In this article by nick ramirez, author of the book wix cookbook, we will see how we tackle the trouble of getting any bit of code from development to production. And the last thing to do is to build the patch itself by using the special tool wix. How to correctly add new files in wix installation to. With visual studio open and desktop application inhand, we need to add a wix setup project to the solution. Though adding new components to an existing feature is allowed when installing. We make it easy for everyone to create a beautiful, professional web presence. When applying the patch to an installation where the optional features were not originally i. Using patch creation properties using purely wix i have created basic samples for both. What every developer should know about msi components. Do not change the name of the components key file because this would require. A typical minor upgrade includes all fixes in previous small updates combined into a patch. Creating windows installer patches using advanced installer.
Uninstall the patch and repeat step 2 to see that the file was rolled back to its. Wix toolset wixusers error adding new file using patch. Mar 16, 2011 it is particularly important to follow windows installers component rules for patching, as this depends on them being correct. Patchfamily patch filtering using the patch system in wix 3. The update can add a new component to a new or an existing feature. Building a patch using the new patch building system part 3 this example is aimed at demonstrating the workflow and command lines required to build a patch using the patch element and pyro. Wix devs multiple instance patches thank you for looking at this john. In this example they are different language variants.
Lately i was told at work to create an installer for our new product. If you are using the visual studio integration, rightclick on the references folder of your setup project and add the wixuiextension. Jul 20, 2012 the update can add a new component to a new or an existing feature. But this time i heard a big nono for an exe it had to be msi. Deploying new or removing existing files using a patch.
Go to addremove programs and make sure show updates is checked. As part of the wix toolset, we get the compiler and linker needed to create an msi installer. This sample demonstrates how to use wpf windows presentation foundation to create a custom bootrapper ui using wix burn. Automatically add references and content to the wix. I found a solution to this by taking out the name attribute on the file element since the wix documentation said that is optional and if not specified it will use the source name. You can add the new file in a new location in a patch, and it is simpler to. Just as in your product authoring, referencing anything in a fragment will result in that entire fragment being pulled in.
Rightclicking the current solution and clicking add new project from the context menu. I think this is also expected according to above quote. It is particularly important to follow windows installers component rules for patching, as this depends on them being correct. I have been testing the 2 patching methods for wix. How to create a wix patch that applies to 2 products. In this article i would discuss on creating start menu and desktop shortcuts for an application using wix installer scripts. Using patch creation properties using purely wix i have created basic samples for both and got both of them working okay so i am now try a real install upgrade patch. I would have the same question except that i intend to pass language transforms into msi patch.
Component 1 was removed so the count on the componentid it shared with component 3 was reduced by one but did not hit zero so the component is still there. How to correctly add new files in wix installation to create an. The default value is based on the platform set by the arch switch to candle. Basically, a fragment is a wrapper put around a wix source unit, be it as simple or as complicated as we like. We include this in our wix compile and add a reference. The rules apply throughout the lifetime of the product. We also need to add our new dialog to the install sequence. When applying the patch to an installation where the optional features were not originally installed, the files associated with the newly added components and all existing components for the optional feature are added. How to implement a wix installer upgrade addin express. We raid source code for wix to borrow the minimalui.
Provide keypath at one of the file of component that is the most. Ive created a new component for it in the msi and included it in the patch. So far so good, so lets move on and introduce a new scenario with just components 1 and 2 like thus. By default, all the changes will go into a patch, but sometimes people want to ship a targeted update to fix a security issue or major customer problem. You have to when you need to change any component guid in the package.
In my previous post i created a wix installer with the wizwix. Lets add two include files so we can keep things organized right click on project installmydatabase in solution explorer, select add\new item\wix include file set the name for the file to databaseartifacts. Building a patch using the new patch building system part 3. You have to when there are any changes in the feature hierarchy child feature moving out of a parent, or a parent feature getting a new child. Webapplication and makes it using the new application pool. How to correctly add new files in wix installation to create. I am using visual studio to create the msi and wixpdb files for both versions. Wixdevs multiple instance patches i was hoping to use the pure wix patches routine as well as try to be able to change a patchs target on the command line, but ill. Currently i can manually change the wix file and proj file to accommodate another successive patch but its just like copy pasting similar statements with different msi locations.
Saves you from worrying about relativechanging paths. Wix solves this problem for its own code by allowing it to be built using a variety of workflows. Automated patch building with wix and visual studio. Patches basically contain the difference between the old and the new versions and can automagically turn the old file on the users computer into the new one. If you ever need to create a patch you will reference the components that needs to be serviced.
Every resource you want to install file, registry key, value, environment value, shortcut, directory, must get its own component which does never change between versions as long as the install location is the same. When i look at the patch via orca, it looks like the file is there and fine. Oct 19, 2009 by default the wix project has a product. A further solution in the future maybe to add the option ondemand attribute to the base. How to do it download and install the wix toolset to get access to new project templates, intellisense, and project properties in visual studio. For more details, see specifying whether to streamline the quickpatch package. What are your experience of renaming a file using a pyro patch. Similarly to object files or libraries we use in program development, a fragment. Componentgroup element the componentgroup element can be used to group component elements, which is helpful as it offers a way to reference all of your components with a single element. But the instructions there simply repeat whats written in the wix documentation. Wix will handle file and media sequencing as well as the sequence tables for you.
Building a patch using the new patch building system. Forms and then underneath the startlogging argument i add a messagebox. The designer for wix toolset lets you forget the plain windows installer xml and concentrate on your deployment logic. Adding new components to existing features installs the feature.
These are created from two normal installation packages. For example, when adding components to a feature which you must always do, you could use componentref elements directly. Geoff that looks like the issue, however some of the dlls that are included are 32bit and some 64bit with same name. Assume you have 2 products with different product codes. Apipatchingsymbolnofailuresflag, yesnotype, flag used when creating a binary file patch. You point it to you folder and it writes out the wxs file for you. The windows installer provides a feature tree control that makes it easy for users to choose which features to install and uninstall.
Create new project select windows installer xml setup project. In the wixdemo project i have added three new class libraries and an. This sample just demonstrates the basics of patch creation with wix. Wix devs multiple instance patches i was hoping to use the pure wix patches routine as well as try to be able to change a patch s target on the command line, but ill. A minor upgrade can be used to add new features and components but cannot reorganize the featurecomponent tree. Oct 18, 2003 component 1 was removed so the count on the componentid it shared with component 3 was reduced by one but did not hit zero so the component is still there. How to implement a wix installer upgrade add in express. It integrates several editors with the visual studio ide and provides a set of vdproj designers to configure the file system, registry, user interface, custom actions, launch conditions and more for your setup projects.
Automatic patch creation the goal of this investigation was to find out how we would approach creation of. Unfortunately, it complains removing component is not supported. Jul 20, 2012 automatic patch creation the goal of this investigation was to find out how we would approach creation of. Deploying new or removing existing files using a patch msp dear community, i want to create a patch msp for an existing msi setup package. I am using patchcreation property for creating the patches and i add the new target property when we have new patch to release. You can see an example of this approach written for wix in the.
Implementing a wix installer that calls the gdr version of. If you are not using quickpatch streamlining, you cannot patch more than 15 times. Fragments offer a way to break up large installation projects. This file will contain the setup authoring for the artifacts created. Even with wix, working with windows installer packages can be quite difficult. Mar 03, 2011 it describes the procedure of creating patch from. The wix toolset can also create patch installation packages. Till that moment i used to create exe installers with inno setup which has many advantages. In the add new project dialog, click on windows installer xml, and choose setup project. The downside is that you need to add all the references by hand. I would also discuss about a warning message 1910 which is related to unable to delete desktop shortcut while uninstalling and how to address the issue.
Wixusers assistance with creating a patch i am new to using wix and. Therefore i use the diff between my currently released msi and the new one i havewant to create. Wix patches and using instead of component guids wixusers. Windows installer xml toolset developer mailing list subject. Next, we need to add a reference to the testservice project. This patchfamily would select the fragment that contains the component mycomponent and add it to the patch. And when new references are added you need to know this before you can build the installer. Promote your business, showcase your art, set up an online shop or just test out new ideas. Also we need to create our fixes package with the ordinary compiler and wix linker.
Dec 10, 2014 even with wix, working with windows installer packages can be quite difficult. Sampleswixsamples at master rstropeksamples github. You should also go to your projects properties rightclick the project name in the solution explorer and select properties, go to the linker tab, and in the edit control next to cultures. Oct, 2014 creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts. If youre an installation developer and are running into this problem when adding components to a feature in a patch package, you can workaround this issue by adding new components to new toplevel features. However, that control is only displayed when the install is exe.
The post stated that the command lines are the same as in building a patch using the new patch building system part 3 post. You should now have a setup project with a single product. A patch contains the differences between one or more pairs of windows installer. Patch packages can also contain new files to be deployed. Creating a standard setup project using wix designer. Adding new components to existing features installs the. Whether a patch is uninstallable isnt really related to a piece of wix source. Minor upgrades provide product differentiation without actually defining a different product. It does seem as though wix isnt passing through the multiple product codes to be included in the patch.
Automatically add references and content to the wix installer. Create new project select windows installer xmlsetup project. When i add a new component with an sqlscript element in the new msi and then build the patch and apply it, the uninstall option disappears. In my initial msi, there are some optional features. Now, in a patch to that msi we have added new components to two of these optional features. Add a wix project to the databaseinstaller solution. Installer package results in the installation of the original sources using a new msi file, the new. Jun 29, 2007 recently in last couple days in the wixuser maillist general discussion for windows installer xml toolset, some people asks passing transforms into msi patch. To prepare for this recipe, install visual studio 20 and close it before installing wix. If we remove component 3 now then all of our resources would be removed from the machine. If this is a 64bit component replacing a 32bit component, set this attribute to yes and assign a new guid in the guid attribute.