OK -- scratch that. The issue was that I needed to define the computed directory property on the MSIEXEC command line so that it went under the before/after directory. Once that happened Msipsp picked up the files and upgraded them just fine.
Seems to work well now Michael Owings wrote: > Probably more of an MSI question, but here goes: > > I have a wix-produced installer (2.0) that I'd like to create a patcher > for. While I can always upgrade via MSI, there are times when being able > to use the patcher would be nice. > > So as I understand it, we create two administrative installs with the > old and new MSIs, create a patch wxs file, and run MsiPsp o create the > patch. > > The problem I'm having is that I have a couple of files that reside in > directories computed via a custom action (via my own dll). While I have > verified that these paths are being computed when the admin install is > executing, they are not showing up anywhere in the admin install > directories. Because of this, they don't seem to get picked up by > MsiMsp.exe and are not included in the finished patch. Other files > (stuff under Program Files, for example), DO get included, and for those > files the patch executes as expected. > > Any idea of what I might be doing wrong? > > Thanx in advance - m -- Teleoperate a roving mobile robot from the web: http://www.swampgas.com/robotics/rover.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users