Hello, I am trying to grasp the concept of minor and small upgrades, but I am having some trouble with getting it to work.
First of all, it doesn't seem to work at all with 3.7. I have downgraded my WiX to 3.5, and there something happens at least, but my msp seems to be empty when I examine it with instead (http://www.instedit.com/). A bit about what I do: I have a fairly complex installer with a couple of hundred files total, divided among 4 features. I build this with TeamCity, and I have two separate installers (no real changes, except for the version nummer - 1.2.0.22679 and 1.2.5.22754). I imagine that this should be enough to generate something. I have a build script, a simple batch file, which executes the four steps described in both the WiX doc and Nick Ramirez' book. My patch.wxs then includes a couple of file components, as I want these replaces (mind you, I am still in the testing phase, trying to understand the concept). First my "build script": ======================================= "%wixdir%bin\torch.exe" -p -xi %oldmsi% %newmsi% -v -out diff.wixmst "%wixdir%bin\candle.exe" -v Patch.wxs "%wixdir%bin\Light.exe" -v Patch.wixobj -out patch.wixmsp "%wixdir%bin\pyro.exe" -v "patch.wixmsp -out patch.msp -t Patch diff.wixmst %oldmsi% and %newmsi" are complete paths to the wixpdb files for respectively old and new installer. Then my Patch.wsx: ======================================= <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi" > <?include BuildVariables.wxi ?> <Patch AllowRemoval="yes" Classification="Update" Manufacturer="$(var.Manufacturer)" Description="Patch" DisplayName="Patch $(var.CurVersion)"> <Media Id="1000" Cabinet="´Patch.cab" EmbedCab="yes"> <PatchBaseline Id="Patch" /> </Media> <PatchFamily Id="ScanXNETPatchFamily" Version="$(var.CurVersion)" Supersede="yes"> <ComponentRef Id="ComponentCommonExtensions" /> <ComponentRef Id="ComponentMainClient"/> </PatchFamily> </Patch> </Wix> BuildVariables.wxi is simply a number of preprocessor variables, which is shared with the installer project. Now, as I said, with 3.7 I get this result: Updating file information. Creating cabinet files. There will be '8' threads used to produce CAB files. Patch.wxs(20) : warning PYRO1079 : The cabinet 'ïPatch.cab' does not contain any files. If this patch contains no files, this warning can likely be safely ignored. Otherwise, try passing -p to torch.exe when first building the transforms, or add a ComponentRef to your PatchFamily authoring to pull changed files into the cabinet. Creating cabinet '\Local\Temp\kvov1bbk\#ïPatch.cab'. Generating database. diff.wixmst : error PYRO0227 : The transform being built did not contain any differences so it could not be created. Which is probably an indication of what is actually wrong. With 3.5 I get an empty msp. What am I doing wrong? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
