Yes that's how patching works certainly using the patchwiz method which from your other message is what you're attempting.
PatchWiz method creates a patch using a base package & an updated package. Only what has been changed between the base package & updated package is included. Note it's methods of determining whether a file is changed depend on whether the file has versioning information or not. If it does, it'll look at the versions & if they're higher in the updated package it'll include it for patching. If the file doesn't have versioning information it'll fail over to using timestamps. It doesn't do anything clever like diff'ing the files to see if they've changed as people often assume. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Christoph Goetz [mailto:christoph.go...@giepa.de] Sent: 12 May 2011 07:25 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Patch and searching for date Hi, i try to create a patch in which the change in data is compared. Only those with altered change data should be overwritten. Is this possible? Christoph ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users