Currently, "auto-update" mechanism is something you'd build on top of what is provided in the WiX toolset. First, get your installation package installing and uninstalling well. Then get it upgrading well. After that, you'd need to build a system to recognize when a new package is available then just apply the new package to upgrade the old one. That last part isn't really provide by the WiX toolset today. There are bits and pieces of it in ClickThrough but you'll need to glue (and probably update) a fair bit.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 06:25 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Auto Update Question Hi everyone - I am using Wix to create my Msi and exe for my deployment project. Within my deployment project, I check to make sure .Net 2.0, SQL Express, and a few other things are installed before the actual install of the program. My Wix also installs a complete database to go with the program. My client requested that this program have auto updates via a web service. My question is can you do auto updates when using a Wix as the means of installation? And if you can could someone please give me some insight on how this could be done. Also, what would be a good way to update the database too? I have never worked on a deployment project before and could really use some help. Thank you to anyone who can be of some assistance. Ben Stori, MCTS Consultant .Net / SharePoint Sogeti, USA Two Meridian Crossings Suite 670 | Minneapolis, MN 55423 612-296-0612 (c) / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
