Create Patch Install

[SpiderBear6]

Hi all,

How does one create a patch install in Visual Studio.Net without using any third party products?

Thanks.

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"We are star-stuff. We are the universe made manifest trying to figure itself out."
-- Delenn in Babylon 5 - "A Distant Star"

 

[sjn78]

I can't see any benefit in using an update patch in an app unless its a huge program like Office or similar where you would just want to update some dll's or other core files.

I would just be creating a setup program to install your new exe or dll's that have changed.

 

[RiverGuy]

I am interested in this too. If nothing, just for knowledge.

But going on sjn's suggestion, if you version your application differently, say from 1.0 to 1.1, and reflect that in your setup project, you can option it to upgrade your application. This means that the application will not have to be uninstalled. You can just run setup again and it will replace your old version with your new version.

 

[SpiderBear6]

I agree with you River.. you would have the two versions installed. This is not really ideal. I guess you can uninstall the old version and then run the new version, but that means a lot of work for the user just to update a few files.

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"We are star-stuff. We are the universe made manifest trying to figure itself out."
-- Delenn in Babylon 5 - "A Distant Star"

 

[RiverGuy]

No Spider. You would have one version installed. The new version would replace the old version. You have the option in your setup project to have it upgrade the old installs.

 

[SpiderBear6]

Yeh that's right... I forgot about that option. So the same install could upgrade old versions or install a new version. That's great except for the fact that you have all of that extra baggage for updates.

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"We are star-stuff. We are the universe made manifest trying to figure itself out."
-- Delenn in Babylon 5 - "A Distant Star"