Command Line Options For Wfwi.exe - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Command Line Options For WFWI.EXE

Windows Installer Editor Reference
Update
Use this option to update installed applications.
2. Click the Patches tab on the Command Line Details dialog box.
3. Mark whether to add or remove patches. The option to remove patches is enabled
only if Windows Installer 3.0 or later is installed on your computer.
4. Click Add and specify a patch file (.MSP).
The full path appears in the Patch List.
5. Repeat the preceding step to specify additional patches. (Windows Installer 3.0 or
later only.)
6. Windows Installer applies patches in the order listed. To rearrange the order, click
Move Up or Move Down. If you used patch sequencing with Windows Installer 3.0
when you created the patches, that sequencing would override the order you specify
here.
7. Click OK.
See also:
Creating a Command Line To Apply to an Installation
You can invoke Windows Installer Editor (WfWI.exe) with command-line options and
pass it the name of your project file (.WSI or .WSM) as a parameter. WFWI.exe
command lines let you compile an installation or merge module, while setting options
that have to do with the compile. You can also set the default value of Windows Installer
properties within the installation.
Use the following syntax:
"path\WFWI.EXE" "path\project file" /option
You can also start Windows Installer Editor (WfWI.exe) in the Visual MSIDiff mode using
the following command line:
WFWI.EXE base_file compare_file
See Comparing Windows Installer Files
Do not confuse this list of command-line options with the command-line options that you
can apply at run time to an .MSI through the executable msiexec.exe. For a list of those
command-line options, see Command Line Options in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Command-line options
/c
on page 230
on page 75.
Description
Compile only and exit
This option compiles a .WSI to an .MSI, or
a .WSM to an .MSM. This option must be
the first one in the command-line
statement.
Advanced Installations
238