1) In the patch family, just list the components that have changed or been added. 2) The PatchFamily element has an attribute you can set: Supersede="yes". This will make your patch replace all previous patches in the same patch family. If you arent using patch families and supercedence then I dont know what you would use.
Hope that helps. -----Original Message----- From: s zheng [mailto:szheng...@googlemail.com] Sent: 13 August 2009 15:50 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Purely WiX patching - two questions please Hi all, Searching WiX-User mailing list, I have not found answers to my questions. Apology if it is a duplicate. Working through the WiX patching help on "Using Purely WiX", I have two questions: 1. List of ComponentRef in patch.wxs file I have about 30k components in my offical build, new componets added in the upgrade distributions, Do I have to list all of them from the upgrade distribution under Fragment / PatchFamily section in patch.wxs? 2. Replacing patches When using Patch Creation Properties, there is a XML element ReplacePatch indicatig which earlier patches the new patch supersedes. Now in purely WiX method, I can not find equivalent. How does the new patch know what earlier patches to supersede? Thanks, Shibo <wix_patching.htm> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
