I am using old-style patchwiz.dll patching with success on daily builds and I haven't updated WIX for 4 months already.
Nevertheless, there are several reason to prefer new style delta patching so I will let you know how it works with the latest WIX version as soon as I get some extra iteration time. Thanks for info! -----Original Message----- From: Heath Stewart [mailto:clubs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:11 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] New wix binary delta patching doesn't work Are you still having the same problem with recent builds? A month or two ago changes were made to fix a couple of issues with delta patching. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Tony Juricic <tjuri...@tradestation.com>wrote: > Ok, that makes sense. However, I can't get it to work either way. The > problem is not in changing just the 4th version number either. I created > a simple C# console executable that has one line of code: > > Console.Writeln("This is version 1.0.0.0"); > > and assembly info AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")] and > AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]. > > I build WiX test project referencing this program with -bf -xo linker > options. > > The output is WixTest1.msi but it is not msi file since it can't be > opened with Orca. Is it wixpdb or wixout? Torch doesn't like wixpdb > extension (error TRCH0048) but accepts wixout. > > I then update console program by changing all the strings 1.0.0.0 above > to 1.0.1.0, then rebuild exe and WiX project, changing also Product > element, Version attribute to 1.0.1.0. This gives me the second wixout > file for input to torch and I get 31 KB large Diff.wixmst. > > When I run Pyro it comes with PYRO0252 error meaning that it can't find > any transform. > > Torch and Pyro invoking batch files content is the following: > > "%WIX%bin\torch.exe" -p -xi -v -val g -val l -val r -val z > Version1000\WiXTest1000.wixout Version1010\WiXTest1010.wixout -out > Patch\Diff.Wixmst > > "%WIX%bin\candle.exe" Patch.wxs > "%WIX%bin\light.exe" Patch.wixobj -out Patch\Patch.WixMsp > REM "%WIX%bin\pyro.exe" -delta Patch\Patch.WixMsp -out Patch\Patch.msp > -t RTM Patch\Diff.wixmst > "%WIX%bin\pyro.exe" Patch\Patch.WixMsp -out Patch\Patch.msp -t RTM > Patch\Diff.wixmst > > Note above REMarked -delta option. > > Patch.wxs content is: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Patch AllowRemoval="yes" Classification="Update" Codepage="1252" > ClientPatchId="WiXTest1" Id="*" DisplayName="WiXTest1 Update" > Manufacturer="WiXTest1" MoreInfoURL="http://www.WiXTest1.com"; > Description="Minor Update Patch" TargetProductName="WixTest1"> > <Media Id="1000" Cabinet="Patch.cab" EmbedCab="yes" > Source="FIRSTPATCH_PROP"> > <PatchBaseline Id="RTM"/> > </Media> > <PatchFamilyRef Id="WiXTest1_PatchFamily" /> > </Patch> > > > <Fragment> > <PatchFamily Id="WiXTest1_PatchFamily" Version="1.0.0" > Supersede="no"> > <ComponentRef Id="CONSOLEAPPLICATION1.EXE" /> > </PatchFamily> > </Fragment> > > </Wix> > > Obviously, I am doing something horribly wrong in my adaptation of Peter > Marcu's blog example or there is a nasty bug somewhere in there. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Blair Murri [mailto:bmu...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 1:56 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] New wix binary delta patching doesn't work > > The "-delta" switch of pyro builds on top of the whole-file patch > support in pyro, so if that isn't working, the delta addition won't do > anything to help you. > > If you get pyro to build a whole file patch that updates your binaries, > then add the -delta switch and test the results. > > ________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Heath Stewart Deployment Technologies Team, Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. 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