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


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