My MSP files are performing small hotfix updates to correct a couple of bugs. Thanks for informing me about that restriction. Is there a workaround you can think of because I'm pretty much stumped on this one.
Blair-2 wrote: > > Are your patches MSP files performing either small updates or minor > upgrades? If so, the patch application won't let you patch anywhere other > than the currently installed location since the keypath of the components > can't be changed without a major upgrade. > > -----Original Message----- > From: XorPtr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:12 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 product in a directory of their choice. We've given the > installer a default directory which can be changed at install time by the > user. This has worked fine up until attempting to patch the package. I > successfully made a patch which patches the package without problem if > it's > installed to the default location, however if users choose to install the > product in an alternate location and then patch the patch fails because > it's > still trying to change files on the default location. Any ideas on how I > can dynamically set up the patch install location based on where the user > installs our product? Thanks in advance. > > Big Jim. > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Patching-problems-with-alternate-directories-tp4102386p > 4102386.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Patching-problems-with-alternate-directories-tp4102386p4106619.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
