Re: [WiX-users] Patching strategy

2014-01-04 Thread Phil Wilson
The simplest strategy for maintenance per MSI is to build a single accumulating patch that includes and supersedes previous patches. You build an updated MSI to create the patch, and the patch is therefore the changes between the original shipped MSI and the new MSI. Then you have a max of three pa

Re: [WiX-users] Strange log message and bad user experience - can't remove rbf file?

2014-01-04 Thread Blair Murri
I assume that some file(s) that you are removing or upgrading don't extend "Full Control" to the account named "SYSTEM", which is actually a requirement of Windows Installer (and is the default of every single file and folder in a fresh install of the operating system). It's possible that if

Re: [WiX-users] Unable to override SetProperty value with Edit Control value

2014-01-04 Thread Blair Murri
Not PROPSERVERHOSTNAME > Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 09:29:10 -0800 > From: tr...@outlook.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Unable to override SetProperty value with Edit Control > value > > I have a Property called PROPSERVERHOSTNAME which I use to update an Xml Fi