Confusion re. what files to include

I'm just getting up to speed on wyBuild, trying to setup a WPF application project. Although the tool and walkthroughs look brilliant, I must admit that I'm confused re. what to include in the updates. I've been through the walkthrough and video several times now, trying to get this right:

In wyBuild, on the "build" screen it says: "You can include the generated wyUpdate.exe and client.wyc files with your installer". But if I'm releasing an update, say 1.1 of MyApp, I don't see why I should include these files?

My 1.0 version will be a standard Setup project (MSI file), which will include wyUpdate.exe and the client.wyc, but from there on, I would expect to just release update-packages using wyUpdate. I did not intend to use a new installer/Setup project each and every time, which is what I think the text in that screen indicates. Maybe I should? But if I release a new installer (MSI) each time, how can wyUpdate then produce the "tiny update patches" that is one of the reasons for choosing wyBuild/wyUpdate?

I did not intend to use a new installer/Setup project each and every time, which is what I think the text in that screen indicates. Maybe I should?

It's about delivering the initial install for your brand new users (users that don't have any version of your software). You *can* deliver an old version of your software to these users, but then they'll all have to update to the latest version using wyUpdate.

But if I release a new installer (MSI) each time, how can wyUpdate then produce the "tiny update patches" that is one of the reasons for choosing wyBuild/wyUpdate?

All of your existing users will get the tiny patches.

Does that make sense?

Ah, ok. I'm developing an internal system in a "controlled environment", so I didn't think about delivering to many users, including new ones. In that case, an installer with the newest version would be needed, clearly.

I've been testing today with the following setup:1) Include wyupdate.exe and client.wyc in the initial installer.2) Deliver updates, build the new client.wyc file and adding that file to the file list for the latest version.3) Then build the update files.4) Finally copy the update packages to a file share.

This seems to work perfectly, as long as I remember to copy all the program files to a new directory for each new version prior to adding the files in wyBuild, and also remember to include the client.wyc file.

So far, thanks for a great product and fast support!

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