I'm hoping for some advice about MSI and Patching using Wix.
I am currently moving one of products from Installshield to MSI using Wix to generate it. Our product has a number of different variations depending on which customer we deliver to. Typically all the different versions differ in a few documentation files (we give some customers more documentation about the back end system than others). The way we achieved this previously with installshield was to have a folder on disk that sits alongside the product installer. At the end of any installation the documentation files in the folder would be copied to the users machine into the install location (implemented using the Installshield scripting language). Previously, we never did any 'real' (in the MSI sense) patching of our products. Once we move to MSI, we would like to produce proper patches (small updates mainly). My question, what is the best way for us (in the MSI world) to produce the variations of our product, so that we can patch easily. What I am hoping for is a solution that is simpler than producing a different product MSI release for effectively, each variant of the product because then I would need to produce multiple patches when the product is basically the same in each case (except for a few doc files). Any help is appreciated. sanjay ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
