Aswathy Jaganath
Posts: 11
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:04 am

Error while creating patch

When I tried to create a patch using advanced installer it shows an error that is "MsiMsp.exe failed to create patch file". I used advanced installer 20.2.1 version
The error I mentioned below .Can you please check it?


Checking builds status... done.
Build required.
Building package: F:\Installers\Deploys\Updates\Mosaic Update.exe
Running MSI patch compatibility tests... done.
Creating PCP database... done.
Creating MSP...
***** Log starting: 2013-08-30 08:34:21 *****

INFO: Using Pcp Path: F:\Installers\Deploys\Updates\Mosaic Patch.pcp.
INFO: Using Temporary Directory: C:\Users\RoyH\AppData\Local\Temp\2\~pcw_tmp.tmp.
INFO: Passed all of the main control parameter validation to PatchWiz, now calling the next 5 phases.
INFO: Phase I: Entered validation and processing phase.
INFO: Validation of Pcp.
INFO: MinimumRequiredMsiVersion is 200.
INFO: SEQUENCE_DATA_GENERATION_DISABLED is 1.
INFO: ListOfPatchGUIDsToReplace is .
INFO: ListOfTargetProductCodes is *.
INFO: MsiFileToUseToCreatePatchTables is .
INFO: PatchGUID is {CD023CA1-93EA-46E8-AF7E-A03A0E373A50}.
INFO: PatchOutputPath is F:\Installers\Deploys\Updates\Mosaic Patch.msp.
INFO: PatchSourceList is PatchSourceList.
INFO: PATCH_CACHE_DIR is .
INFO: AllowDualPatch is 0.
INFO: AllowProductCodeMismatches is 1.
INFO: AllowProductVersionMajorMismatches is 1.
INFO: ApiPatchingSymbolFlags is 0.
INFO: DontRemoveTempFolderWhenFinished is 0.
INFO: IncludeWholeFilesOnly is 0.
INFO: PATCH_CACHE_ENABLED is 0.
INFO: OptimizePatchSizeForLargeFiles is 0.
INFO: TrustMsi is 0.
INFO: AllowLaxValidationFlags is 0.
SCHEMA: Table: ExternalFiles has mismatched schema (or missing column) for: Order
SCHEMA: Table: ExternalFiles has mismatched schema (or missing column) for: RetainOffsets
ERROR: ImageFamilies.MediaSrcPropName string 'Mosaic Update' is invalid; use 1 to 36 alphanumeric characters. Family: 'Family'.
INFO: Temporary folder is about to be cleaned out and deleted: C:\Users\RoyH\AppData\Local\Temp\2\~pcw_tmp.tmp
error.
MsiMsp.exe failed to create the patch file.

Build finished because an error was encountered.
Aswathy Jaganath
Posts: 11
Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:04 am

Re: Error while creating patch

Hi,
I posted an issue while creating a patch a day before. Can you please give me a solution for that error I explained above .It was quite urgent for me .
Liviu
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Re: Error while creating patch

Hello,

I have replied to your email.

Let's continue the conversation there.

Best regards,
Liviu
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