Hello, From research I have done, it appears that this type of question has been asked a few times before (so please hang in there)…but I am still a little sketchy on the details of how to accomplish it or maybe if I am understanding the process correctly.
Here is what I would like to do: Create the RTM version of my installer Be able to patch the RTM version with any patch that I create for it Also be able to patch the RTM version that has already been patched with a previous (earlier) patch In other words, if I release version 2008.0.14.0 I would like to be able to patch it (and all the RTM’s with previously distributed patches applied) with the latest a greatest patch (let’s say 2008.0.14.30) I would be able to patch 2008.0.14.0 to 2008.0.14.30 I would be able to patch 2008.0.14.15 to 2008.0.14.30 Etc, etc, etc Now, it appears that this can be accomplished by adding <ReplacePatch> and additional <TargetImage> tags in the patch file. I have attempted to create this patch and it “seems” to work (although some things concerned me when looking at the patch.log, but side point anyways). My real concern is if I want to accomplish this it appears that I would have to have an “administrative” image of every single patch and then reference it in my PCP file with a <TargetImage> tag….my “administrative” images are over 250MB in size and we could easily have over 50-80 patches created during the time this software would be in use by our customers…..we are talking 12 – 20 GB of hard drive space (I know, I know…hard drive space is cheap) and it seems like the patch creation process would take for ever!!! I tried this with just a few administrative images and it seems to really take a lot longer than when I only had 2 administrative images to deal with so I can only image how long it would take with 50 admin images to deal with. Hopefully, I am misunderstanding how to create patches that will accomplish my goals above and there is a cleaner way. Anyone else out there trying to accomplish the same thing or have already done so successfully? I would love to have your input. Thanks, Nick H. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Patching%2C-patching%2C-and-more-patching.....-tf3571587.html#a9978870 Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
