Wix: show custom dialog if previous version found

Question

I want to customize my installer to show custom dialog when previous version is already installed: after Welcome dialog user should see a custom dialog OldVersionDlg

Answer 1

The problem was caused by the second line in WixUI_Wizard.wxs. For some reason WiX always uses it. So, to implement checking of previous version we need to exclude PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED from the second condition:

<Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="OldVersionDlg">PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED</Publish>
<Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="SetupTypeDlg">NOT Installed AND NOT PREVIOUSVERSIONSINSTALLED</Publish>