While configuring our AutoCAD OEM based application for/with AutoCAD OEM 2023, I have discovered a “mean” flaw that will result in an installer error when trying to install the application on a user client machine.
This will occur when the ProductGuid will be in lower case letters:
When using a lower case ProductGuid, the installer will not be able to parse the installer xml files correctly and fail, resulting in
Be certain to use always a ProductGuid with upper cases!
Then the installer can parse the ProductGuid correctly and do its magic: