Patching an MSI created with Visual Studio 2005 Setup projects .vdproj

Question

Folks,

What should be the process of patching an MSI file that was created by VS 2005 using the setup projects ?

I need to create an MSP file that will replace a few files only; is this doable via VS or any other tools ?

Answer 1

You can modify MSI files by using the COM object with the ProgId WindowsInstaller.Installer. It's pretty easy to do via JavaScript, or C++, or C#, or whatever language you like.

I don't know what an MSP is. This answer shows a a Javascript program that modifies an MSI file in place.