[WiX-users] Primary Project Output

Hello, This is my first time using the mailing list, so please forgive any etiquette missteps. I currently use a Windows Installer project inside of VS2010 to create my final MSI package. One feature that I use there is that I can define "Primary Output From <.csproj>" in the File System, and

Re: [WiX-users] Preventing a patch from installing.

See the attributes to the PatchFamily element; most specifically, the ProductCode, Supersede and Version attributes. -- John Merryweather Cooper Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (Premier Tech, Inc.) Build & Install Engineer - jXchange Office: 913-341-3434 x791011 jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Origi

[WiX-users] Preventing a patch from installing.

Is it possible to prevent an update from applying to the system? I have a scenario where I have shipped v1.0 of my setup which has patches 1 and 2. After patch 2 is out but before the client can install it, they detect a critical error in patch 1 that requires us to immediately patch it (cr

[WiX-users] com registration

I'm using heat to generate the fragment for my COM object. After installing the MSI, the CLSID entries are not created in the registry. Should I add Registry elements to my WXS file manually or am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Dariel -

Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts question

Hi Phil, Thanks for your response. Do you recommend editing the record filed at runtime with the required value or creating a new record with the required value at runtime? Are there any issues with modifying a record field at runtime? When I call the MsiRecordSetString function, it returns ERRO

Re: [WiX-users] Question on Patch Files.

Actually, it's best if everything that might get patched gets authored into its own fragment. If you patch whole fragments, pretty soon the MSP file is nearly as big as the MSI--defeats the purpose. -- John Merryweather Cooper Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (Premier Tech, Inc.) Build & Install E

Re: [WiX-users] Question on Patch Files.

Well, the whole point of a patch versus a major upgrade is it's smaller, so one generally wants to include only the stuff that has changed. If you find yourself wanting to throw more in, that may be a good sign that you might want to do a major upgrade instead. -- John Merryweather Cooper Jack

Re: [WiX-users] Question on Patch Files.

Normally a patch just includes resources that have changed, plus any changes from earlier patches - "Patch families can only grow". As far as I know, when you refer to a resource in the patch family, the whole fragment that the resource belongs to is pulled into the patch. Therefore you could refe