Hi again, I solved the problem by creating the same directory structure used to create the initial installer. The files can then be found by pyro and the patch is created as expected.
Regards, Michel Am 06.02.2012 20:17, schrieb Michael Scheepers: > Hi there, > > I have a problem when I try to create a patch using torch and pyro. > > What I did until now: > I saved the wixpdb files from the initial installer becaus I read it was > recommended to do so. Well, I did... > > I created a new installer.msi with some changed files along with all > other files packaged in the initial msi > > I executed torch with the following command line: > torch -p -t patch -xi previous\installer.wixpdb > current\installer\wixpdb -out current\patch.wixmst > No errors occurred... > > I created a patch.wxs where I defined the componentref which has changed > files and compiled and linked it. > Also no errors... > > Than I run pyro with the command line: > pyro current\patch.wixmsp -out installer_pl1.msp > -t IdentifierFromPatchWXS current\patch.wixmst > > Executing this line causes pyro to complain about missing files. The > file names printed out are pointing to the files used to create the > initial installer.msi. this files are not available. > > So I am a newbie using pyro and I guess I am missing something to tell > pyro to just use the files in the current\source folder. Or will pyro > try to compare the current and the previous file to determine which > files have changed? Isn't it the job of torch to check what has changed > in the msi files? > > Can someone give me some pointers in how to tell pyro which files to > package in the patch? > > Thanks in advance > > Regards, Michel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
