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Victor Vica
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Sep 07, 2020
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Optional Package Cross Publisher Scenario - different publisher than Base Package

As stated https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/appinstaller/uwpoptionalpackages, Optional Packages should work with different publishers that the Base Package's one: "Cross Publisher Scena...
  • Dian Hartono's avatar
    Dian Hartono
    Sep 08, 2020

    Hi Victor Vica, 

    You will need to specify the Publisher of the main application if they are different. Like so <uap4:MainPackageDependency Name="Main_app" Publisher="CN=xxxxxx" /> 

     

    Note that this is not supported in the Store. 

     

    Thank you,

    Dian 

     

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Dian Hartono
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Sep 08, 2020

Hi Victor Vica, 

You will need to specify the Publisher of the main application if they are different. Like so <uap4:MainPackageDependency Name="Main_app" Publisher="CN=xxxxxx" /> 

 

Note that this is not supported in the Store. 

 

Thank you,

Dian 

 

  • Victor Vica's avatar
    Victor Vica
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 11, 2020

    Hi, Dian Hartono 

    Thanks for your reply. Your advice was correct and it works. I was mislead by the Optional Package https://github.com/AppInstaller/OptionalPackageSample - <uap3:MainPackageDependency Name="29270depappf.AtomicSuite" />

     

    Victor

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