Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-05 Thread Bob Arnson
On 02-Aug-12 13:09, Hoover, Jacob wrote: >The one benefit I saw from the AdminInstall/PatchCreation method is I > could free up disk space by only storing the MSI's and when building the > patch use a batch file to extract all the MSI's, create the patch, and then > purge (at the cost of IO

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Rob Mensching
mber of the patch update. I > guess I can look at the patch through Orca to see if it looks ok. It worked > so for now I am happy. > > > Does anyone know if there are planned updates/bug fixes to correct > torch/pyro to work like the old way (or to just work the way it is

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Jeanne Dixon
e planned updates/bug fixes to correct torch/pyro to work like the old way (or to just work the way it is advertised)? -Original Message- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 1:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolse

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread bpackard
I cannot suggest a solution for the patch problem you currently have, but I might be able to suggest an alternative. I was unable to use the pure WiX patching technique, as I was attempting to patch a file in a merge module. The WiX help describes two methods of patch generation, the first WiX only

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Hoover, Jacob
old way, please post the fragments and commands you are using. -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:18 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch This

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Jeanne Dixon
omething, but I still have no idea what it may be. -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:31 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch An administrat

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch I have messed about with the patch some and while I got rid of the pyro error I still get a warning about the cab files being empty and the patch created basically contains nothing (when I lo

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Jeanne Dixon
hirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch You can't change the name of the MSI in a minor/small update. See http://kb.flexerasoftware.

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread Jeanne Dixon
patch You should change version of the file which is included in the patch. -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 7:45 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-02 Thread maksim.vazhenin
You should change version of the file which is included in the patch. -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 7:45 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Jeanne Dixon
? -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:53 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch You can't change the name of the MSI in a minor/small update

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
xon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 01 August 2012 15:26 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch I don't know if this is related to why no changes are detected, but I put in the tags and tried to run the msi file as a minor

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Jeanne Dixon
ange is a difference that torch and pyro will see, yes. -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 01 August 2012 14:31 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch I built the first install with t

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
torch and pyro will see, yes. -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 01 August 2012 14:31 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch I built the first install with the old file, then chang

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Jeanne Dixon
as a difference when building the wixmst file? -Original Message- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 8:56 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch How you bui

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
the second installer's source code ? -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 01 August 2012 12:11 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch It is good to know I don't have to update

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Jeanne Dixon
scussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch I found your original message and it looks like you're updating a PDF. Those don't have Windows version resources, so ignore me there. You can remove those edits you made with Orca. The

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-08-01 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
assed to pyro, which you've given the value "RTM". Just change one of them so they have the same value. -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 31 July 2012 20:13 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users]

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-07-31 Thread Jeanne Dixon
for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch Does your changed file have a version resource and, if so, did the version increase in the updated file ? -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 31 July 2012 17:28

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-07-31 Thread Jeanne Dixon
bject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch Does your changed file have a version resource and, if so, did the version increase in the updated file ? -Original Message- From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jdi...@cots.com] Sent: 31 July 2012 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Inst

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-07-31 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
, July 31, 2012 11:24 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch Sorry for not getting back to this sooner. I am using visual studio to create the msi and wixpdb files for both versions. I then use light to create the

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-07-31 Thread Jeanne Dixon
11:24 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch Sorry for not getting back to this sooner. I am using visual studio to create the msi and wixpdb files for both versions. I then use light to create the patch .wixmsp file

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-07-31 Thread Jeanne Dixon
Marcu [mailto:peter.ma...@microsoft.com] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:01 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch It would be helpful to know the commands you are using to generate your initial packages as well as your patches. It s

Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

2012-07-15 Thread Peter Marcu
It would be helpful to know the commands you are using to generate your initial packages as well as your patches. It sounds like you may be having a problem because the base path where its looking for the contents of your admin image doesn't exist. Does this location exist? 'C:\ADS_AutoUpdate\A