Depends on the version of the Windows Installer engine on the machine you apply the patch with. If you set your minimum MSI version to 200 you don't need to worry about SequenceStart. See this blog for an explanation: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2006/05/19/602133.aspx > From: jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:10:51 +0000 > Subject: [WiX-users] Patch Creation > > When using the "old way" of creating patches > (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/patch_building.htm) the documentation > states that /PatchCreation/Family/@SequenceStart must be greater than the > last sequence in the file table. If I omit this attribute, I end up with a > file with a sequence of 2. I previously had this as a large value, but it > wasn't greater than the number of files within the package (yet the patch > still installs). > > What would the fallout of these issues be if I hadn't caught it before > releasing it? > Why isn't the attribute defaulted to the max sequence in all of the MSI's + 1 > if the attribute is omitted? > > > Thanks, > Jacob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows:
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