Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

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I just read an article that made me realize I have an error in my pyro command. It should read:

Pyro ADSPatch1.wixmsp -out ADSPatch1.msp -t ADSPatch ADSPatch1.wixmst

This now gives me a warning:

PYRO1079: the cab file does not contain any files.

I do have the changed file in a ComponentRef in the patch file, so I am not sure why I got this.

This is then followed by the error:

PYRO0227: The transforms being built did not contain any references so it could not be created.

So I am still at a stopping point where my transforms are not being built.

I have looked at both msi files in Orca and the file sizes for the changed file are different. I though that was enough for it to see the differences but it does not seem that way.

How do I get the processes to see the changed file?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jd...@co...] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:24 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

Sorry for not getting back to this sooner.

I am using visual studio to create the msi and wixpdb files for both versions. I then use light to create the patch .wixmsp file

Light ADSPatch1.wixobj -out ADSPatch1.wixmsp

Then I try to use pyro to build the patch

Pyro ADSPatch1.wixmsp -out ADSPatch1.msp -t RTM ADSPatch1.wixmst

The pyro command returns the error: 

PYRO0252: No valid transforms were provided.

The torch error for some reason is now not coming up.

I still don't understand why pyro does not see any valid transforms.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Marcu [mailto:Pet...@mi...] 
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:01 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

It would be helpful to know the commands you are using to generate your initial packages as well as your patches. It sounds like you may be having a problem because the base path where its looking for the contents of your admin image doesn't exist. Does this location exist? 'C:\ADS_AutoUpdate\ADS_Install\bin\debug\ADSD\ADS.exe'

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeanne Dixon [mailto:jd...@co...] 
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:08 AM
To: wix...@li...
Subject: [WiX-users] FW: Assistance with creating a patch

I added back into the patch the componentref for the changed file and that got rid of the funny file error. However, I still have the No valid transforms error.  

It also seems mu file attachments did not go through, so I will paste them here.

Product.wxs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
  <Product Id="1F4BF3CB-0221-40A0-AB57-8989358F9C46" 
           Name="ADS" 
           Language="1033" 
           Version="1.0.0.0" 
           Manufacturer="me" 
           UpgradeCode="2076411E-2B76-4A7A-9B07-930B2ABD16D1">
    <!--Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" /-->
    <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" AdminImage="yes"/>    
  <Media Id="1" Cabinet="ads7.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />

    <Property Id="DBUpdate">1</Property>
    <!--Property Id="ALLUSERS">"1"</Property-->
    <Property Id ="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLLOCATION"></Property>    

    <WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value=".\bitmap\banner.bmp"/>
    <WixVariable Id="WixUIDialogBmp" Value=".\bitmap\background.bmp"/>
    <!-- this is for the shortcut -->
    <Icon Id="globe.ico" SourceFile="..\ADS7\image\globe.ico"/>
    <!-- make the path release once this is working -->
    <Binary Id ="SupportDLL" SourceFile="..\ADS_Support\bin\Debug\ADS_Support.CA.dll" />
    <CustomAction Id="UpdateDB" BinaryKey="SupportDLL" DllEntry="DBUpdate"  Return="check"></CustomAction>
    <UI>
      <ProgressText Action="UpdateDB">Verifying Database Settings</ProgressText>
    </UI>
    <UIRef Id ="WixUI_InstallDir_NoLic"/>
    <InstallExecuteSequence>
      <!-- if the flag is set do the database update stuff -->
      <!--Custom Action="UpdateDB" After="InstallFinalize">(DBUpdate=1) AND ((Installed) OR (Repaired)) AND NOT (REMOVE="ALL")</Custom-->
      <Custom Action="UpdateDB" After="InstallFinalize">(DBUpdate=1) AND NOT (REMOVE="ALL") AND NOT (PATCH)</Custom>
    </InstallExecuteSequence>
    <FeatureRef Id="ProductFeature"/>
  </Product>

  <Fragment>
      <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
        <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
          <Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="ADSD">
            <Component Id="ADS7" Guid="8DF796C4-F3C3-4352-A796-5D3174FA0D7F">
              <File Id ="ADS7.exe" Source="..\ADS7\bin\$(var.ADS_Install.Configuration)\ADS7.exe"/>
              <Shortcut Id="ADSDesktopShortcut"
                        Directory="DesktopFolder"
                        Name="ADS"
                        Advertise="yes"
                        Icon="globe.ico"/>
              <Shortcut Id="ADSShortcut"
                        Directory="ShortcutsDir"
                        Name="ADS"
                        Advertise="yes"
                        Description="ADS"
                        Icon="globe.ico"/>
            </Component>
            <!-- the following are the app subdirectories and files -->
            <Directory Id ="Reports" Name="report"/>
            <Directory Id="DBData" Name="data"/>
            <Directory Id="HelpDir" Name="help"/>
          </Directory>
          <!-- install -->
        </Directory>
        <!-- program files -->
        <Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
          <Directory Id="ADS7Data" Name="ADSData">
            <Directory Id="AppCheck" Name="check"/>
            <Directory Id="AppData" Name="data">
              <Directory Id="AppDataStore" Name="store"/>
              <Directory Id="AppDataArchive" Name="archive"/>
            </Directory>
            <!-- data dir -->
            <Directory Id="AppErrorLog" Name="errorlog"/>
            <Directory Id="AppPdf" Name="pdf"/>
          </Directory>
          <!-- ads7 -->
        </Directory>
        <!-- common data -->
        <!-- this sets up the shortcuts -->
        <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
          <Directory Id="ShortcutsDir" Name="ADS"/>
          <Component Id="ShortcutsDir" Guid="C2A4E076-5E4b-441C-9C8C-603BAFFF2301">
            <RemoveFolder Id="RemoveShortcutsDir" Directory="ShortcutsDir" On="uninstall"/>
            <RegistryValue Root="HKMU"
                           Key="Software\me\ADS"
                           Type="integer"
                           Value="1"
                           KeyPath="yes" />
          </Component>
        </Directory>
        <!-- program menu folder -->
        <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop"/>
      </Directory>
      <!-- targetdir -->
    </Fragment>
  <Fragment>
    <Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="ADS" Level="1">
   <ComponentRef Id="ADS" />
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="ReportsGroup"/>
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="DBData"/>
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="UserDirGroup"/>
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="DLLGroup"/>
      <ComponentRef Id="NoChart"/>
      <ComponentRef Id ="HelpFile"/>
      <ComponentRef Id="ShortcutsDir"/>
    </Feature>
  </Fragment>    
      <!--putting the nochart pdf here since it is a directory of its own -->
      <Fragment>
      <Component Id="NoChart" Directory="AppPdf" Guid="{E5CF0EB0-7D45-42FA-B14A-DDB17EF66B0B}">
        <File Id="nochart" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.ADS_Install.Reports)\nochart.pdf" />  
      </Component>
      </Fragment>
      <Fragment>
      <!-- put help here since it is just one file -->
      <Component Id="HelpFile" Directory="HelpDir" Guid="{00F3BF4D-C16C-4069-BFB1-F5D997F9C7F3}">
        <File Id="helpfile" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.ADS_Install.Help)\ADSHelpE.chm" />
      </Component>
      </Fragment>
</Wix>

Patch.wxs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
  <Patch
    AllowRemoval="yes"
    Classification="Update"
    Comments="Patch test for ADS"
    Description="Patch test for ADS"
    DisplayName="ADS7 Update"
    Manufacturer="COmputing TechnologieS, Inc"
    TargetProductName="Automated Data Systems 7">
    <Media Id="1000" Cabinet="ads7patch1.cab">
      <PatchBaseline Id="ADSPatch"/>
    </Media>
    <PatchFamilyRef Id="ADS7Patch1"/>
  </Patch>
  <Fragment>
  <PatchFamily Id="ADS7Patch1"
      Version="1.0.1.0"
      Supersede="yes">
    <ComponentRef Id="NoChart"/>
    </PatchFamily>
  </Fragment>
</Wix>

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From: Jeanne Dixon [jd...@co...]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:47 AM
To: wix...@li...
Subject: [WiX-users] Assistance with creating a patch

I am new to using WiX and have built my 2 installation packages successfully. The only difference between the first and second is an updated pdf file.

I have tried to build the patch using torch with the .wixpdb files and I get a pryo error that says there are no valid transforms. If I try to use torch with the .msi files I get a strange error that says it can't find one of the files - the path it displays is a mix of the installation directory and the destination folder from the installation. I have put AdminImage="yes" into both installation packages to made them admin so I can use the msi files in torch. This is my understanding of what I needed to do following the web pages I have read (which are many).

I have tried using the admin version because I also read that if you use the wixpdb files it does read the msi to find the file change and my updates are all currently within my working directory that I build the installation from, so the only file there is the latest one (so it will not be able to find the previous one).

The msi files work fine for installation, but I don't understand why I am getting the error below when I use them in torch.

torch.exe : error TRCH0258 : The file 'C:\ADS_AutoUpdate\ADS_Install\bin\debug\ADSD\ADS.exe' cannot be found.

The part up to ADSD is where I am building my install (the source code is contained in a different directory) and the ADSD part is where I am telling the install to copy the exe file to after I specify the TARGETDIR directory in my wxs file.

I have attached the product.wxs file and the patch wxs file. The file that I am trying to get built in as the patch is the "NoChart" file contained within the product.wxs file.

I would prefer not to have multiple copies of the source code within each install directory, as that can get quite large.

What am I doing wrong with this install and/or patch?

Thanks in advance for the help!
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