Re: [WiX-users] pyro1079 warning problem

2014-03-23 Thread darren . bennett
Hi Anna, I think you will need a PatchFamilyRef element inside your Patch element: Also, your Pyro command line must include: -t testPatch I hope this information helps Regards, // Darren From: kryst...@poczta.fm To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net, Date: 21/03/2014 08:21 PM Sub

[WiX-users] Pyro exception

2014-03-20 Thread darren . bennett
Hello All, I'm using WIX v3.8.1128.0 with the PureWix technique to create patches for a new application utilising the -delta patching capability of Pryo. When creating a patch for the x64 version of our application it works just fine. However, when I try and create a patch for the x86 version P

[WiX-users] Purely WIX Patching and the PatchWholeFile Attribute

2014-02-05 Thread darren . bennett
Hi Wix-Users, We have been successfully using the "Purely WIX" method to build delta patches for our product for a number of years and must say that it works a treat. We recently have had a requirement to create a whole file patch for a single file in our product. I immediately thought that th

Re: [WiX-users] Signing binaries and msi...

2013-10-22 Thread darren . bennett
Hi Bruce, Every now and then we also get the problem where the timestamp server is unavailable and the code signing fails, which in turn causes our automated build to fail. Our application is very large and takes more than an hour to complete a full build, so as you could imagine a code signing

Re: [WiX-users] MSI Size

2013-10-09 Thread darren . bennett
Hi Kai, I believe an MSI file is based on Microsoft's compound file format, which is basically a file system within a file. A compound file has a default sector size of I think 512 bytes, so you will notice that your MSI file size is always a multiple of this sector size. I hope this informat

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] I'm losing the digital signature during WiX build

2012-01-29 Thread Darren Bennett
Could there be something in your WIX project that is causing your Windows Forms project to be built again? This would make it look like your digital signature was being removed. I recall something similar in one of our WIX projects but cannot remember the details of what the problem was. - Darren

[WiX-users] Setting date and time of files in a cabinet

2011-08-25 Thread Darren Bennett
. We like to set the file date to our release date and the file time to the version number in our packages. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Darren Bennett LISTECH Pty. Ltd. 10 Harvey Street | Richmond | VIC 3121 | Australia T: +61 (3) 9005-1105 | F: +61 (3) 9005