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 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 > prompting for elevation. I'm signing both the patch and the original MSI > with this command lines: > > signtool.exe sign /f signcert.pfx /p 288 /d "Patch Test application!" > product.msi > signtool.exe sign /f signcert.pfx /p 288 /d "Patch Test application!" > patch.msp > > I've also modified the product msi from the example so that it includes this > markup: > > <PatchCertificates> > <DigitalCertificate SourceFile="signcert.cer" Id="signcert"/> > </PatchCertificates> > > If I look at the properties of the files, both of them have a digital > signature from the same certificate, and both are identified as valid. When > I run the patch as a non-administrator though, I get an elevation prompt > asking to install from an unknown publisher-the original installer correctly > identified my certificate. Is there something else I'm missing? I saw the > article in MSDN here > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372388%28VS.85%29.aspx), which > pointed me to the MsiPatchCcertificate table and the PatchCertificates > element. I've tried adding the cert both as the pfx file and as a base-64 > encoded cer with the same effect. Is there something else that I'm missing > here? Why is the patch still reporting itself as an unknown publisher? > > Thanks for the help everyone, > > Chris > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
