[wix-users] How to create a setup manager to download updates of single package installed by a Burn Bundle

[Hoover, Jacob]

Another option, if you don't mind building WiX, https://github.com/jchoover/wix3/tree/develop-3.10-WixStdBA

That's my feature branch where I've tweaked WixStdBA to handle the update feed, and to allow silently checking for updates.  I implemented the silent update check via the bundle, and a / checkupdate switch.  If nothing is found, then the bundle will silently close.  If an update is found, it will then appear and prompt the user if they would like to update.

For your application to trigger your bundle, I wrapped dutil.lib's butil.cpp methods in a DLL, that I could then invoke from my legacy application.  The bundle will need to pass the bundles upgrade code to the MSI which installs your application, the MSI needs to put the upgrade code in a known good location, and the application then uses this upgrade code to search for your bundle via the DLL.

IE, BundleEnumRelatedBundle to find the bundle by upgrade code, then BundleGetBundleInfo to get the ModifyPath of the bundle.  (In reality, I should introduce a CheckUpdate or Update property, but for now I get the modify path and replace the /modify switch to /checkupdate.)

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Phill Hogland
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:22 PM
To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [wix-users] How to create a setup manager to download updates of single package installed by a Burn Bundle

The source code for the setup used by the Wixtoolset is in the Wix source code (see Setup\WixBA) and it has the behavior that you are looking for.  Look at the implementation of the UpdateViewModel.cs file which uses an atom syndication feed file.  You can use fiddler (http://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler/fiddler4) to watch what the WixBA is doing to get this feed file which it is launched.

-----Original Message-----
From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf Of Marco Tognacci
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:02 PM
To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
Subject: [wix-users] How to create a setup manager to download updates of single package installed by a Burn Bundle

I have a Burn Bundle package that install some components of my application using msi packages.The user when run the setup can choose to install only some of these packaged based on which functionalities the user need.
I need to create a setup manager that can search for updates of each installed package.It should be as the updates of the windows operating system that silent search for updates and if it find that an installed package has an update it have to ask the user to download and install automatically.
Is there any way for doyng this using wix?Or I need to create a stand alone application that search for updated and manage the upgrade of the packages?
Thanks 		 	   		   		 	   		  

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