Blair, if we don't have ANY references under PatchFamily, how can we tell WIX
which change should be included in the patch? Without listing every changed
component/property/etc. in the patch WXS file, none of the changes are making
to the final MSP.
FYI, I am able to patch custom actions, components, etc. using their
corresponding Ref elements under PatchFamily element. However, when a new
dialog is added to the updated MSI, I see this change in all the transform
files, but the final MSP does not have this change.
Below is an excerpt from my patch's WXS file. Note that the component, custom
action and the property are patched as expected.
<Wix>
<Patch>
...
</Patch>
<Fragment>
<PatchFamily Id="NeutralPatchFamily"
Version="$(env._BLDVERMAJOR).$(env._BLDVERMINOR).$(env._BLDNUMMAJOR).$(env._BLDNUMMINOR)"
Supersede="yes">
<ComponentRef
Id="abcdef.XXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXX_XXXX_XXXXXXXXXXXX"/>
<CustomActionRef Id="_Set_ProgressType1" />
<PropertyRef Id="ProgressType0" />
<UIRef Id="ProgressDlg" />
</PatchFamily>
</Fragment>
</Wix>
And this is how the dialog is defined in the MSI's WXS file.
<Wix>
<Product>
...
<UI>
<Dialog Id='ProgressDlg' />
...
</UI>
</Product>
...
<Wix>
Thanks,
Sharat Janapareddy
~ 40269
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 2:24 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to patch an installer dialog using WIX 3.0?
Most patches should not have any references under PatchFamily (nor more than
one PatchFamily). That will cause ALL changes between the target and upgraded
images to be included in the patch.
Some (generally very large and complicated) setups require scoping the changes
into groups/series/buckets where different changes are tracked separately.
PatchFamilies were implemented for them.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharat Janapareddy [mailto:sharat.janapare...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:58 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] How to patch an installer dialog using WIX 3.0?
What do we need to include in a patch WXS file to let WIX know that the patch
should include a new dialog that is added to the installer UI? I tried this
with UIRef element under PatchFamily, with the ID of the dialog, but it does
not seem to include it in the patch.
Thanks,
Sharat Janapareddy
~ 40269
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