Just a bit of background info. I have the base MSI and I created 2 QuickPatches successfully for it. Both patches can be installed or rolled back with no problems. Now I want to create Patch3, but when I attempt to install it, I get this error. Seeing as how there seems to be no proven method to fix this based on the searches I've done, I tried the following: 1. Created empty patch and then Patch3. No luck. 2. Rebuilt Patch2 with all files deleted and then created Patch3 with the deleted files for 2 included. No luck. 3. Created dummy patch to delete files put down in Patch2 and then created Patch3 to readd. No luck. 4. Running validation surfaces no errors. 5. Modifying the UpgradeImage msi Feature table (although I don't know what to change - just looking for anything) and then attempting to build Patch3 with 'Create new "UpgradedImage" folder' set to No results in isdev crashing. I notice that if I patch a file that was not patched in Patch1 or Patch2, it is OK. As soon as I try to patch a file that was patcehd in Patch1 or Patch2, then I get 2705. ... View more

I have a versioned file whose version number has not changed even though the DLL itself has newer code. While I realize that is not the best practice, I am past that point now and I need to get this newer file updated during a patch. I've tried checking "Always Overwrite" with no luck. I've tried overriding the version with no luck. I've tried using different combinations of REINSTALLMODE with no luck. Is there some workaround that I'm not aware of that will sledgehammer this file in for me? ... View more

I have component which is set up to put down a registry key in HKCR. The (Default) value in the key is a type string whose value is a fully qualified path to one of our executables. I want to wrap that path in quotes, so that it gets inserted into the registry as: "C:\Program Files\Company\something.exe" and not C:\Program Files\Company\something.exe I've tried the literal string with quotes. No go. I've tried escaping the quote chars with \". No go. I've tried wrapping it with brackets (saw this in some other post) [\"]. No go. Is this possible? ... View more

We have recently posted an msi to our clients. This package was built using InstallShield 2010. We have recently upgraded to 2011, which I have not installed yet. Is there anything that would prevent me from upgrading that 2010 project to 2011 and then creating patches between the 2 - the posted msi and the new msi created with 2011? Hopefully I have stated that logically. If not, please let me know where I can elaborate. Thanks. ... View more

Is it possible to specify more than one value for to be used by Team Build? Maybe I'm going about it the wrong way, but I would like to do a batch build for a single configuration with 2 different release types defined. ... View more

Is it possible to set up a custom action that calls a managed assembly with a class that has an overridden constructor? It looks like it just assumes a default even if a default doesn't exist. For example: public class TestClass { public TestClass() { } public TestClass(string stringTest, bool boolTest, int iTest) { } public void ShowMessage(string stringMessage) { Console.WriteLine("Testing 1...2...3"); } } When I create the custom action, I don't see a way to use the overridden ctor. When I remove the default, I still don't see the parameters for the only ctor left. ... View more

Basic MSI project with a handful of features. I created a custom dialog to allow the user to enter a license key. The key is validated on the click of the Next button which is tied to a Custom Action event. This custom action parses the key and sets a public property (for each feature) based on whether that feature should be installed. Example: FeatureA has 2 conditions: Level = 0 FEATUREA_INSTALL=N Level = 100 FEATUREA_INSTALL=Y I have set up each feature with similar conditions using separate properties. I want the end result to be that FeatureA is not displayed in the CustomSetup dialog if a certain part of the key says it shouldn't. In the log I can see: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding FEATUREA_INSTALL property. Its value is 'N'. But when I click to the CustomSetup dialog, it is still shown. What am i missing? ... View more

In my installation, I am attempting to set some registry values to use ALLUSERSPROFILE. For example, %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Schemas\somefile.xsd. However, the installation does not resolve it to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users. If I replace it with %PROGRAM FILES%, it resolves it correctly. The log shows that setAllUsersProfile2K is executing and setting the value correctly. I can see this in the log, but it does not change it for the registry setting. Any suggestions? ... View more

Does anyone know if it is possible to manipulate chained msi(s) properties via an InstallShield Task or a property in my .isproj file? Ideally, I would like to specify where the latest msi is that is to be chained. Thanks. ... View more