Patch only a part of an application

[MMe]

Hi

I am testing VisualPatch 3.5 and now I have a problem patching a part of an application. This is a very important thing we need...

A part of the application is installed on one system (web application, web services) and another part is installed at anothe machine (Windows services). Now I need one patch file which can patch both systems without creating separate patches. This means I cannot use a key file within a subfolders because I don't know which subfolder exists at the system. So I tried to put a simple BAT file in the %APPFOLDER% and use this as a key file. But the patch told me that the software cannot be found.

What is my mistake? It seems to be possible because when I use a key file within a subfolder I can patch a system where the whole application is installed at one machine and I also can patch a system where only the part which contains the keyfile is installed...

I hope anyone can help me...
Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Marco

[jassing]

I have two cars, a chevy & vw -- I want one key to operate both.

Your asking to patch two different things with the same patch -- it doesn't really make sense.

VP is designed to take a number of "old files" and create a new file set. Ie: 1 target. You have 2.
I would use an installer or application to identify which patch is needed, download the appropriate patch (or extract it) and run the required patch.

[MMe]

Hi

But I tried it with a keyfile in a subfolder "%APPROOT%\SubFolder\keyfile.key" - and here I can update the whole folder structure on one machine and also a part of the application. The only thing I need is the subfolder with the keyfile. But it seems not to work when the keyfile is not in a subfolder - and thats the question: Why does it not work when I choose a keyfile (i.e. test.bat) which is in the %APPROOT% folder?

When I do it in your way I have to create separate patches for each subfolder (each contains one application part) and this seems not to be a good way... Sad...

Regards,
Marco

[jassing]

IF the two programs share at least one common file, and that common file is updated with the patch, then that scheme will work regardless of where the key file is.

[MMe]

Hey, this was the necessary hint!

I put a simple TXT file with the current version of the app in the %APPFOLDER%. Now it works as expected: I can update the whole application or only one ore more folders...

Thank you very much!

Regards,
Marco