In your patch generation you need to target the patch for all the product codes [instances] you want it to be applicable to.
<TargetProductCode Id="PRODUCT_CODE_GUID"/> <TargetProductCode Id="PRODUCT_CODE_GUID_INSTANCE1"/> <TargetProductCode Id="PRODUCT_CODE_GUID_INSTANCE2"/> Etc... From: Matt Ziegler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] Multiple instance patches Any insight from anyone? On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Matt Ziegler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: I've been playing around with installing multiple instances of an application used the <InstanceTransforms /> element, works quite well. I'm trying to create a patch between 2 versions and apply that one patch to multiple installed instances and according to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369528(VS.85).aspx<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369528%28VS.85%29.aspx> it is possible to do this by running the patch from the command line and passing in the product id of the installed instance you want to patch. I have yet to be able to get a patch to install to a second instance correctly, installing to the base instances works just fine. The error message I get is: "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program." The command line executed is: msiexec /update 1to2.msp /n {48F7E3D3-4291-45b0-AA5E-8A78337D95FF} There is no log created even with /l*v I included a <Validate /> element wondering if there was some check with the different product code for the patch that was holding back, no joy. <PatchBaseline Id="RTM"> <Validate ProductId="no" UpgradeCode="no" ProductVersion="Major" ProductVersionOperator="GreaterOrEqual"/> </PatchBaseline> Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
