Create a patch using WiX with many Components
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4622817
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I'm using WiX (currently 3.6) to create a setup for my application. Next step is to create patches when something must be changed. As I use heat to create automatically components for a lot of files, those components are referenced using a ComponentGroup. Sadly, the PatchFamily allows only for ComponentRefs and not ComponentGroupRefs. As those components are auto generated, I search a way to enable patch creation.
The way I tried is documented here: Patchwork
Currently I'm investigating the possibility to use administrative installs and make a diff between them.
Has anyone found a solution?
해결책
what exactly is it that you are trying to do? Perform an upgrade of the application with new files? If you really have enough changes that you are using ComponentGroupRefs, then it might just be worth doing an actual upgrade. Patches (at least from my understanding) are meant more for small changes to the program, while upgrades are for large changes effecting numerous files.
