hi all,
I'm somewhat new to the .Net environment, my current project is a Windows app. with .Net 2.0(c#). One of the requirements is that it should have automatic updates where updates are downloaded and installed automatically(l ike Firefox or Windows updates.) Also the installation file has to be an msi (no setup.exe) so this rules out ClickOnce deployment(darn !).
I've been doing some research and it looks like I'd need to create a patch(.msp) after creating the msi with Windows Installer, but it looks like a daunting task(messing with some tables and orca.exe, etc). My questions are:
1. is this (msp) the right way to go?
2. if yes, are there easier way to create the msp? I saw some commercial tools but it's very unlikely my megacorp is willing to foot the bill.
thanks in advance.
I'm somewhat new to the .Net environment, my current project is a Windows app. with .Net 2.0(c#). One of the requirements is that it should have automatic updates where updates are downloaded and installed automatically(l ike Firefox or Windows updates.) Also the installation file has to be an msi (no setup.exe) so this rules out ClickOnce deployment(darn !).
I've been doing some research and it looks like I'd need to create a patch(.msp) after creating the msi with Windows Installer, but it looks like a daunting task(messing with some tables and orca.exe, etc). My questions are:
1. is this (msp) the right way to go?
2. if yes, are there easier way to create the msp? I saw some commercial tools but it's very unlikely my megacorp is willing to foot the bill.
thanks in advance.