Re: [WiX-users] Any documentation on WiX/Windows Installer limits?

2007-01-28 Thread Rob Mensching
Cabinet files (the compression technology used by the Windows Installer) can currently only handle up to 2GB. Unfortunately, with Merge Modules you only get one cabinet. However, for MSI files you can split your product into multiple cabinets (separate Media elements) to get around the problem

[WiX-users] Any documentation on WiX/Windows Installer limits?

2007-01-28 Thread Alex Lian
I've been googling for the spec somewhere (as well as about the tools) What's the file size limitations of wix? I seem to be able to create the .msm with 4 files totalling 3.4GB though it seems unnaturally compressed down to 805MB. However, in trying to create a final .msi using this .msm, yield

Re: [WiX-users] [bcc] Re: Help needed with adjustiong msi to support fullpatching

2007-01-28 Thread Emma Hanna
I still have not resolved this issue either if anyone can help I have used verbose logging, which tells me that the patch is not marked as uninstallable and thus cannot be uninstalled. The only thing I see is that the Patch Meta Data does not appear to included in the Patch (i.e. The Title, Des

[WiX-users] Upgrading to v3 and Vista...

2007-01-28 Thread Gordon Watts
Hi there, First of all, Votive v3 and the error messages that come from v3 of light/etc. are fantastic. That and the mailing list archives allowed me to answer most of my questions. Kudos! A few issues/questions remain. 1) I'd like to convert the following to the new RegistryValue wix eleme