We want to automate the production of both msi and msp's in an InstallShield Pro project from FinalBuilder. The project contains a number of patches for previous versions (under the Media/Patch Design section). I can use the command line tool ISCmdBld to create an msi from my project; but does any body know if and how you can get ISCmdBld to create patches that are within the Patch Design section of an InstallShield project? (in the InstallShield GUI, there is a button "Build Patch" in the Patch Design section - which is different to the main build command which produces the msi).
We might be able to change the action so it uses the automation interface. We’re generally reluctanct to do this, simply because we’ve found (in general) automation interfaces to be more prone to changes than command line interfaces.
InstallShield 2009 now allows patches from IsCmdBld.exe. Attached you will find the IS documentation on the parameters. Today I am going to build a batch file to run patchs, but it would be nice to do it directly from the FinalBuilder interface.
I have added the option for the next build, however we don't have IS2009 at the moment so I cannot test this (and wouldn't know how to.. IS patches are a bit of a mystery to me!).
I'll post here when we have a build with the option included.
