Regarding the Patch optimization, which packages should I use as previous package?? I am not running patch installaition as I would be able to upgrade from all versions of eg. 1.1, 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.t to e.g 1.7 without doing all the installations! ... View more

I generated a logfile: setup.exe /v"/l*v c:\Mylogfile.wil" Analyzing gave the following exception In a previous post I asked if it is possible to unzip files during installation (to avoid using dynamically linking) do you know that? ... View more

I am not using any patch design. See attached bitmap. Regarding the logfile, it is rather huge. What am I going to look for? ... View more

I found that VAL0010 occurs due to the dynamically linking. Thats the reason why I ask for a way to unzip files during installation. In this way I might be able to avoid changing the installation eanch time a new folder occurs in the program. ... View more

By the way I would like to be able to add files and folders from one upgrade to another. That the reason for using dynamic linking. If it is not possible to use dynamic linking, I would like to zip the files into one zipfile, and the doing a unzip during the installation. Do you know if this is possible using installshield. I am running MSI installscript. Order is there another solution I am not aware of? ... View more

I am not sure that I do understand the messages below. Does it say that my component will not be installed??? If this is the case, I can't see how it should be possible to install a new component in an upgrade as described in the documentation. ******************************************************** Val0003: This setup will perform a SMALL upgrade of the referenced previous setup c:\docume~1\packman\locals~1\temp\2\8fbc\- the marketing toolbox.msi Val0010: The data in component '_85DCE2EA6D620434E61439F072E48968' differs from the previous setup. However, this component will not reinstall in an upgrade scenario. Therefore, the changes will not be applied to the target system during the upgrade. Table: 'CreateFolder' Record: '_A282D006F369400194792FE3B3366443;_85DCE2EA6D620434E61439F072E48968' c:\docume~1\packman\locals~1\temp\2\8fbc\- the marketing toolbox.msi ISDEV : warning Val0015: The CreateFolder table contains new content. Therefore, if you are packaging this upgrade as a patch, you will not be able to make it an uninstallable patch. c:\docume~1\packman\locals~1\temp\2\8fbc\- the marketing toolbox.msi Setup.exe created ... View more

Returning from my Autumn holiday I continue to look at the installation problem. Yes - I set the original msi file as previous package when my new folders was placed in the wong position. ... View more

To overcome my problem I added an empty file. This solved the problem However a new issue appeared. I have added a new folder to my dynamically linked files, but it is not installed in the correct place. I have added the folder App_Browsers see InstallShield.bmp I supposed it should be place in the same subfolder as e.g applet but it is placed one folder above, see InsFIles.bmp Why is it so? ... View more

Yes to both The file is dynamically linked and I do put an entry in the RemoveFile table ... View more

Thanks, now I found my msi file. As I mentioned in a previous post I found that a file was installed by mistake in a previous installation. Is it necessary to do a major upgrade to get rid of that file? ... View more

I used the MsiSleut tool and found that in the original installation there was a file that had been distributed by mistake. Is the only way to get rid of that file to run a major upgrade, or is it possible to remove a single file in a minor upgrade ... View more