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Patching and Previous Version Uninstall
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:02 am
by redbyron
Hello,
i cannot create a patch for my projects, it allways uninstalls the previous version and then fails with the "system cannot find the file specified" error...
Re: Patching and Previous Version Uninstall
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:38 am
by FrancescoT
Dear Michael,
I understand that my answer may seem obvious, but I suppose there is a problem with your project.
Have you followed the instruction reported at:
http://www.installaware.com/publication ... guides.htm with the file "Using InstallAware to Patch Software Products"?
I understand that my answer may seem obvious, but I suppose there is a problem with your project.
I suggest to you if you still have problem, to start a simple project as described in the above document and see if you still have problem.
Hope this helps you.
Regards
Re: Patching and Previous Version Uninstall
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:02 am
by redbyron
Hello Francesco,
for some reason, when i opened from the UI the Project Properties-> Compiler Variables, the list was filled with attributes used by the compiler in order to build the project.
Among them, there was the BUILDMODE variable set to CD... I think that although i was building a Patch from the ribbon command, that variable did not change...
I deleted all of the compiler variables from that window, i only left the CACHESOURCES=TRUE and now when i build a patch at least it does not prompt me to uninstall the previous version...
I don't know why the IDE got confused with the variables, you should check if there is a bug on that area.
I am reviewing all the script in order to succees with the patch. If i encounter more problems, i will update or post a new topic.