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Small Update
Select this to ship this package as a patch or reinstall. Small updates generally
contain minimal updates such as changes to the contents of files. This option
changes the package code.
Minor Upgrade
Select this to ship this package as a patch or reinstall. Minor upgrades generally
contain changes such as new or removed features, files, or other items. This
option changes the package code and forces you to increment the product
version of the current package if it is the same as the previous .MSI's product
version.
Major Upgrade
Select this to ship the current package as an upgrade. You usually ship a
package as an upgrade when it contains comprehensive changes, but you can
create an upgrade for minimal changes. This option changes the package code
and product code, and forces you to increment the product version of the
current package if it is the same as the previous .MSI's product version.
Current Version
If you selected either the Minor or Major Upgrade options, and is the same as
Previous Version, then you must increment it. If you do not increment it, an
error occurs when you click Next.
6. Click Next.
The Upgrading/Patching Issues dialog box appears.
This dialog box lists issues in the installation package that might cause problems
when creating an upgrade or a patch. These errors are the most common causes of
patch and upgrade failures reported by Windows Installer users. Errors that can be
fixed automatically have a check box. The following types of errors cannot be fixed
automatically and therefore have no check boxes:
File 'filename.txt' is a new resource that needs to be added to a new
component and assigned to a new subfeature
This means that a new resource has been added to an existing component. This
is against Microsoft Windows Installer guidelines and can cause problems. Use
Windows Installer Editor to put the resource in its own component in Setup
Editor > Component tab.
Component 'componentname.exe' exists in the previous version and
the keypath does not exist in the current install. The component's
contents will be deleted during an upgrade.
This means that the component is in the old version, but not in the new version.
This might be intentional, so it is not fixed automatically. If it is not intentional,
add the component to the new version to prevent it from being deleted during
upgrading or patching. Use Windows Installer Editor to add the component in
Setup Editor > Component tab.
7. Mark the check boxes of the errors to fix.
8. Click Save to File to save the errors to a text file.
9. Click Finish.
The necessary changes are made to your package. If you plan to create a patch or
upgrade, use Patch Creation or the Upgrades page in Windows Installer Editor.
See Patch Creation on page 128 or Upgrades in the Windows Installer Editor Help.
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