Patch problems
Hi everyone
Im having some problems creating a patch. Im using Wise, and have followed the manual for creating a patch. I have 5 features in the installation. The patch contains 2 files that need to be changed. When I run the patch, it reinstalls everything, does anyone know why this happens.
I have tried setting feature conditions etc, but all features always get reinstalled.
I had a good look through the install log, and I found the following which doesnt seem right:
PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying REINSTALL property. Its current value is 'OfficePlugin'. Its new value: 'Driver,Complete,OutlookPlugin,OfficePlugin'.
Why does it install all features, even if I specify on the command line to only install OfficePlugin for example, it still installs all features.
Im having some problems creating a patch. Im using Wise, and have followed the manual for creating a patch. I have 5 features in the installation. The patch contains 2 files that need to be changed. When I run the patch, it reinstalls everything, does anyone know why this happens.
I have tried setting feature conditions etc, but all features always get reinstalled.
I had a good look through the install log, and I found the following which doesnt seem right:
PROPERTY CHANGE: Modifying REINSTALL property. Its current value is 'OfficePlugin'. Its new value: 'Driver,Complete,OutlookPlugin,OfficePlugin'.
Why does it install all features, even if I specify on the command line to only install OfficePlugin for example, it still installs all features.
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
Don't quote me, because I haven't spent a great deal of time with patches but I think that's by design. There's no reason to panic, though, since re-installing features which are already present means that, in reality, nothing happens. The engine will see the feature state and skip over it at install time.
Posted by:
kristjan84
14 years ago
Thanks for your reply.
I need to find a way so that a feature does not always get reinstalled, this is because I have a feature called 'Driver', which installs the driver, and everytime this feature gets installed, the user needs to restart, which is not what I want.
I need to find a way so that a feature does not always get reinstalled, this is because I have a feature called 'Driver', which installs the driver, and everytime this feature gets installed, the user needs to restart, which is not what I want.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
In that case, you could condition the feature by testing the PATCH property. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370576(VS.85).aspx
Posted by:
AngelD
14 years ago
How about setting the RESTINALL property on the command line (ex. msiexec /p <path to .msp> REINSTALL=Complete,OutlookPlugin,OfficePlugin) while installing the patch?
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