Creating A patch with exe

[chandrabhushan]

Hi,
Thanks for the support,
I want to create A patch for my base installer(.exe) , But is it essential to use .msi(Target and Updated installer) to create the patch .
I am unable to use .msi because my installer size is more then 2 GB (3.7 GB ) and .msi doesn't supports the size more then 2 GB .
Please guide me through this .
So Basically:-

Installer V1.0.0.exe ------> Patch ---> Installer V1.0.1.exe

Please let me know how to implement this .

[Eusebiu]

Hi,

In order to achieve this, you can extract the MSI package from the EXE setup using the "/extract" command line, then use that MSI package to create the patch.

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[chandrabhushan]

Hi
Thanks for Prompt reply,
Requesting you to please explain this . As per my understanding the exe will be extracted once i install that . So Is it like that " i install both and then get the msi files and proceed for creation of package, It doesn't look logical .
Please explain this

[Eusebiu]

Hi,

In order to create a patch, you need the MSI package of the target version and the MSI package of the upgraded version as described in the Authoring a Windows Installer patch tutorial.

However, if your target and upgraded versions are EXE files instead of MSI packages, you need to extract the MSI packages from the EXE files and use them to create the patch. For example:

• Target EXE -> Target MSI
  Upgraded EXE -> Upgraded MSI
  
  Target MSI + Upgraded MSI = PATCH

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[chandrabhushan]

Hi Eusebiu,
I completely understand that, But Please explain me how to get that .msi from the myappV1.exe And myappV2.exe
Please see the screenshot ,
and following links:-
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... -file.html
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-g ... n-tab.html

Also if i am trying to install the exe it says invalid command .

Please Help .

Thanks

[Eusebiu]

Hi,

It seems that I was not very clear when I said that you can extract the MSI package from the EXE file.

So, you do not need to write the "/extract" command in the "MSI Command Line" field from the "Builds" page, you can let that field empty. All you need to do, is to build your EXE file, then go to its output folder, open the "Command Prompt" window and extract the MSI package there. Then, you can use the MSI package to create the patch.

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[chandrabhushan]

Thanks, Now i am able to extract it and use it . but once i build the patch,
This error is coming
I think i missed to set some path msimsp.exe when it was prompting.
Please help me to solve this issue, I think Post that Patch creation will be done .

[chandrabhushan]

Thanks for the help.
It works as expected .

[Eusebiu]

You're welcome. I'm glad you got this working.

Just let us know if there is anything else that we can help you with.

Best regards,
Eusebiu

[AddiMasud]

Hi!
i have a exe INSTALLER which ive already sen to customers ! Now i want to send them a patch file! I build a patch making separate MSI file for my application ,But when i install my patch it shows some message related to Network!

Thanks and Regards!

[Daniel]

Hi and welcome to our forums,

Have a look on our "Patch Looking for source file" thread which debates this scenario.

All the best,
Daniel