I seem to remember some tidbits in code about burn self-updating. >From http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2012/8/21/Enter-WiX-v3.7-toolset,
In WiX v3.7, there is a new option in Burn to plan an "update". If your Bootstrapper Application detects a newer bundle is available, it can tell the Burn engine about the update then the engine will download (if necessary) the update and launch the updated install just like it was one of the packages in the chain. So I would say take a look at the Wix BA and see how they are doing it. As far as swapping out MSI's on the download server, I would advise against it. What I would do is have your RTM version on the server, followed by a chain of patches (MSP) to update. Every time you introduce a new patch or MSI, you want a new version of your bundle with an incremented version number. This should prevent your users from running an older version of your bundle when a newer one is already installed. -----Original Message----- From: Amadeus [mailto:amadeus.h...@diadrom.se] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 4:02 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] [Burn] "Updating" package without rebuilding Hello, We have the following scenario: We need to deliver our Installer on a DVD. The Installer will download the installation packages from our web server. By the time our DVD reach our users, the installation packages will have received updates (to minor version). We want to be able to simply replace the installation packages on the server using the same URL path as the installer on the DVD looks for. When our users install from the DVD the Installer will get the latest packages as they have been updated on the server. However, it seems that Burn is doing some sort of hash (I think) verification on the packages, and if they're not exactly the same as when it was built, it fails to initiate the installation. Is there away to suppress this? -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-Updating-package-without-rebuilding-tp7582033.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
