for C11.0 and C11.1).

IIRC, we had a similar scenario with C7.1 and C7.2.

Friedrich

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Friedrich, Mike,

> Because C11.0 and C11.1 share the *SAME* Product GUID, from the installation
> point-of-view they can't coexist on the same machine. Similar to Visual
> Studio 2019 - you can only have one VS 2019 version installed. But C11.1
> *replaces* C11.0.

Maybe it's just me but that sounds like an oversight on SV's part. The
RTL's changed, new GUID's should have been used. I know my 3rd party
installs got new GUID's for C11.1.... it's just easier that way!<g>

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Quite!

Mike

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> Maybe it's just me but that sounds like an oversight on SV's part. The
> RTL's changed, new GUID's should have been used. I know my 3rd party
> installs got new GUID's for C11.1.... it's just easier that way!<g>

The problem is that most?! Clarion 11.0 users already installed the C11.1
"update".

What happened is the following (see attached screenshot). Let us assume, we
already had C11.0 installed. The new C11.1 installation *REPLACES* the
C11.0 installation configuration with C11.1. As a result, you only have
"Clarion 11.1" registered with Windows - the C11.0 footprint is history now.
You can't uninstall C11.0 from the "Apps & features" panel any longer and
Clarion auto-detection can NOT detect C11.0.

Okay, now let's uninstall C11.1. Magic - Clarion 11.0 is back ;-) You see
it in the "Apps & features" panel and Clarion autodetection sees C11.0
again.

If the 3rd-party community is interested I will try to develop a mechanism
to detect C11.0 and C11.1 based on uninstall .log information. What do you
think? A comment from CapeSoft would also be appreciated!

Friedrich

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> If the 3rd-party community is interested I will try to develop a mechanism
> to detect C11.0 and C11.1 based on uninstall .log information. What do
> you think? A comment from CapeSoft would also be appreciated!

Additional information: in theory, this lets you auto-detect co-existing
versions of C11.0 and C11.1 (even if the Product GUID is identical).

@Lee: if you have several different C11.0 and C11.1 build installed, could
you please send me your C11.1 "ClarionProperties.xml" (please remove your
serial numbers first) to friedrich@lindersoft.com.

Friedrich

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Friedrich,

> Additional information: in theory, this lets you auto-detect co-existing
> versions of C11.0 and C11.1 (even if the Product GUID is identical).

This is not an issue for me since I have version specific installs and
don't use the dialog others are referring to. However I do use the
script option to verify whether Clarion 11.0 or Clarion 11.1 are
installed to retrieve folder information.

> @Lee: if you have several different C11.0 and C11.1 build installed, could
> you please send me your C11.1 "ClarionProperties.xml" (please remove your
> serial numbers first) to friedrich@lindersoft.com.

I emailed both the C11.0 and C11.1 ClarionProperties.xml.

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