InstallShield 2012 Spring Express Edition User Guide

Chapter 17: Updating Applications
Working with Upgrades and QuickPatch Projects
For example, suppose you distributed version 1.0 as an installation and later released a patch that upgrades the original
installation to version 1.1. If you create a version 1.2 QuickPatch and the check box for the 1.1 QuickPatch is not selected
in the History, your 1.2 QuickPatch can be used to upgrade the 1.0 release but not the 1.1 release.
Specifying Custom Actions for the QuickPatch to Execute
Project: This information applies to QuickPatch projects.
Task To specify which custom actions should be run when your QuickPatch is applied:
1. In the View List under Define Patch Settings, click General Information.
2. In the General Information explorer, click Custom Action.
3. Select or clear the check boxes next to the custom actions to specify whether or not you want them to
be run during the installation of your QuickPatch.
Adding Files to a QuickPatch
Project: This information applies to QuickPatch projects.
Note: QuickPatch projects do not have support for defining a new target destination for new files that you are adding.
Therefore, when you add a new file in a QuickPatch project, the destination location must be a folder that was defined in
the original installation.
Task To add a file to your QuickPatch:
1. In the View List under Define Patch Settings, click Files.
2. Right-click the Files To Patch explorer and then click Insert New File. The Open dialog box
opens.
3. Click the file that you want to add, and then click Open. InstallShield adds the file to the Files To
Patch explorer.
4. Click the new file and then configure its settings.
Specifying Identification Information for a QuickPatch
Project: This information applies to QuickPatch projects.
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