That would invalidate the MSI if you don't keep the relevant tables up to date too. Its not a recommended practice - do a proper build instead.
I've not built a patch targeting an unpacked MSI but I believe the media number would still need to be higher than the highest file id in the MSI file table. The patch itself will contain cabinets for the altered files using the media cabinet name. -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: 24 January 2012 13:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch One more thing I remembered, in our MSIs we don't use CAB, we just create a folder next to the MSI, it's easier for us to replace/fix text/config files after a build was already create... Does this influence the patch.wxs? I see that there is a Media tag that points to a cab file... -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:35 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch The product code and the upgrade code are 2 different things. Don't mix them up. You can get the product code from the property table of the original MSI. Just open it in Orca or InstEd. The * means "generate me a guid at build time" - it isn't actually stored as a *. -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: 24 January 2012 08:23 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Hi, I tried replacing the * with the UpgradeCode Guid. Still the same errors... I must say the erros seem to be related to the fact that the patch.wxs has nothing to do with the build diff.wixmst generated from the 2 winxobj... Anyway I have products installed at customers already with the * in the product Id, how do I get the Guid that was generated for those MSIs? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:05 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Have you used "*" as the product code guid ? If so, youll need to change the updated MSI's product code to match the originals and rebuild. Removing a component in a minor update/patch is not allowed. Usually you just leave the file there until the next major upgrade. You can also replace the file with a zero length file if necessary. -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: 22 January 2012 06:41 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Hi, Thanks for the replay, you are right, removing the children from the PatchFamily element does include everything. But now I have a new problems :) I get this error: C:\Sample_1>pyro.exe -v patch\patch.wixmsp -out patch\patch.msp -t RTM patch\diff.wixmst Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Patch Builder version 3.5.2519.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. pyro.exe : warning PYRO1099 : Changing the ProductCode in a patch is not recommended because the patch cannot be uninstalled nor can it be sequenced along with other patches for the target product. See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/aa367571.aspx for more information. E:\4\139\Sources\Setup\common\Wix\Base\files.wxs(62) : error PYRO0305 : Removing component 'QsConfig.exe' from feature 'ProductFeature' is not supported. Either the component was removed or the guid changed. Add the component back, undo the change to the component guid, or remove the entire feature. What does it mean? -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:35 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Do you really need to exclude anything from your patch? Do you really need more than one PatchFamily? If "no" on both questions then remove all children from the PatchFamily element. No references means include everything. Otherwise you will need to examine the generated WXS files and ensure that the IDs are stable and include all of them that you intend to possibly upgrade. Blair -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Sure. I got that. I did make sure that the "placeholder" id is the same, but then I still get the error. I'll attack a zip with all the relevant file. The FoundationClient.proj has all the parameters that are transferred to the BaseSetup.wixproj, then with the help of the HeatDirectory I Harvest and create the Files.wxs dynamically for each product. Thanks! Ask me if something is missing! Don't work too hard to understand, just ask! :) Thanks again -----Original Message----- From: Peter Marcu [mailto:peter.ma...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:09 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch The problem is a mismatch between the PatchBaseline you have in the patch wxs and the baseline you are specifying to pyro to attach the transform to. The first argument after the -t is the baseline. If your patch targets RTM (your patch will apply to an RTM install) then you should have Id="RTM" for PatchBaseline\@Id. <PatchBaseline Id="SP3" /> -t RTM out\patch\diff.wixmst -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:48 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch The pyro command looks OK. Could you post your torch, candle and light command lines and your patch wxs please ? -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: 18 January 2012 08:02 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Hi, As far as I understand the pyro command takes the patch.wxs and the diff file generated with the torch command. The problem is that the diff file is generated from 2 wixpdb files and I don't know how to make my patch.wxs compatible... the right ID to pass has something to do with the diff file, the example works fine, but when I use the same technique on my wixpdb's I get the error mentioned below. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:02 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch That is a example from one of our released products. The Id in the patchbaseline is something you invent and only appears otherwise on the pyro command line. Why do you say that your files are relevant ? -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: 10 January 2012 11:21 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch Yea, that I got from the sample, the problem is that our build.wxs files are a "bit" more complicated than the example ones... We are using HearDirectory to create our file list, and the file list generated doesn't have a nice ID that I can reference too... What I really need is a good example, an example that shows how to work with real life scenarios... Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Shirtcliffe [mailto:pshirtcli...@sdl.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:02 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch This goes in the Patch element. <!-- Id must be higher than any sequence number in the baseline msi's Media/File table. Cabinet must match the original cabinet file name. --> <Media Id="5728" Cabinet="Product.cab"> <!-- Id created for the patches' baseline. Referenced in the command line. --> <PatchBaseline Id="SP3" /> </Media> -----Original Message----- From: tome...@qualisystems.com [mailto:tome...@qualisystems.com] Sent: 09 January 2012 15:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] creating a WIX small or minor patch HI all, I'm having problems creating a WIX small or minor patch... My wsx files that I use to create the installation use HeatDirectory to harvest the files I need to put in my MSI (I'm not using cab, it's in a folder besides the MSI), anyway, I have 2 versions of the installation MSI and the wixpdb files that go along with them, the problem I'm having is creating the right patch.wsx to work with the diff.wixmst I create with the torch... The call to this command: pyro.exe out\patch\patch.wixmsp -out out\patch\patch.msp -t RTM out\patch\diff.wixmst throws: pyro.exe : error PYRO0252 : No valid transforms were provided to attach to the patch. Check to make sure the transforms you passed on the command line have a matching baseline authored in the patch. Also, make sure there are differences between your target and upgrade. And it figures... I don't have an RTM id anywhere... please help... Any link to a patch.wsx sample with a bit MORE details will be MUCH appreciated. 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