Hello fine WiX-Users! Here's my dilemma, I'm testing patch creation with WiX. I take my setup.msi and make a patch (msp) for it. The patch is something simple, such as changing an .ico file. The patch works great. When I uninstall the patch, it prompts for the original MSI. If you target the msi, the patch uninstall works.
Using a third-party product, I can make an msp patch that does the same thing, except it doesn't prompt for the original MSI. I also note the WiX msp is about 22kb, and the third-party msp is 117kb. My theory is the third-party msp is bringing a copy of the original .ico file and using it for uninstall. My question: Is there a way to have a pure WiX project that would do the same thing as the third-party msp (Uninstall without requiring the original MSI)? Steps I'm using: Patch.wxs <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Patch AllowRemoval="yes" Manufacturer="Acme" MoreInfoURL="http://www.Acme.com/"; DisplayName="Patch A" Description="Small Update Patch" Classification="Update" > <Media Id="5000" Cabinet="RTM.cab"> <PatchBaseline Id="RTM"> <Validate ProductId="no" ProductVersion="Update" ProductVersionOperator="Equal"/> </PatchBaseline> </Media> <PatchFamilyRef Id="VipePatch"/> </Patch> <Fragment> <PatchFamily Id='VipePatch' Version='1.0.1.1' Supersede='yes' /> </Fragment> </Wix> >candle Patch.wxs >light Patch.wixobj -out patch.wixmsp Make output dirs >mkdir rtm >mkdir newer >mkdir bin Create Admin image of installer to rtm folder. >msiexec /a "Setup.msi" TARGETDIR=C:\Patch\rtm Copy contents of RTM to Newer folder Make changes to the Install by moving new files (the .ico) into the Newer folder >torch -p -ax bin -xo rtm\Setup.msi newer\Setup.msi -out patch.wixmst >pyro patch.wixmsp -t RTM patch.wixmst -out patch.msp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
