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WiX: Building a Patch using the new Patch Building System - Part I

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  • Anonymous
    September 05, 2007
    PingBack from http://www.doctordeploy.com/blog/wix/wix-building-a-patch-using-the-new-patch-building-system-part-i/

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    September 24, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2007
    Thank you very much. I will prepare the build to use the new patching system.

  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2007
    Cool...

  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2007
    Interesting...

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2011
    Hi, I've created the patch file using the below steps.

  1. Extracted the prev and new msi using msiexec /a TARGETDIR=
  2. Using the below patch.wxs script i created the .pcp file. Collapse <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="schemas.microsoft.com/.../wi">  <!-- Include wxi files -->  <?include $(sys.CURRENTDIR)includes.wxi ?>  <PatchCreation      Id="ENTER_YOUR_GUID_HERE"      AllowMajorVersionMismatches="no"      AllowProductCodeMismatches="no"      CleanWorkingFolder="yes"      OutputPath="patch.pcp"      WholeFilesOnly="no"        >    <PatchInformation        Description="$(var.PatchDesc)"        Comments="$(var.PatchDisplayName)"        ShortNames="no"        Languages="1033"        Compressed="yes"        Manufacturer="$(var.Manufacturer)"/>    <PatchMetadata        AllowRemoval="yes"        Description="$(var.PatchDesc)"        ManufacturerName="$(var.Manufacturer)"        TargetProductName="$(var.ProductName)"        MoreInfoURL="$(var.OEMUrl)"        Classification="Service Pack"        DisplayName="$(var.PatchDisplayName)"        OptimizedInstallMode="yes"/>    <Family DiskId="5000"        MediaSrcProp="$(var.OEMProductLine)"        Name="$(var.OEMProductLine)"        SequenceStart="16000">      <UpgradeImage SourceFile="$(var.UpgradeFileSrc)"                    Id="UpgradeImage">        <TargetImage SourceFile="$(var.TargetFileSrc)"                     Order="2"                     Id="TargetImage"                     IgnoreMissingFiles="no" />      </UpgradeImage>    </Family>    <PatchSequence PatchFamily="SCMPatchFamily"        Sequence="1.0.0.0"        Supersede="yes" />  </PatchCreation> </Wix> Note: Passed the upgrade image and target image through "candle". Using "light" created the .pcp file
  3. After creating the .pcp file, created an msp file by running "msimsp.exe -s patch.pcp -p patch.msp -l patch_scm.log" 4)patch.msp is successfully created and in log file i can able to see the modified files. In ORCA also, I can able to see the difference. (Open Prev msi, then Transform->View Patch).
  4. But after applying patch, the modifications is not reflected. Please add your suggestions and tell me whether i am missing anything. Thanks.