Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without ProductVersion property

2015-06-29 Thread Nir Bar
Patchwiz - Nir Bar Freelance Developer Mail: nir@panel-sw.com Web: www.panel-sw.com - C++ On Windows, Linux and Embedded Platforms - WiX & InstallShield -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patching-a-product-without

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without ProductVersion property

2015-06-28 Thread Tunney, Stephen
Patchwiz or Pure WiX style? From: Nir Bar [nir@panel-sw.com] Sent: June 28, 2015 6:34 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching a product without ProductVersion property We have a legacy product that was distributed without

[WiX-users] Patching a product without ProductVersion property

2015-06-28 Thread Nir Bar
We have a legacy product that was distributed without ProductVersion authored into the MSI. I don't know how this was done, since ProductVersion is a required property; however I can only fix that in future major-upgrade releases. The problem now is that we want to deliver a patch package for this

[WiX-users] Patching with melt.exe and pyro - Custom Action and Merge Module issues.

2015-03-27 Thread Nick Ball
Hi All, I'm having some success with creating patches using the melt.exe approach. However, I have a stumbling block with custom actions and merge modules, as outlined here: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Creating-Wix-Pure-patch-with-Melt-exe-and-Pyro-exe-fails-td

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and null KeyPath

2015-01-22 Thread John Cooper
nuing Development Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.® | Lenexa, KS  66214 | Ext: 431050 |jocoo...@jackhenry.com -Original Message- From: vcur...@hotmail.com [mailto:vcur...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 1:42 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Pat

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and null KeyPath

2015-01-21 Thread vcur...@hotmail.com
The component is a service install\remove. We have not set a KeyPath so I guess Wix is choosing one, but looking at the component table in InstEd the KeyPath is null for this component. The machine (A) that is actioning the component I have found has been through a few product upgrades whereas

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and null KeyPath

2015-01-21 Thread John Cooper
sers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching and null KeyPath Hello. I'm having an issue with a patch behaving differently on two machine with the same target installation. On one machine (A) the component is action-ed during the patch install and on the other (B) it is not. Other c

[WiX-users] Patching and null KeyPath

2015-01-21 Thread vcur...@hotmail.com
Hello. I'm having an issue with a patch behaving differently on two machine with the same target installation. On one machine (A) the component is action-ed during the patch install and on the other (B) it is not. Other components are behaving the same way, I notice that these all have null Ke

Re: [WiX-users] Patching bundle with MSP

2014-11-21 Thread roberthyang
That worked great. For future reference of folks who are perusing the archives, the SP1 RelatedBundle points back to the original bundle's upgrade code, and has a new guid as its upgrade code. I also learned that problems result if the SP1 bundle is built with 3.9 (the original bundle is built wi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching bundle with MSP

2014-11-20 Thread Rob Mensching
You want the OptionalUpdateRegistration element: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/optionalupdateregistration.html _ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/

[WiX-users] Patching bundle with MSP

2014-11-20 Thread roberthyang
Hi all -- things have gone well with our product and Wix 3.8. We are using the stdba and now I'm working on service pack 1, using torch/pyro/etc. via a .msp file. When I create a bundle to install the .msp, a new entry is put into the ARP. Let's say the original bundle is called "My App". The n

Re: [WiX-users] Patching msi

2014-11-05 Thread pezmannen
Great! I'll go with option one then. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Patching-msi-tp7597706p7597756.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --

Re: [WiX-users] Patching msi

2014-11-04 Thread pezmannen
Thanks! That part I got though. I think you misunderstood my question a bit. The question was on how to generate patch 1.0.2. Should I generate that so that it contains the difference between: 1.0.0 ->1.0.1 or 1.0.0 -> 1.0.2 -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-t

[WiX-users] Patching msi

2014-11-04 Thread pezmannen
Hi I have a MyProduct_1.0.0.msi that I'm going to release and I am planning for the patchwork that will come. When doing patch 1.0.1 I'll create a patch comparing the two versions. So far so good... But the patch 1.0.2. Should that be made comparing againts 1.0.0 or 1.0.1? Thanks? -- View thi

[WiX-users] Patching Multiple MSI

2014-08-12 Thread Ravishankar
Hi All, I have 2 msi of the same product(on with version 2.0.0.0 and other with version 2.0.2) Both msi have the same ProductID,UpgradeID I have created 2 small patch (msp) on version 2.0.0.0 to upgrade to 2.0.2 Now i want to create a small patch with version 2.0.3 which should work on both the

[WiX-users] Patching a Application installed with BURN BA

2014-04-01 Thread Buron, Sascha
Hello, I'm just new to WiX and maybe, my question don't make sense, this might be because I'm not an English native speaker. So here my question: I'll like to patch / hotfix an application that was installed by an Bootstrapper Application. One more question, is it enough to simply increment th

Re: [WiX-users] Patching strategy

2014-01-09 Thread KG
We've decided to go with the approach you've suggested, and I will look into delta patches to reduce the patch size (although since most of our changed files will be videos, I would guess deltas wouldn't help much). As far as each patch superseding the last, is this something we need to specify in

Re: [WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image?

2014-01-09 Thread Blair Murri
m: dtkob...@gmail.com > To: WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image? > > My patches are whole file patches. > > There is no UI either in the patches either. > > I'll have to check out the hash table and see

Re: [WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image?

2014-01-08 Thread darenko6874 .
My patches are whole file patches. There is no UI either in the patches either. I'll have to check out the hash table and see what files may mismatch. It never mentions anything about the file it's trying to access, it just keeps mentioning the product it looking for. About every 45 seconds the

Re: [WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image?

2014-01-08 Thread Blair Murri
Are your patches delta or whole file? > Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 10:46:06 -0800 > From: phildgwil...@gmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image? > > It could be useful to examine the log where the pat

Re: [WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image?

2014-01-08 Thread Phil Wilson
It could be useful to examine the log where the patching accesses the network MSI to see what actually happens. Typical reasons include installed files that no longer match the cached MSI. For example the cached (MSI plus patches) has entries in the file table that say the version of the file on di

[WiX-users] Patching compressed VS uncompressed image?

2014-01-08 Thread darenko6874 .
Can someone tell me why patching a uncompressed image requires the attempt to look for source? I am not prompted asking for credentials, but the patch log shows it keeps looking for the original install location like this: Resolving source. MSI (s) (9C:30) [08:23:26:466]: User policy value 'Searc

Re: [WiX-users] Patching strategy

2014-01-06 Thread Hoover, Jacob
ailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:46 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching strategy If you create whole file patches then you might get that size issue, but patches can be smaller, the delta between the files. I don't know

Re: [WiX-users] Patching strategy

2014-01-06 Thread Phil Wilson
If you create whole file patches then you might get that size issue, but patches can be smaller, the delta between the files. I don't know if Burn can do that, but the question is: how does the customer know when to run it? It's not too difficult for the app to call a company web service passing

Re: [WiX-users] Patching strategy

2014-01-06 Thread KG
This sounds like a good way to start at least. My one concern is what happens when the accumulated patches start to get large enough to make size a concern? Lets say the original data is 2GB, and every month we need to release a patch that changes 5% of it. After 5 months we're up to a 500MB acc

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

[WiX-users] Patching strategy

2014-01-03 Thread KG
I am implementing a new installer for a product that needs to include several GB of data. I'm planning on having a single MSI for the application, several MSIs for the data, and using burn to chain everything together. The data will change periodically and updates will be delivered online, so pat

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with Burn - What makes my feature become advertise?

2013-11-24 Thread Blair Murri
ourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Patching with Burn - What makes my feature become > advertise? > > Hi, > I am implementing removable patches with Burn > > Such that if I Install RTM, HF1, HF2 then both HFs should be visible > > And when I uninstall HF2 ,th

[WiX-users] Patching with Burn - What makes my feature become advertise?

2013-11-24 Thread tom
Hi, I am implementing removable patches with Burn Such that if I Install RTM, HF1, HF2 then both HFs should be visible And when I uninstall HF2 ,the machine will return to the state where RTM, HF1 was installed. All my HF are cumulative and I build the HF against RTM only, Meaning HF2 will ta

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-23 Thread Dror, Tomer
Wilson [phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:51 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder? ...because of my previous comment. Windows Installer knows where every component's

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-23 Thread Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson [phildgwil...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7:04 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about > original install folder? > > Use the WiX "remember property" pattern if

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-23 Thread Dror, Tomer
23, 2013 7:04 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder? Use the WiX "remember property" pattern if you want to preserve the value of INSTALLFOLDER from the original install. Phil Wilso

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-23 Thread Phil Wilson
uesday, October 22, 2013 7:15 PM > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about > original install folder? > > A patch that is an update to installed components doesn't need to know > folder locations unless

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-22 Thread Dror, Tomer
, October 22, 2013 7:15 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder? A patch that is an update to installed components doesn't need to know folder locations unless you need to specify them for some

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-22 Thread Phil Wilson
A patch that is an update to installed components doesn't need to know folder locations unless you need to specify them for some other reason. For an update of component C-Guid of product code P-Guid it can locate the path to any component (as can any program) by calling MsiGetComponentPath (P-Guid

[WiX-users] Patching with BURN-how a patch knows about original install folder?

2013-10-22 Thread tom
I wonder when running a patch bundle how the patch bundle (acatually the MSP) knows what is the install folder used by the RTM? Looks like we are missing this values in the MSP and many of the registration we do use a directory defined in wix msp project Thanks in advance -- View this mes

Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple versions

2013-06-24 Thread Blair Murri
There are ways but Major Version Patches are officially discouraged (see MSDN). > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:41:45 -0700 > From: nickra...@hotmail.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple versions > > Actually, trying my idea didn

Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple versions

2013-06-23 Thread Nick Ramirez
Actually, trying my idea didn't work for me. It may not be possible to have a single patch file that updates multiple versions. However, you may be able to create a patch for each version that you want to update. For each one, keep the PatchFamily's Id the same (that way they'll maintain their corr

Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple versions

2013-06-23 Thread Nick Ramirez
I haven't tried it, but could you add a PatchFamily for each version that you want patch? Each PatchFamily would have a Version to identify the product version to update. You would not use the PatchFamily's ProductCode attribute at all. Instead, the parent Patch element's TargetProductName would ma

[WiX-users] Patching multiple versions

2013-06-19 Thread Sudripta Nandy
Hello All, We have a product for which versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 have been released. For each of these versions, the product code was auto-generated to enable automatic removal of previous version before installation of new MSI. Now, we have released version 1.0.3 and I am trying to cr

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-18 Thread George Fleming
Thanks for the explanation. -Original Message- From: Blair Murri [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 1:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching error George, On initial installations Windows Installer seems to

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-17 Thread Blair Murri
ously used ones (although passwords and the remember pattern don't work well together). Hope this helps. Blair Murri > From: r...@robmensching.com > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:25:30 -0700 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching error > &g

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread Rob Mensching
; -Original Message- > From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 3:25 PM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching error > > It's the "ignoring" part that is the

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread George Fleming
in patching, but not in normal install? -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phil.wil...@mvps.org] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 3:25 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching error It's the "ignoring" part

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread Phil Wilson
p/aa371571(v=vs.85).as px So they need to be secure or they are gone when your code runs on the server side. Phil -Original Message- From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sub

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread George Fleming
rom: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 10:00 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching error If you install your program on a test machine then run a repair from ARP or the command line does it fail with th

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread David Watson
XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching error What do you mean by "repairs correctly"? The patch log shows errors, so I assumed that means it didn't repair correctly? I don't store the values of SERVICEACCOUNT or SERVICEPASSWORD, but they are provided via command-line

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread George Fleming
the log these lines: Ignoring disallowed property SERVICEACCOUNT Ignoring disallowed property SERVICEPASSWORD -Original Message- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:50 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Pat

Re: [WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-14 Thread David Watson
-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching error I following online instructions and created a patch (msp file). There were no errors during the creation. When I tried to verify the patch by applying it, I got following error: MSI (s) (C0:F0) [13:36:29:463]: Executing op

[WiX-users] Patching error

2013-06-13 Thread George Fleming
I following online instructions and created a patch (msp file). There were no errors during the creation. When I tried to verify the patch by applying it, I got following error: MSI (s) (C0:F0) [13:36:29:463]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=CreateUser,,) MSI (s) (C0:F0) [13:36:29:463]: Executi

[WiX-users] Patching with multiple instances

2013-02-13 Thread Gareth.Oakley
Hi, I'm having issues trying to get a patch built with WiX (using the Patch Creation Properties method) to apply to an MSI (also built with WiX) that has been multi instance transformed. I've logged my efforts to get it working on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14814014/msi-

Re: [WiX-users] patching issue: adding new file works but this throws out old files Sequence numbers in msi

2012-10-05 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Message- From: Muzikayise Flynn Buthelezi [mailto:muzkay...@gmail.com] Sent: 05 October 2012 10:26 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] patching issue: adding new file works but this throws out old files Sequence numbers in msi Good Morning Team, trust

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs?

2012-07-19 Thread Farrukhw
Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply.. I've given msi builds which were not designed by me and after Pyro's complaint, I investigated that in every build, same named components got new Component ID (GUID). Although, I've informed the owners and asked them if they are changing the Component IDs for eac

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs?

2012-07-19 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs? Hi Guys, Is that possible to Patch a Component whose GUID was changed in Updated build? Pyro gives an error: I know if I change the GUID in my updated msi back to the one which was in Original msi

[WiX-users] Patching Components with different GUIDs?

2012-07-19 Thread Farrukhw
Hi Guys, Is that possible to Patch a Component whose GUID was changed in Updated build? Pyro gives an error: I know if I change the GUID in my updated msi back to the one which was in Original msi. But I have a case in which a great number of GUIDs (might be in thousands) have to be updated then

Re: [WiX-users] Patching registry changes for COM components

2012-06-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 11-Jun-12 14:20, Vishnu wrote: > Install log shows registry is updated from previous (cached) msi values. I > applied patch using ORCA tool, and didnt find any new registry changes in > the patch file (msp). Do we need to create a component for each registry > values and reference it in Componen

Re: [WiX-users] Patching registry changes for COM components

2012-06-11 Thread Vishnu
Install log shows registry is updated from previous (cached) msi values. I applied patch using ORCA tool, and didnt find any new registry changes in the patch file (msp). Do we need to create a component for each registry values and reference it in ComponentRef section in PatchFamily element? -- V

Re: [WiX-users] Patching registry changes for COM components

2012-06-11 Thread Bob Arnson
On 07-Jun-12 15:21, Vishnu wrote: > How to include registry changes in patching ? They are, if the registry changes are reflected in the upgrade MSI and the component that contains them is being installed. See a verbose patch-install log to see what MSI is doing with each component. -- sig://bo

[WiX-users] Patching registry changes for COM components

2012-06-07 Thread Vishnu
We have legacy VB6 & COM components dll in our installer. Some of the them are modified, so we are creating patches to update dlls in client machine. Based on WIX patching (using Pyro), I created a patch & applied successfully. All the modified components are getting replaced but registry changes a

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110

2012-02-13 Thread Elfe Xu
With someone's help, I figured out the approach. After CostFinalize action, before InstallValidate action, add a customer action, say UpdateFeatureChange, which changes the feature's reqire state accordingly. In DTF, it is as simple as FeatureInfo featureA2= this.Session.Features["FeatureA2"]; fea

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110

2012-02-09 Thread Elfe Xu
Echo on the question. I have exactly the same problem: In my product V1.0, I have FeatureCommon (always be installed) Common.dll FeatureA (optional) A1.dll FeatureB (optional) B1.dll In my product V1.1 I added A2.dll to feature A

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110

2012-02-06 Thread Sanjay Poria
ation)? Thanks sanjay > -Original Message- > From: Sanjay Poria [mailto:sanjay.po...@xanalys.com] > Sent: 05 February 2012 21:21 > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: [WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110 > > I have cr

[WiX-users] Patching and Pyro Warning PYRO1110

2012-02-05 Thread Sanjay Poria
I have created an MSI product installer for a product that has a main feature (call it MF) and a sub feature (call it SF). It is mandatory to install the main feature but the sub feature is optional. I am experimenting with creating patches (small updates) using Wix 3.5 for this product. I hav

Re: [WiX-users] Patching

2012-01-13 Thread Sanjay Poria
cliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] > Sent: 12 January 2012 10:20 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching > > 1. There are a couple of ways that might work for you. It depends if > you have > to stick with your current

Re: [WiX-users] Patching

2012-01-12 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
a version resource that specifies the file version but it'll will handle unversioned binaries too. -Original Message- From: Sanjay Poria [mailto:sanjay.po...@xanalys.com] Sent: 11 January 2012 23:09 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-us

Re: [WiX-users] Patching

2012-01-11 Thread Sanjay Poria
Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] > Sent: 11 January 2012 10:49 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching > > I'll try and answer this but it's best to seek some other opinions too. > > 1. The order of p

Re: [WiX-users] Patching

2012-01-11 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
he Wix team) This mailing list's archives Wix docs -Original Message- From: Sanjay Poria [mailto:sanjay.po...@xanalys.com] Sent: 10 January 2012 23:18 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching I am in the process of writing an installer for a company pro

[WiX-users] Patching

2012-01-10 Thread Sanjay Poria
I am in the process of writing an installer for a company product (we were previously using Installshield). Once, released we will need the produce patches for bug fixes and enhancements. The expectation that these patches will consist of simply updating some of the released files and/or adding

Re: [WiX-users] patching using burn

2011-03-26 Thread Rob Mensching
You can ship your patches as plain .msp files or you can wrap the .msp files in another Bundle (great if you need to apply multiple patches or want to show a custom UI). On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Sean Farrow wrote: > Hi: > I'm currently writing a bundle using burn. Later on we will need to

[WiX-users] patching using burn

2011-03-26 Thread Sean Farrow
Hi: I'm currently writing a bundle using burn. Later on we will need to write and release patches. As I am using burn, can I use plain .msp/msu files or do I have to use a .exe file? Any help appreciated. Regards Sean. --

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Merge module

2011-03-10 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
: Arun Kumar [mailto:arun_jku...@persistent.co.in] Sent: 10 March 2011 09:20 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Merge module Hi All, I am building WIX MSI that has integrated Merge Module. Now I am creating patches for this MSI. I know that I can

[WiX-users] Patching Merge module

2011-03-10 Thread Arun Kumar
Hi All, I am building WIX MSI that has integrated Merge Module. Now I am creating patches for this MSI. I know that I can specify ComponentRef's in my patch.wxs file but is there any way to provide patch for the integrated Merge Module? Thank You all in advance. Regards, AK. DISCLAIMER ===

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Using Purely Wix

2011-02-21 Thread Liam Flanagan
olset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching Using Purely Wix Would creating a pure Wix patch from administrative installations work for you ? It's what we do here. This gives you an idea of the process. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pmarcu/archive/2008/05/30/patching-something-you-did n t-build-with-wix-using

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Using Purely Wix

2011-02-17 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
Liam Flanagan [mailto:l...@dyalog.com] Sent: 16 February 2011 12:46 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Using Purely Wix Hello All, I've been wondering if it's possible to create minor patches using the "purely wix" method, however only using

[WiX-users] Patching Using Purely Wix

2011-02-16 Thread Liam Flanagan
Hello All, I've been wondering if it's possible to create minor patches using the "purely wix" method, however only using the baseline and QFE MSI packages instead of requiring the original source files and structure that the MSIs were built from. I want have the benefits of purely wix patching

Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple major upgrade releases with different product codes

2011-02-07 Thread Pally Sandher
t Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Tom Crozier [mailto:tcroz...@rackwise.com] Sent: 03 February 2011 20:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Patching multiple major upgrade releases with

[WiX-users] Patching multiple major upgrade releases with different product codes

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Crozier
All - I have multiple versions of a product released in the field that I need to upgrade with a patch. The installer that all the versions are all based on can perform a major upgrade from a previous version. I believe they should have used the same product id but they don't beca

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and properties

2010-11-16 Thread Pally Sandher
ience Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -Original Message- From: Henk Roos [mailto:henk.r...@aricent.com] Sent: 16 November 2010 09:39 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching and properties Hi there, Is it possible to pass a property value somehow to a

[WiX-users] Patching and properties

2010-11-16 Thread Henk Roos
Hi there, Is it possible to pass a property value somehow to a custom action when installing a new patch (in stead of passing it with the command line)? And also I want to know if it is possible to get the patch version being installed with a custom action. I did run the following command : "mi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with WiX

2010-10-05 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
included in the patch. -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 05 October 2010 13:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with WiX I can certainly build through to completion and do

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with WiX

2010-10-05 Thread Christopher Painter
ead a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Peter Shirtcliffe To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, October 5, 2010 4:11:31 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching with WiX This is the same situation as we have here. It's preferable, if

Re: [WiX-users] Patching with WiX

2010-10-05 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
tains useful info too. -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: 04 October 2010 18:03 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching with WiX I was wondering if anyone could provide me with any links or pointers fo

[WiX-users] Patching with WiX

2010-10-04 Thread Christopher Painter
I was wondering if anyone could provide me with any links or pointers for the following story. Foo.msi is a large ( 15,000 files ) installer that is currently build with InstallShield and services via Major Upgrades. Foo.msi's file comes from a couple dozen builds and the upstream build team d

Re: [WiX-users] patching a single file

2010-07-09 Thread MYFLEX
hi Sunkesula, Srivardhan, how your question is merged in to my query? is there any problem ? srinivas -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/setting-the-existing-apppool-to-my-virtual-directory-other-than-than-the-default-apppool-tp5234

Re: [WiX-users] patching a single file

2010-06-29 Thread Blair
Place the SampleComponent component in its own Fragment. -Original Message- From: Sunkesula, Srivardhan [mailto:srivardhan.sunkes...@netapp.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:57 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] patching a single file Hi

[WiX-users] patching a single file

2010-06-29 Thread Sunkesula, Srivardhan
Hi, I would like to create a patch which can install a single file/component. I specified the component, say "SampleComponent" which I want to patch as shown below: But this is patching all the components in the product. Can anyone

Re: [WiX-users] Patching multiple instances of product using new purelyWix process.

2010-06-09 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Does this thread help: http://www.mail-archive.com/wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg27915.htm l ? -- Yan -Original Message- From: d8x...@hotmail.com [mailto:d8x...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 08 June, 2010 21:49 To: Wix-Users Subject: [WiX-users] Patching multiple instances of

[WiX-users] Patching multiple instances of product using new purely Wix process.

2010-06-08 Thread d8xter
I am using the new Wix patching process to create my MSPs. I am having trouble with my patches working on multiple instances of my product. The patch complains that the product is not installed. Using the patchwiz process patching multiple instances worked. The patch runs against the default in

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread Blair
or Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions Here is one example where you can try insert additional targets (bases) http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> http://www.myco.com"; Classificatio

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread Tony Juricic
OptimizedInstallMode="yes" /> -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 4:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread Tony Juricic
. -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 4:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions I had a question about whether a feature is supported and haven't seen any WiX documentation that really answe

[WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread XorPtr
I had a question about whether a feature is supported in WiX or not. I haven't seen any WiX documentation that really answers my question. Basically I was curious as to how patches could be installed and supersede each other based on the base used to create the patch. For example if I have Prod

[WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread XorPtr
I had a question about whether a feature is supported and haven't seen any WiX documentation that really answers my question. Basically I was curious as to how patches could be installed and supersede each other based on the base used to create the patch. For example if I have Product v1.0.3 dir

[WiX-users] Patching, WIX 3.0 (build 5419.0)

2010-04-12 Thread Gibbo
Hi, Was wondering if somebody could help. I'm trying to create a patch (MSP) for my installation and have being following the tutorial on http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php Which has been very helpful. I had the original wixpdb for my original installation, which was handy :) So followi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component

2010-03-11 Thread Andy Glass
erate a .wixmst. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component I'm not sure where this is specified in W

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component

2010-03-10 Thread Andy Glass
- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@invensys.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:15 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component I'm not sure where this is specified in WiX patching, but the PCP file has a TargetI

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a single component

2010-03-10 Thread Wilson, Phil
Glass [mailto:agl...@laserfiche.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Patching a single component As part of my first foray into the world of patching, I have been tasked with creating hotfix patches for our product. As

[WiX-users] Patching a single component

2010-03-10 Thread Andy Glass
As part of my first foray into the world of patching, I have been tasked with creating hotfix patches for our product. As part of the daily build, the version numbers for all files in the product are incremented, but I only want to patch the specific files that were fixed as part of the hotfix.

Re: [WiX-users] Patching custom actions

2010-01-19 Thread Richard
In article <89030b4a18eccd45978a3a6b639d1f24030ac82...@fl01exmb01.trad.tradestation.com>, Tony Juricic writes: > At which point in the patching process are custom actions that are > executing the updated ones? If they are custom actions that execute out of installed files, the updated act

[WiX-users] Patching custom actions

2010-01-19 Thread Tony Juricic
At which point in the patching process are custom actions that are executing the updated ones? I have custom actions that execute before and after PatchFiles action. Custom action executing before PatchFiles finds MSI DB already transformed. Based on that I would expect that table containing cu

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