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 Pr

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
Need more information. What is the authoring for the component installing the file? What is the actual path to the file in both A and B cases? In the authoring, is the file the KeyPath, or is another file or registry entry the KeyPath? -- John Merryweather Cooper Senior Software Engineer | E

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/

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

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

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

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

2013-11-24 Thread Blair Murri
Features become advertised when the component rules are broken. To ensure that this issue doesn't happen, set the property MSIENFORCEUPGRADECOMPONENTRULES to 1 (the attempt to patch will instead have failed, and a verbose log would tell you what the offending component rule violation was). Som

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

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

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
A patch application is just a repair with all relevant patch transformations applied to the msi. Check if your MSI repairs correctly. Do you persist SERVICEACCOUNT and SERVICEPASSWORD? -Original Message- From: George Fleming [mailto:gef...@microsoft.com] Sent: 13 June 2013 22:54 To: WiX-

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
Did you rebuild any of the files when you created the second MSI ? If so, then they will be different and will potentially be pulled into the patch. I assume you mean file sequence numbers, rather than component. Its normal for patched files to get new file sequence numbers. -Original Message

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
That would be a violation of the component rules and would go horribly wrong. If you want to change component GUIDs, you will need to use a major upgrade as Neil suggested previously: ensure that all MSIs that install those components are removed by the major upgrade and schedule RemoveExistingProd

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

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
Further to my original question, I have been doing some testing. If find that: (1) if the patch contains a _new_ file that belongs to a feature that the is not installed on the user machine, then the patch effectively installs the feature (and uninstalling the patch does not remove the feature)

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
I'll try and answer this but it's best to seek some other opinions too. 1. The order of patch installation wont usually matter. When you create a patch, you target it at a particular version or even multiple versions (eg patched/upgraded installations) and MSI works out the right sequence. See the

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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Merge module

2011-03-10 Thread Peter Shirtcliffe
You patch the MSI, not the merge module, so you need to use the Component Ids as they appear in the MSI. Open your release MSI in something like Orca or InstEd and you can look up the component Ids as they appear after merging. Include those in your patch.wxs. -Original Message- From: Aru

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
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-didn t-build-with-wix-using-wix-.aspx -Original Message- From: Liam Flanaga

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

2011-02-07 Thread Pally Sandher
There is a 'hacky' way to do it but bear in mind that once you follow the 'hacky' method, all future patches will be required to be built the same way. Also because you've 4 Products, your patches are going to be around 4 times as big as each Product will have it's own CAB (since it has it's own tr

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and properties

2010-11-16 Thread Pally Sandher
Patches don't have versions. The version would be the ProductVersion of the new version your patch is upgrading the old version to. I don't quite understand your question regarding passing properties to Custom Actions. Can you elaborate on what you're trying to do? Palbinder Sandher Software Dep

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
This is the same situation as we have here. It's preferable, if you can to carry the build through to completion to produce a new, updated MSI as though you were going to do a major upgrade. Then perform an admin install of that and add Ref elements into the Family element to choose which parts

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,

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 product

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
Here is one example where you can try insert additional targets (bases) http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> http://www.myco.com"; Classification="$(var.CLASSIFICATION)" AllowRemoval="yes" OptimizedInstallMode="yes"

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Base Versions

2010-06-01 Thread Tony Juricic
I always use just one base but multiple bases (i.e. targets) are possible from what I understand from the documentation. I avoid them because that increases the size of the patch (differences from both bases must be stored in a patch) but it should work if you declare two targets. -Original

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
I'm not sure where this is specified in WiX patching, but the PCP file has a TargetImages table with an IgnoreMissingSrcFiles option that sounds like what you want: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372066(VS.85).aspx Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Andy Glass [mailto:a

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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-17 Thread XorPtr
t; There's also a ComponentSearch element that may be helpful as well. > > Thanks, > Tom > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:59 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [W

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-16 Thread XorPtr
d on whether or > not your product is installed. > > There's also a ComponentSearch element that may be helpful as well. > > Thanks, > Tom > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:59 AM

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-14 Thread Thomas Svare
orPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:59 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories Sorry, I'm not familiar with the term "maintenance mode" and all that it encompasses. I can tell you that the WIX

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-14 Thread XorPtr
; Is WIXUI_INSTALLDIR being set/defined in maintenance mode? > > Thanks, > Tom > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 10:28 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patchi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-14 Thread Thomas Svare
Hello, Is WIXUI_INSTALLDIR being set/defined in maintenance mode? Thanks, Tom -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 10:28 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-14 Thread XorPtr
; Tom > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:07 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories > > > Hey Tom, > > I managed to ge

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-11 Thread Thomas Svare
er 11, 2009 8:07 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories Hey Tom, I managed to get a verbose log of a good and bad uninstall (seemed the easiest place to start.) INSTALLDIR was set properly in both logs. The issue wit

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-11 Thread XorPtr
in > the past. > > Thanks, > Tom > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:50 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directorie

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Thomas Svare
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories Thanks for the tip Tom, I'm looking into at least one discrepency that I saw come up after the Orca/patch transform. I'm n

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
me > property is getting set by the UI that isn't being re-set during > patch/repair/uninstall. > > Thanks, > Tom > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:59 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sou

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Blair
is getting set by the UI that isn't being re-set during patch/repair/uninstall. Thanks, Tom -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:59 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with al

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Thomas Svare
during patch/repair/uninstall. Thanks, Tom -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:59 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories I definitely reviewed the table

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
M > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories > > > All of the components are listed as: > > Installed: Local; Request: Local; Action: Local. > > > Blair-2 wrote: >> >> What does

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Thomas Svare
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories All of the components are listed as: Installed: Local; Request: Local; Action: Local. Blair-2 wrote: > > What does the log say abo

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
6:27 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories > > > Hey Blair-2, I'd be happy to share a log of the installation but > unfortunately I'm doing this for a company and I'm not allowed to post the >

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Blair
What does the log say about the component statuses? -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:27 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories Hey Blair-2, I'

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
; Could you share a log that shows it not working in that circumstance? > > -Original Message- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 1:55 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching proble

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-09 Thread Blair
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories When you refer to the "currently installed location", are you referring to the location that my product installs to by default or the location selected by the user. If the latter, then the patch should be installi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-09 Thread XorPtr
When you refer to the "currently installed location", are you referring to the location that my product installs to by default or the location selected by the user. If the latter, then the patch should be installing to that location. Blair-2 wrote: > > Are your patches MSP files performing eit

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-03 Thread XorPtr
My MSP files are performing small hotfix updates to correct a couple of bugs. Thanks for informing me about that restriction. Is there a workaround you can think of because I'm pretty much stumped on this one. Blair-2 wrote: > > Are your patches MSP files performing either small updates or mi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-02 Thread Blair
Are your patches MSP files performing either small updates or minor upgrades? If so, the patch application won't let you patch anywhere other than the currently installed location since the keypath of the components can't be changed without a major upgrade. -Original Message- From: XorPtr

Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence

2009-11-24 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Thanks for the explanation, Blair! -- Yan -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 07:59 To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers forMedia.DiskId andFile.Sequ

Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence

2009-11-23 Thread Blair
net] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:29 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence Any ideas? Anyone? -- Yan -Original Message- From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:y...@sitecore.net] Sent: Friday

Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence

2009-11-23 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Any ideas? Anyone? -- Yan -Original Message- From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:y...@sitecore.net] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:59 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence Hello WiX Community, I have been analyzi

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling "Repair"

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
:57 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling "Repair" OK. In that case using a custom action that sets the ARPNOREPAIR value to "0" before the would do the trick?? Blair-2 wrote: > > The thought that followed right after

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling "Repair"

2009-10-21 Thread Andy2k8
d) condition will be > evaluated AFTER you transform it. > > -Original Message- > From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:10 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Patchin

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling "Repair"

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
2:10 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling "Repair" If you can bootstrap your patch, you might be able to set REINSTALL to the list of installed features instead of "ALL". Otherwise you may be force

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling "Repair"

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
If you can bootstrap your patch, you might be able to set REINSTALL to the list of installed features instead of "ALL". Otherwise you may be forced to use a Major Upgrade. -Original Message- From: Andy2k8 [mailto:appr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:50 PM To: wix-users@li

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Problem

2009-09-17 Thread Oivind
rom: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net > [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Vitaly > Dolya > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:46 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching Problem > > > > Brower, Jason wrot

Re: [WiX-users] Patching & MergeModules

2009-07-30 Thread Blair
hursday, July 30, 2009 12:25 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching & MergeModules I call torch like this: torch.exe -p -xi Baseline\App.wixpdb Hotfix\App.wixpdb -out Diff.wixmst then I candlelight the Hotfix.wxs: candle.exe Hotfix.wxs -out Hotfix.wixobj light.exe

Re: [WiX-users] Patching & MergeModules

2009-07-30 Thread Gremlin
I call torch like this: torch.exe -p -xi Baseline\App.wixpdb Hotfix\App.wixpdb -out Diff.wixmst then I candlelight the Hotfix.wxs: candle.exe Hotfix.wxs -out Hotfix.wixobj light.exe Hotfix.wixobj -out Hotfix.wixmsp then I execute pyro: pyro.exe Hotfix.wixmsp -out Hotfix01.msp -t RTM Diff.wixmst

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