[wix-users] Patching: Purely wix

[Bob Arnson]

Or Melt.exe to get the behavior of .wixpdb patching with the files coming from the .msi.

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Subject: Re: [wix-users] Patching: Purely wix

Use bindpaths and you can retarget them during patching.

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From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Hoover, Jacob via wix-users
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Cc: Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
Subject: [wix-users] Patching: Purely wix

I'm looking for some tips on purely wix patching, and/or any stories on integrating it into an automated build process.  I have had success in generating patches manually, but that was using msimsp.  From what I understand, saving the wixpdb's during my MSI build process will allow me to use the purely wix approach, however I am concerned about the paths stored in the file.  As I would be using a build server to generate them, and each run of the build uses a unique folder, my assumption is I am going to need to write an XSLT to transform the wixpdb in order for the paths to be valid for the specific run of the plan.

Thanks,
Jacob


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