Hey Blair-2, I'd be happy to share a log of the installation but unfortunately I'm doing this for a company and I'm not allowed to post the information for a log. I've studied the logs myself during patching and it looks like it doesn't recognize that the install path is different from C:\Program Files\Appname\etc. What it ends up outputting is a list of the files being installed by the patch but each one specifies To be installed; Won't patch; No existing file.
If you're interested in a particular portion of the log file I might be able to show you by replacing the product and path information with fictional data so you could see what might be the problem without my violating my company's policies. Thank for all your help so far! Blair-2 wrote: > > The location that the components you are patching are already installed. > > Could you share a log that shows it not working in that circumstance? > > -----Original Message----- > From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 1:55 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories > > > When you refer to the "currently installed location", are you referring to > the location that my product installs to by default or the location > selected > by the user. If the latter, then the patch should be installing to that > location. > > > Blair-2 wrote: >> >> Are your patches MSP files performing either small updates or minor >> upgrades? If so, the patch application won't let you patch anywhere other >> than the currently installed location since the keypath of the components >> can't be changed without a major upgrade. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:12 PM >> To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories >> >> >> I've been having an issue with my WiX patch which I haven't been able to >> find >> any information for. The company I work for wants to give users the >> freedom >> to install our product in a directory of their choice. We've given the >> installer a default directory which can be changed at install time by the >> user. This has worked fine up until attempting to patch the package. I >> successfully made a patch which patches the package without problem if >> it's >> installed to the default location, however if users choose to install the >> product in an alternate location and then patch the patch fails because >> it's >> still trying to change files on the default location. Any ideas on how I >> can dynamically set up the patch install location based on where the user >> installs our product? Thanks in advance. >> >> Big Jim. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> > http://n2.nabble.com/Patching-problems-with-alternate-directories-tp4102386p >> 4102386.html >> Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, >> a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- >> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, >> a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Patching-problems-with-alternate-directories-tp4102386p > 4142265.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Return on Information: > Google Enterprise Search pays you back > Get the facts. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Patching-problems-with-alternate-directories-tp4102386p4145621.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
