[WiX-users] Patch element and creation of patch in 3.0

[David Stindl]

Hallo all,
could you anybody explain me, how to create patch in 3.0 WiX version?
I've read any samples from Peter Marcu (e.g.
http://blogs.msdn.com/pmarcu/archive/2007/06/28/sample-patch.aspx) but
it is not enough for solution of my problem. I also can't find any
documentation of "Patch" 3.0 WiX element.
My problem is following: I have really big MSI installation, which is
built on our build server every day and from time to time we need to
apply "delta patch" on our production platform. Unfortunately with 2.0
WiX + PatchWiz we were not successful, because of crash of PatchWiz
utility every time.
The MSI packages are packages, where we have about 30 features (MSM
modules), MSI are created by WiX version  2.0.

Thanks a lot for help, otherwise I'm going to be crazy from that... :-/
  David

There is the main MSI source:
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<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>

  <!-- Product definition -->
  <Product Id="2EDDF5B5-FACA-437e-A5AF-E5EB84B47FB5"
           UpgradeCode='457F1CC2-0441-4114-A317-F640D32F8712'
           Language="1033" Codepage="1252"
           Version="4.2"
           Name="Product"
           Manufacturer="Company..">

    <!-- Package definition -->
    <Package Id='????????-????-????-????-????????????'
InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
             Manufacturer="Company"
             Comments="a comment" />

    <!-- Media definitions -->
    <Media Id='1' Cabinet='Foris.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt="CD-ROM #1" />
    <Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value="Product Installation [1]" />
    <Property Id="ALLUSERS">1</Property>

    <!-- Upgrade properties -->
    <Upgrade Id='457F1CA2-0441-4114-A317-F640D32F8712'>
      <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='PATCHFOUND'
        Minimum='4.2.0' IncludeMinimum='yes' />
      <UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect='yes' Property='NEWERFOUND'
        Minimum='4.2.0' IncludeMinimum='no' />
    </Upgrade>

    <CustomAction Id='AlreadyUpdated' Error='[ProductName] is already
installed.' />
    <CustomAction Id='NoDowngrade' Error='A later version of
[ProductName] is already installed.' />

    <!-- Installer Directories -->
    <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
      <Directory Id='ProgramFilesFolder' Name='PFiles'>
           <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='4.2'>

              <Merge
Id="FNGInstallLib.971AF99B-8195-4248-9C21-776B2B3FD6C5"
Language="1033" SourceFile="FNGInstallLib.msm" DiskId="1" />

            </Directory>
          </Directory>
        </Directory>
      </Directory>
    </Directory>

    <!-- Installer Features -->
    <Feature  Id='Complete' Title="Product 4.2 Installation'
Description='The complete Product 4.2 package.'
              Display='expand' Level='300' ConfigurableDirectory='INSTALLDIR'>

    </Feature>

    <!-- ### Component Instalation Fragments ### -->

    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_FF'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_PP'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_PCT'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_RE'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_BM'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_CM'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_CMO'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_BE'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_AR'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_C'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_DF'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_V'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_MG'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_RI'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_RT'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_NE'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_UM'/>
    <FragmentRef Id='BaseFragment_TU'/>


    <!-- Installer GUI -->
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" />
    <UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" />

    <!-- Installer Seguinces -->
    <InstallExecuteSequence>
      <Custom Action='AlreadyUpdated'
After='FindRelatedProducts'>PATCHFOUND</Custom>
      <Custom Action='NoDowngrade'
After='FindRelatedProducts'>NEWERFOUND</Custom>
      <RemoveExistingProducts After='InstallFinalize' />
      <StartServices Suppress='yes'/>
    </InstallExecuteSequence>

  </Product>
</Wix>
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