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The problem is more on the SCM side on how locked down the baseline is. Thanks for your help. InstallShield can do this provided: InstallShield also has a QuickPatch pattern. Windows Installer databases are great for encapsulating all of the deployment requirements for an application or component into a single file. Sascha- Define "shouldn't be".

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msodiff Most of the time it will be updates to assemblies modified or new but may require some custom script in c if possible. I am looking at what the best options for creating patches for our clients. Christopher Painter Christopher Painter Unicorn Meta Zoo 9: Windows Installer databases are great for encapsulating all of the deployment requirements for an application or component into a single file.

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Yeah, the issue is it is at least once a week and the process is rather manual at the moment and error prone. You follow strict compliance with the msidff rules and have a working minor upgrade servicing story. How do we handle problem users? And while it allowed me to track down the problem, I decided that I needed something a little better in the future.

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Active 8 years, 8 months ago. The output of this script, while helpful, is not especially easy to understand or navigate. Post as a guest Name. Spelunking through that much data quickly proves painful. I had an MSI database that worked, and one that didn't, but what was different? It updated some system files that had been msidifc excluded from the VS. So if you are told once a month or so that we need to patch these files you get the point this might work for you.

There are other ways to accomplish this but it takes quite a bit of plumbing to be honest. Microsoft, if you are reading this: In any case, i agree withthe answer from Christopher - tools such as InstallShield can be used to smidiff a single msi that is either a full install if you haven't already got the product on your machine, or it will switch to upgrade mode if it detects an item with the same product code and a lesser version number already installed.

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You are incrementally building your assemblies as to not make the system think all of your files changed. InstallShield can do this provided: Just provide it the path to the two databases that you want to compare, and it will generate a report for you. It's like practicing the same way over and over then when it comes time to release you call an audible and do it another way. When the version of msidifv manually excluded dependency changes, the exclusion will magically disappear, even if the.

I agree about test all or not however they are a Bank and have internal policies we have to live mxidiff. To be honest, I've heard your "we have to test it all" story many times and I've never bought msidiff argument. Having said that, it can be incredibly difficult to get that upgrade to work correctly.

InstallShield also has a QuickPatch pattern. They don't want a full blown installer when doing minor patches from 1.

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The problem is more on the Msiidff side on how locked down the baseline is. This tool is a command line utility that will generate a Diff report of two Windows installer databases. NET deployment projects that msiidiff use to build merge modules.

By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policyand our Terms of Service. A patch install is MORE risk because your full install process is fully automated and your patch definition process is not.