support more
complicated servicing scenarios AND you are in strict control over all the
fragments that go into your authoring (that you ever care to service),
including the ones that come from extensions.
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ML toolset.
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Is the PatchBaseLine Id in the .wxs the same as the -t argument in pyro ? It
needs to be.
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From: Schmitz, John [mailto:jschm...@mediacy.com]
Sent: 20 November 2009 19:11
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
S
I'm still trying to track down the PYRO0252 error from Pyro. I think it may be
due to the ComponentRef element(s) in the PatchFamily element of the WSX source
file. All the samples are very, very simple with just one component. My setup
has many, many components.
I found in the documentation of
that ties it all together.
Any help or clues or pointers to other tutorials that use more descriptive
names would be EXTREMELY appreciated. I'm already two weeks late getting this
patch out!
Thanks,
John
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wixpdb
files and build MSP files without having to grant your build process any
admin privilege (makes network admins happier). You can't do that with admin
installs that will eventually require administrator's privs to install.
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Since I incorrectly guessed that WIX was causing problems with my patch build,
and in case this is of any use to anyone else trying to build patches, I
thought I would pass along a some information that I've learned.
For various reasons, our product setups are built using a number of merge
modu
William,
We have seen serious problems with this merge module. I think there's an
unavoidable problem with per-user installations if you use it. In at least one
of our setups, we use an executable file to install the VS 2008 support,
instead of the merge module.
I can find out the details for
John
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with building patch
Bob, is there any way to verify the contents of the wixobj file?
It seems to me, though I&#
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Schmitz, John wrote:
> With some experimentation, I was able to get my patch to build with the 3.5
> release of WIX. The current release shows the same bug, at the same point in
> the patch log. I'm willing to enter a bug on it,
If you're using .pcp fi
ed at the end of the patch
creation analysis? I guess I would have to do this in the new setup, since I
really shouldn't be changing the "reference" setup for the target product.
Thanks,
John
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e. The PCP file is binary, so I
can't tell exactly what's going on.
Has anyone out there actually succeeded doing this?
Thanks,
John
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Yes, please open a bug on v3.5. That is under development and bugs help
us quickly find what was recently broken.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Schmitz, John
wrote:
> I installed and switched to using WIX 2.0 (stable). This clarified two
> things:
>
> 1
on v3.5. That is under development and bugs help us
quickly find what was recently broken.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Schmitz, John wrote:
> I installed and switched to using WIX 2.0 (stable). This clarified two
> things:
>
> 1) SOME of the changes that I specify in my bug are
of making a patch versus a minor upgrade. The PCP file is binary, so I
can't tell exactly what's going on.
Has anyone out there actually succeeded doing this?
Thanks,
John
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for the compilation.
2) 3.5 does NOT work and 2.0 DOES work. Should I enter a bug on 3.5?
Thanks,
John
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Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:36 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Help with building patch
I&#
he table itself, but with a path to the
MSI file itself in the error message as being the missing symbol seems like
something isn't quite right. Which version/build of the toolset are you
actually using?
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Hi,
I have worked my way through understanding most of the things left out of or
incorrect in the "Patch Building" page of Authoring (at
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/patch_building.htm). (I've entered a bug
on the page with what I've found along the way.)
I just noticed that this is
Help
Schmitz, John wrote:
> Ultimately, I may have some specific questions, but right now I'm just
> wondering if there's a way to download the WIX help, rather than having to
> navigate through the web page version of that I see under the Documentation
> links.
>
WiX.chm
I've found some unclear items, and at least one error in the page at
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/patch_building.htm. I don't see any
"feedback" link, or commentary thread on that page. So new-user question #2 is,
how/where can I submit feedback on pages like this one?
Thanks,
John
J
Hi,
I've been using WIX indirectly through a setup/installer product, but now I'm
trying to make product patch using some instructions that they pointed out to
me at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/patch_building.htm.
Ultimately, I may have some specific questions, but right now I'm just
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