[WiX-users] error MSB4184: The expression """.NovaWeb" cannot be evaluated. Method 'System.String.NovaWeb' not found.

2012-07-17 Thread Rajeshkannan Krishnamoorthy
Hi, When i use Heat directory in MSBuild task, I have passed the preprocessor variable. But when compliation the below error occured. error MSB4184: The expression """.NovaWeb" cannot be evaluated. Method 'System.String.NovaWeb' not found. I tried to find out the solution in internet, but nothing

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Darren Bennett
You can hide the UI by installing your patch in the following way: msiexec /p Patch.msp REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus /qb - Darren - -Original Message- From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:56 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You can prevent a dialog from appearing during patching by adding a condition of "not PATCH" in the appropriate place, depending on where its being shown from (another dialog or the InstallUISequence). That should take effect, even if you add the condition in the update (not original) MSI. There m

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Farrukhw
Peter, I just tried this: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> and it worked. It changed the version that 4 digit version successfully. But only problem I faced is when I launched the msp file, it showed Customize Dialo

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
A minor update is what you want. They are the same as small updates but change the product version. The MSDN section on Windows Installer and patches is well worth reading through. -Original Message- From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 July 2012 13:08 To: wix-users@lists.s

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Farrukhw
Thanks anyway Neil for giving time -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patch-to-update-version-of-installed-product-tp7579458p7579470.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Sorry I can't help, I never do patches I find it is easier to stick with major upgrades for all releases. Neil -Original Message- From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 July 2012 13:36 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of i

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Farrukhw
Thanks Neil, But that's a full product upgrade. My task is to generate a patch which would update the Version info of installed product. I just tried this: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> and it worked. It changed

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Neil Sleightholm
If you want to keep it simple I would stick with the major update approach, see here http://neilsleightholm.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/wix-script-for-major-upgrades.html there are some links at the end of the post that might also help you. Neil -Original Message- From: Farrukhw [mailto:far

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Farrukhw
Thanks again... I was reading this article about patch restrictions: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/patch_restrictions.htm and it mentions following: Small updates: do not change the ProductVersion property of a target product and typically represent a small subset of files to be updated.

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Note windows installer only supports 3 part version numbers, so in your example they are both the same version (i.e. 9.4.5). Neil -Original Message- From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 July 2012 11:55 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patch to upda

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Sorry, I was referring to the "pure wix patching" method described in the help: http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_patching.htm If you're new to wix patching, the wix help file, and Peter Marcu and Heath Stewart's blogs are informative, amongst others. For example: http://blogs.msdn.com/b

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Farrukhw
Hi Peter, Thanks for such a quick response... It does make sense to me. But what do you mean by wholly wix patching?? I'm quite a newbie to patches actually. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patch-to-update-version-of-installed-prod

Re: [WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
It depends on how you are making the patch. You will need to create an updated MSI which is the same as the previous one but with a new product version number. Keep the product code unchanged. If you are using wholly wix patching with wixpdbs, just create your patch as normal and it will pick up th

[WiX-users] Patch to update version of installed product?

2012-07-17 Thread Farrukhw
Hi I need to make a patch for an already installed product, to just update its version information i.e. 9.4.5.10 to 9.4.5.11. I read different articles/posts, but not getting any proper way to do this. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks a bunch Farrukh -- View this message in contex

[WiX-users] How to make Burn do MinorUpgrades?

2012-07-17 Thread Mueller, Martin C
Hello, How do you make make Burn do a MinorUpgrade? For the sake of simplicity let's assume, there's only a single MsiPackage in the bundle. So we have Bundle v0.1.0 with MSI v0.1.0 installed. When installing Bundle v0.1.0 with MSI v0.2.0, burn correctly executes the MSI installation as MinorU