I can offer a workaround. Add a <Property> in the same fragment as the update you want to reference and then reference that property in your patch family. Alternatively, you can create a patch with no patch families if you are willing to include all the changes in the product.
This is something that we need to figure out a way to improve where entire fragments exist with nothing referencable by a normal reference. If you'd like to file a sourceforge bug we can look at finding a better solution. -Peter My team is hiring. Ask me about the open positions. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to patch elements in InstallExecuteSequence table? Did this ever get resolved? On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Sharat Janapareddy < sharat.janapare...@microsoft.com> wrote: > We made some changes to the MSI installer that was released this year > and we are releasing the SP soon. One of those changes include adding > support to uninstall the patches. For this, we modified some Custom > elements in InstallExecuteSequence table of the MSI generating WXS > file. (I am not sure if these are the same as CustomActions though!) > > Anyway, how do we specify in the Patch.wxs that these Custom elements > need to be patched? > > For instance, here's the change which says that we should not run this > action when uninstalling the patch - <Custom Action='_GetServiceState' > After='_SetADName'><![CDATA[Installed And REMOVE<>"ALL" And Not > MSIPATCHREMOVE ]]></Custom> > > And here's how I listed it in the Patch.wxs - <PatchFamily > Id="AgentPatchFamily" Version="1.0.0.1" Supersede="yes"> > <!-- Nothing here as of now --> > <CustomActionRef Id="_GetServiceState "/> </PatchFamily> > > I have also tried this way - > <Fragment> > <InstallExecuteSequence> > <Custom Action="_GetServiceState" After="_SetADName" /> > <InstallServices Sequence="5800" /> > <DeleteServices Sequence="2000" /> > </InstallExecuteSequence> > </Fragment> > > However in both the cases, when I generated the patch and applied it > to the release MSI through ORCA, I don't see this change at all! > Another similar issue is with InstallServices and DeleteServices > elements of the same InstallExecuteSequence table. > > Can someone tell me if this is the right way to do this? > > Thanks, > > Sharat Janapareddy > ~ 40269 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- 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 > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
