Thanks Richard, I happen to have a copy of Phil Wilson's book sitting on the desk in front of me. Since our product is new and still in a major state of flux, doing minor upgrades or patches has been out of the question. I've been doing major upgrades (using the upgrade table, etc.) so far, but things are starting to stabilize, so I want to plan to use patches or minor upgrades (now, if I could just slow down the zealous devs who like to keep adding new function, LOL). I'll have to re-read the chapters 6, "How Do You Fix It", and 12, "Updates Using Patches" since it has been awhile since I previously read them, then try to match what he says with how it can be done in WiX.
Thanks all! Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:22 AM To: WiX Users Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Doing QFEs With WiX In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jim Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there some way to define a QFE-like mechanism by using WiX? Windows Installer addresses updates as patches, minor upgrades, or major upgrades. I recommend Phil Wilson's book "The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer" <http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Windows-Installer-Experts/dp/159 0592972/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4530032-5340737?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=11936819 48&sr=8-1> He does a really good job of explaining how to update installed products using any of these mechanisms (patches or upgrades) using Windows Installer. To create patches in WiX 2.0, you use WiX to define a patch creation properties file with the PatchCreation element. This file is then fed to msimsp.exe (from the Windows Installer SDK) to create the .msp patch file. I believe WiX 3.0 has a different mechanism for creating .msp files. Minor upgrades can be distributed as patches (deltas) or as whole distributions. Major upgrades are distributed as whole distributions. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
