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I use Visual Studio Setup projects to create MSI's for my .Net Applications. It would be nice if I could have my version numbers auto-increment. Even better would be an option to set the installer version equal to AssemblyVersion of the primary output exe.

Nate
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    I don't use VS setup, but something to consider from an MSI point of view... From an upgrade perspective the MSI ProductVersion effectively ignores the 4th field of a version, so if you want to discriminate between product builds to be able to do major upgrades beween them, you'll need to find a way to 'pack' the last two fields into one. – Stephen Connolly Apr 14 '11 at 07:21
  • Good point, wasn't aware of that. – Nate Apr 17 '11 at 06:04

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If it's not overkill for you, use a BuildServer (like TeamCity (free for up to 20projects). With a little msbuild-coding, you can nicely automate the building of your installers (including automatic revision number incr.)

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