Hi Wix-Users, We have been successfully using the "Purely WIX" method to build delta patches for our product for a number of years and must say that it works a treat.
We recently have had a requirement to create a whole file patch for a single file in our product. I immediately thought that this would be easy because I had seen the "PatchWholeFile" attribute that is associated with the "File" element, so I set it like so: <File Id="Crypserv.exe" Name="Crypserv.exe" KeyPath="yes" PatchWholeFile="yes" /> However, after building a new target and then the patch, the resulting .MSP still only contained a delta for the file, not the whole file like I thought the "PatchWholeFile" attribute would do. I understand that removing the "-delta" parameter from the Pryo.exe command line will cause every file in the patch to be whole files, but I was hoping to avoid doing this because of the size of the resulting .MSP would be very large. So I guess I have two questions that I'm hoping someone can answer: 1. Is there a way to make a single file in a patch a "whole file" while keeping the others as deltas? 2. What is the "PatchWholeFile" attribute of the "File" element used for? Thanks and best regards, // Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
