Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Blair
What does the log say about the component statuses? -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:27 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories Hey Blair-2, I'd

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories 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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Thomas Svare
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:00 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories All of the components are listed as: Installed: Local; Request: Local; Action: Local. Blair-2 wrote: What does the log say about

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:27 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories 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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread XorPtr
during patch/repair/uninstall. Thanks, Tom -Original Message- From: XorPtr [mailto:reaper4...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:59 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories I definitely

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-10 Thread Thomas Svare
...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:50 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories Thanks for the tip Tom, I'm looking into at least one discrepency that I saw come up after the Orca/patch transform. I'm not sure

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-09 Thread XorPtr
: 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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-09 Thread Blair
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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-03 Thread XorPtr
, 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

[WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-02 Thread XorPtr
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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems with alternate directories

2009-12-02 Thread Blair
[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

Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence

2009-11-23 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Any ideas? Anyone? -- Yan -Original Message- From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:y...@sitecore.net] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:59 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence Hello WiX Community, I have been

Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence

2009-11-23 Thread Blair
: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:29 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId andFile.Sequence Any ideas? Anyone? -- Yan -Original Message- From: Yan Sklyarenko [mailto:y...@sitecore.net] Sent: Friday, November 20

[WiX-users] Patching: weird numbers for Media.DiskId and File.Sequence

2009-11-20 Thread Yan Sklyarenko
Hello WiX Community, I have been analyzing the log file of my patch installation, and faced with a weird numbers I don't know the origin of. Here's the snippet: ... TRANSFORM: The minimum 'Media.DiskId' value inserted by a patch transform is 100 TRANSFORM: The maximum 'Media.DiskId' value

[WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair

2009-10-21 Thread Andy2k8
Hello How do i apply a patch to a product that does not support Repair (Repair disabled when it was shipped) Running the patch silently from the command line does not seems to work because I have a type19 custom action that is conditioned as REINSTALL = ALL Any ideas?? - Andy MSI

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair Hello How do i apply a patch to a product that does not support Repair (Repair disabled when it was shipped) Running the patch silently from the command line does not seems to work because I have a type19 custom action

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair If you can bootstrap your patch, you might be able to set REINSTALL to the list of installed features instead of ALL. Otherwise you may be forced to use a Major Upgrade. -Original Message

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair

2009-10-21 Thread Andy2k8
will be evaluated AFTER you transform it. -Original Message- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:10 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair If you can bootstrap your patch

Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair

2009-10-21 Thread Blair
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching after disabling Repair OK. In that case using a custom action that sets the ARPNOREPAIR value to 0 before the launch conditions/ would do the trick?? Blair-2 wrote: The thought that followed right after I pushed Send is that in your patch

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Problem

2009-09-17 Thread Oivind
it should be 0 (values are opposite). From: wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:wix-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Vitaly Dolya Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 7:46 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] Patching MergeModules

2009-07-30 Thread Gremlin
passing to torch? -Original Message- From: Gremlin [mailto:postingpl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:54 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching MergeModules Hi there, How can I patch MergeModules with pyro when they are packed

Re: [WiX-users] Patching MergeModules

2009-07-30 Thread Blair
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching MergeModules I call torch like this: torch.exe -p -xi Baseline\App.wixpdb Hotfix\App.wixpdb -out Diff.wixmst then I candlelight the Hotfix.wxs: candle.exe Hotfix.wxs -out Hotfix.wixobj light.exe Hotfix.wixobj -out Hotfix.wixmsp then I execute pyro

[WiX-users] Patching MergeModules

2009-07-29 Thread Gremlin
Hi there, How can I patch MergeModules with pyro when they are packed in an msi? My problem: I have an msi with an msm included and I create the patches with pyro.exe The patching works when I have to create a patch witch new files that are defined in the msi. As soon as I get a new msm which

Re: [WiX-users] Patching MergeModules

2009-07-29 Thread Blair
Which files are you passing to torch? -Original Message- From: Gremlin [mailto:postingpl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:54 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching MergeModules Hi there, How can I patch MergeModules with pyro when

[WiX-users] patching - Re: Component GUIDs

2009-07-22 Thread shibo
Bob, More info: 1. auto-generate GUIDs When using option -ag, I have to manaully change * to a real GUID. 2. PatchWizard in WiX 3.0 With different GUIDs of components between two distributions, I can still create a patch and install it properly. The log file shows that file id is used in file

Re: [WiX-users] patching - Re: Component GUIDs

2009-07-22 Thread Bob Arnson
shibo wrote: 1. auto-generate GUIDs When using option -ag, I have to manaully change * to a real GUID. Why? Is my finding correct? I don't know. I'd go by the doc. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ --

Re: [WiX-users] patching - Re: Component GUIDs

2009-07-22 Thread shibo
Bob, 1. GUIDs Sorry, it is my mistake. -ag works. I got error msgs (error LGHT0231) earlier due to my folder structure, installation not default to ProgramFilesFolder. Checked new MSI files, yes, they share the same GUIDs. 2. Patching Just try to find inside details how the difference is

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Bardon
.msp' differs in size with the certificate authored in the package -Original Message- From: Chris Bardon [mailto:cbar...@computer-talk.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:48 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without

[WiX-users] Patching a file with the same name and source

2009-07-02 Thread Abdulla Al-Qawasmeh
Hi, I am trying to patch a file that has the name and source (but different content). So, I recompile the product .wxs file (which didn't change since only the file contents changed and the source and name didn't change) then I run torch then pyro. However, when I run pyro I get a warning

[WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Bardon
My goal for getting patching to work is to be able to deploy an application that can be patched by a non-admin user, but I'm running into a problem. I've created the patching sample in the documentation, and the patch works when it's elevated, but whether or not it's signed, the patch is still

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation

2009-07-02 Thread Rafael Rivera
Chris, Those elements appear to simply identify what certificate should be given the green light for patching. I believe you still need to digitally sign the resulting MSI using signtool.exe. - Rafael Chris Bardon wrote: My goal for getting patching to work is to be able to deploy an

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Bardon
I did run signtool against the packages, with the command lines in the first part of the post. I also forgot to point out a couple of other changes to the demo code. I changed the installer version to 300, and I set ALLUSERS to 1 to make sure that I installed per-machine to start with.

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation

2009-07-02 Thread Rafael Rivera
] -Original Message- From: Rafael Rivera [mailto:raf...@withinwindows.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation Chris, Those elements appear to simply identify

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Bardon
. From: Rafael Rivera [raf...@withinwindows.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching a product without elevation MSI (c) (24:FC) [15:23:03:419]: Certificate of signed

Re: [WiX-users] Patching web deploy DLLs

2009-05-25 Thread Sean Gainsford
Hi, Sorry for taking long to replay. As far as I am aware it is not possible to set the version of the DLL's when compiling each page and user control into a separate assembly. If this is possible can someone point me in the right direction on how to do this? I have down some searching but no

[WiX-users] patching multi-language msi

2009-05-21 Thread Mao, Harry
Hi, I've run the patch example successfully: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/10/26/5700191.aspx Based on that example, how to build patch for a multi-language msi. For example, I have a msi which is able to install an application in either English(en-us) or French(fr-fr). That

Re: [WiX-users] Patching v1.0 with v1.n

2009-05-08 Thread Heath Stewart
WiX patching does support adding new components, but those components have to be added to features in your products as well. They should also be in new Fragments. But if those features are optional features, adding new components to optional and possibly absent features will cause prompt for

[WiX-users] Patching web deploy DLLs

2009-04-29 Thread Sean Gainsford
Hi, I have a problem with patching a web deploy MSI I have created with WiX, where each page has its own DLL. If there have been minor changes to the code behind such that the size of the compiled DLL does not change between builds the DLL will not be marked as modified in the diff file, and as

[WiX-users] Patching v1.0 with v1.n

2009-04-29 Thread troy hostetter
I am having a hard time determining the best way to handle patching v1.0 with v1.n. I have all my wxs files built for v1.0, and would like to move forward with v1.n. I have read the WiX doco, which explains the process of building a patch Using Purely WiX. This process seems to assume v1.n will

Re: [WiX-users] Patching web deploy DLLs

2009-04-29 Thread Bob Arnson
Sean Gainsford wrote: If there have been minor changes to the code behind such that the size of the compiled DLL does not change between builds the DLL will not be marked as modified in the diff file, and as such does not get patched. I presume this it due to neither the file size nor version

[WiX-users] Patching Issue

2009-04-07 Thread Mukesh Agrawal
We have a hotfix installer that replaces the old dll with a new dll in Program Files/GAC. It opens a handle for the file being replaced. So while replacement, if we do not close this handle, an error is coming up - Access Denied. In some products of our team itself, we are not seeing this error

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Issue

2009-04-07 Thread Wilson, Phil
[mailto:magra...@microsoft.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:03 AM To: Windows Installer Support (MS Internal); General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.; Windows Installer Xml Virtual Team Cc: Sandeep Prabhu Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Issue We have a hotfix installer that replaces

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread cemiles
Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script The SqlScript element (or SqlString if you just want to run a couple strings). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Monday, July 28

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread Wilson, Phil
If this code is running in a custom action, it is impersonated or not? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:10 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread cemiles
action, it is impersonated or not? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:10 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script Is there an answer

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread Rob Mensching
: If this code is running in a custom action, it is impersonated or not? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:10 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread cemiles
there you can figure out why things were skipped. -Original Message- From: cemiles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 09:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script It's not in a CA I authored

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread cemiles
: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script It's not in a CA I authored, but in ExecuteSqlStrings I thought. Here's what I'm working with. msi installs fine and does what i want, then the msp succeeds (even if i set the patch script's continueonerror=no). that's the part that's

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread Rob Mensching
, 2008 10:09 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script Ok, the best (or most promising) place where it might be griping is here... MSI (s) (CC:28) [13:05:24:039]: Doing action: ConfigureSql Action 13:05:24: ConfigureSql. Configuring SQL Server

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread Chad Miles
, November 26, 2008 09:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script It's not in a CA I authored, but in ExecuteSqlStrings I thought. Here's what I'm working with. msi installs fine and does what i want, then the msp succeeds (even if i

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-26 Thread Rob Mensching
- From: Chad Miles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:26 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script Just now Rob, and it looks like a flip flop. During Install: MSI (s) (CC:18) [12:58:31:859]: Component

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-11-14 Thread cemiles
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:39 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script The SqlScript element (or SqlString if you just want to run a couple

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and sqlscript element (to Bob Arnson)

2008-09-27 Thread Bob Arnson
Victor V. Sergeev wrote: Yes, I'm adding new elements to existing component. You can't do that in a minor upgrade/patch; it violates component rules, which state that components are immutable. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and sqlscript element (to Bob Arnson)

2008-09-25 Thread Victor V. Sergeev
Victor V. Sergeev wrote: I'm trying to create a patch using Pyro (Version 3.0.4513.0). In that patch i need to execute addition sql on a SqlServer database When i'm using sqlstring element all OK. But, when I'll try to use sqlscript element my patch fail... How are you

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and sqlscript element

2008-09-24 Thread Bob Arnson
Victor V. Sergeev wrote: I'm trying to create a patch using Pyro (Version 3.0.4513.0). In that patch i need to execute addition sql on a SqlServer database When i'm using sqlstring element all OK. But, when I'll try to use sqlscript element my patch fail whith error in log: Action start

[WiX-users] Patching and sqlscript element

2008-09-23 Thread Victor V. Sergeev
Hi, I'm trying to create a patch using Pyro (Version 3.0.4513.0). In that patch i need to execute addition sql on a SqlServer database When i'm using sqlstring element all OK. But, when I'll try to use sqlscript element my patch fail whith error in log: Action start 11:04:08: InstallSqlData.

[WiX-users] Patching resets WebAppPool's Password

2008-08-19 Thread Faraz
Hi, I have an installation that creates a User and assigns it to a WebAppPool. The credentials of the User are obtained through a custom dialog. I then went on to create an MSP for this installation that replaces some files. Everything works fine but when uninstalling the patch, it seems that

[WiX-users] Patching resets WebAppPool's Password

2008-08-19 Thread Faraz
Hi, I have an installation that creates a User and assigns it to a WebAppPool. The credentials of the User are obtained through a custom dialog. I then went on to create an MSP for this installation that replaces some files. Everything works fine but when uninstalling the patch, it seems that

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2008-08-19 Thread Tony Juricic
. -Original Message- From: Shawn Dwyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 11:24 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Thanks for the feedback and the helpful links. I've read all of Heath's blogs a few times

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2008-08-19 Thread Bob Arnson
Shawn Dwyer wrote: So for anyone else running into this issue, apparently one of the causes could be too many characters in the Id field of the TargetImage element, which has a max length of 13 characters. The same for the UpgradeImage element. Can you file a bug? It sounds like

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2008-08-18 Thread Tony Juricic
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Hi, I'm running into what seems to be a common error on the mailing list, but none of the solutions so far have worked for me. I have 3 basic test patches: RTM: installs file1 Patch1: targets rtm

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2008-08-18 Thread John Nannenga
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Juricic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:19 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Don't patch the patch! Always target: a) only RTM

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2008-08-18 Thread Shawn Dwyer
] [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Juricic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:19 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Don't patch the patch! Always target: a) only RTM b) RTM + another (non-patched) full

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2008-08-14 Thread Shawn Dwyer
Hi, I'm running into what seems to be a common error on the mailing list, but none of the solutions so far have worked for me. I have 3 basic test patches: RTM: installs file1 Patch1: targets rtm, updates launch condition of RTM Patch2: targets Patch1, updates file1 and installs directory2\file2

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-07-30 Thread Eric Latendresse
for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script The SqlScript element (or SqlString if you just want to run a couple strings). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Monday, July

[WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-07-28 Thread Eric Latendresse
My initial installer creates the SQL database perfectly, but I want to be able to include new SQL scripts to be run with my patches. Could someone give me some insight on how to do this? Eric - This SF.Net email

Re: [WiX-users] Patching SQL Database with script

2008-07-28 Thread Rob Mensching
The SqlScript element (or SqlString if you just want to run a couple strings). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Latendresse Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 14:59 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users

[WiX-users] Patching on a foreign language Windows, and Media Id in Patch elements

2008-04-12 Thread Chris Sheppard
I'm using the Wix 3 patching system (vs the system requiring msimsp) and running into an issue when I try to patch on a French-language Windows; basically it just refuses, I get an error saying the patch is not valid (and no log is created, if I'm logging). But I can use this VERY SAME PATCH to

[WiX-users] Patching - big problems with 'wix.sections's

2008-03-31 Thread Cristian Baiu
Hello, I am creating patches for my application using the WIX patch build system. I have encountered (so far) 2 (two) big problems related to 'wix.section.xx' in the Wix pdbs. First problem was that my patch included many components which I have not specified in my Patch.wxs file. Debugging pyro

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails to find files in cab.

2007-12-27 Thread Brian Simoneau
: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:37 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching fails to find files in cab. I have created a semi-broken patch that I cannot figure out how to troubleshoot. First the basic info: Used Wix 3 and MSIMSP to create patches. For my product, I

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and the new limitation of Directory to 72 characters

2007-12-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Cristian N. Baiu wrote: Most probably I will not have to patch the files in those directories because they are not binaries. But just in case : could you please detail the problems I might have if I patch those files ? (if I will ever get a request to patch them it would be good for me to

[WiX-users] Patching and the new limitation of Directory to 72 characters

2007-12-21 Thread Cristian Baiu
Hello, I have a product which I've already delivered. The RTM setup of this product was built with WIX 3.0.3210.0 and contains some directories which unfortunatelly have the ID longer than 72 characters (they came from a MSM and because of the MSM's GUID suffix they got longer than 72 - WIX had

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and the new limitation of Directory to 72 characters

2007-12-21 Thread Bob Arnson
Cristian Baiu wrote: Obivously, I will need to cut shorter this directory ids in order to be able to build my upgrade setup. The question is : will this affect the patch (I will have the same components in the RTM and upgrade setups but with different parents in the Directory tables) ?

Re: [WiX-users] Patching and the new limitation of Directory to 72 characters

2007-12-21 Thread Cristian N. Baiu
- From: Bob Arnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cristian Baiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching and the new limitation of Directory to 72 characters Cristian Baiu wrote: Obivously, I will need to cut shorter

[WiX-users] Patching fails to find files in cab.

2007-12-20 Thread LindseyLeu
I have created a semi-broken patch that I cannot figure out how to troubleshoot. First the basic info: Used Wix 3 and MSIMSP to create patches. For my product, I have version 1, 1.1, 1.2 Version 1.1 adds existing components to an existing feature so I have the same components under more than 1

[WiX-users] Patching Pain

2007-12-09 Thread John Robbins
Hello, Using WiX 2.0, I'm trying to set up a patching scheme where if the user has installed a 1.00 version of the product they can apply patches they come out for that version. However, I'm missing something big because I can only get a single patch to work and no subsequent patches as they fail

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Pain

2007-12-09 Thread John Robbins
] On Behalf Of John Robbins Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 6:35 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching Pain Hello, Using WiX 2.0, I'm trying to set up a patching scheme where if the user has installed a 1.00 version of the product they can apply patches they come out

[WiX-users] Patching Issues

2007-09-14 Thread Day, Tony
I'm trying to test out patching based on the following instructions, http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2007/06/28/sample-patch.aspx Are these steps accurate? I get the following error on the final step. I tried the latest and greatest version and then I went back to 3.0.3106.0 the closest to

Re: [WiX-users] Patching problems

2007-07-06 Thread Bob Arnson
Please keep /wix-users/ on the thread. Petrut Andrei wrote: Hello. Sorry for bothering you again. I need one more little help with my patch. I created and I can run it, but when I run it, it asks me whether I should remove files or not. I just want to install the modified files, not to delete

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Wix generated msis

2007-06-05 Thread Bob Arnson
Grant Wagner wrote: Reciently, we have grown a need to starting patching our application in production. Using the technique at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix2/patch_building.htm seems to produce nice results until we starting adding or removing files. At which point it failes

Re: [WiX-users] Patching Wix generated msis

2007-06-05 Thread Peter Marcu
. Is this what you are currently doing? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:27 AM To: Grant Wagner Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching Wix generated msis Grant Wagner wrote: Reciently, we have grown

Re: [WiX-users] Patching a mergemodule or forcing an install

2007-05-21 Thread Rob Mensching
Subject: [WiX-users] Patching a mergemodule or forcing an install Our application is dependent on some MS Merge-modules which we have in our installer, they are added via the Merge and MergeRef tags. Problem is the mergemodules have a condition VersionNT = 500 or Version9X, this is a problem

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-16 Thread Neil Sleightholm
: 13 April 2007 14:19 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching. Hello, From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)...but I am still a little sketchy

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-16 Thread Bob Arnson
Neil Sleightholm wrote: I am not an expert on patching but I would like to mention that normally MSI's only understand 3 part version numbers. So 2008.0.14.0 and 2008.0.14.30 are seen as the same version by windows installer. Fair point. Also note that the first two fields are limited to

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-14 Thread Bob Arnson
Nick Hennemann wrote: And it appears that the minor upgrades (service packs) would be approximately the same size as the original install? Depends on the extent of the changes. Minor upgrade patches can also take advantage of delta patching so how well they delta and compress controls

[WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Nick Hennemann
Hello, From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)...but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I am understanding the process correctly. Here is what I would like to do:

[WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread nhenny
Hello, From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)…but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I am understanding the process correctly. Here is what I would like to do:

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Bob Arnson
Nick Hennemann wrote: * Create the RTM version of my installer * Be able to patch the RTM version with any patch that I create for it * Also be able to patch the RTM version that has already been patched with a previous (earlier) patch The MSI patching model supports that

Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching.....

2007-04-13 Thread Nick Hennemann
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:38 PM To: Nick Hennemann Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching, patching, and more patching. Nick Hennemann wrote: * Create the RTM version of my installer * Be able to patch the RTM version with any

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-04-02 Thread Huck, Jacob
PM To: Huck, Jacob Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Huck, Jacob wrote: In case someone was looking at a similar issue: basically we have multiple cab files in a debug install (to contain the pdbs, which exceed 2GB in many cases

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-04-02 Thread Bob Arnson
Huck, Jacob wrote: I was positive the spirit of the msdn doc was saying it would work with PatchWiz 2.0 /or greater//, /but apparently not. They said they'd improve the error message (long term) and write up a kb (short term). Thanks for the follow-up! It almost makes sense, as PatchWiz 2.0

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-03-31 Thread Bob Arnson
Huck, Jacob wrote: In case someone was looking at a similar issue: basically we have multiple cab files in a debug install (to contain the pdbs, which exceed 2GB in many cases). When generating the patch, I was leaving MediaDiskId blank, but in needed to be set to a value greater than the

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-03-30 Thread Huck, Jacob
in the msi's. Thanks -jh From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Huck, Jacob Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:03 PM To: Bob Arnson; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Sounded promising, but unless

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-02-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Huck, Jacob wrote: ERROR: Failed to execute a view ERROR:The Last Error Received is: 1627 ERROR:The Last Error Received is: 1: 2259 2: c:\temp\~pcw_tmp.tmp\3000.MSI 3: 4: I've gotten that before when I was use a File/Sequence column of I4; by default, Patchwiz supplies

Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-02-25 Thread Huck, Jacob
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:38 PM To: Huck, Jacob Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627 Huck, Jacob wrote: ERROR: Failed to execute a view ERROR:The Last Error

[WiX-users] Patching fails with 1627

2007-02-24 Thread Huck, Jacob
I'm currently building two varieties of my install, release and debug, using WiX 3.0. Right now I'm able to successfully create an MSP using msimsp 4.0 for the release msi's only; when I try to generate a debug MSP, I get the following error: ERROR: Failed to execute a view ERROR:

[WiX-users] Patching

2007-02-22 Thread André Pönitz
Hi all. Is there a method to create a patch that is able to update all stages of a given product? Say I have a product A.B.0 containing a certain exe. This exe is changed in each patch, i.e. in 0-1, 1-2 etc. I want a patch that's able to upgrade A.B.2 as well as A.B.4 to, say, A.B.7.

Re: [WiX-users] Patching

2007-02-22 Thread André Pönitz
I wrote: Hi all. Is there a method to create a patch that is able to update all stages of a given product? Say I have a product A.B.0 containing a certain exe. This exe is changed in each patch, i.e. in 0-1, 1-2 etc. I want a patch that's able to upgrade A.B.2 as well as A.B.4 to,

[WiX-users] Patching

2007-02-19 Thread André Pönitz
Hi all. I am curently trying to create a working .msp with Wix v3 So far I followed the Wix v2 tutorial and created a .msp that is supposed to replace in file 'a.txt' the contents 'old stuff' by 'new stuff'. When I run msiexec '/l*v' PatchLog.txt /p patch.msp REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus

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