Re: [WiX-users] Build speed, suggestions?

I haven't spent a huge amount of time on this topic because we are generally happy with our build time,  but I can imagine merge modules are disk i/o intensive not cpu / memory intensive.   There is a lot of copying going on to get the files, create the cabinet and stream it into storage.   Then

Re: [WiX-users] Installer appears very slow

Thanks very much to all who answered. My installer takes only 10 seconds total now on Win7. -Original Message- From: Alexander Kozlenko [mailto:alexander.kozle...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:33 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re:

[WiX-users] Build speed, suggestions?

I have recently migrated from Wise to WiX. I have approximately 150 merge modules (at some point in the future I may be able to implement libs instead of merge modules, but for now .) and several installs that include some subset of the merge modules. I have implemented a VS solution for all the me

Re: [WiX-users] Using a Custom Action dll in another solution

Hi, since you didn't include how your includeing the CA it it's hard to help. This is how I include mine. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Using-a-Custom-Action-dll-in-another-solution-tp5614711p5615386.html Sent from the

Re: [WiX-users] Installer appears very slow

Yes, you can safely specify code (as sample) for enabling this option. This property will be ignored for Windows Installer prior to 5.0 and will be used under installer 5.0. This code will not override MSIFASTINSTALL property, this code will set value for this property for your install session.

Re: [WiX-users] Installer appears very slow

Thank you, I see in the log that it is in fact spending 9 seconds out of 20 of total for creating restore point. Is there a way to specify this MSIFASTINSTALL property value from within Wix? I mean something like: Would it overwrite the built-in MSI property when install is running on Windows

Re: [WiX-users] registry key change on radio button selection

Hi, Hard to guess without a code sample but have you made declared your property secure? See http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_property.htm Dave -Original Message- From: David Amey [mailto:da...@creative-engine.co.uk] Sent: 08 October 2010 12:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourcef

Re: [WiX-users] Application registry keys best practise

That problem can be mitigated: http://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2010/5/2/The-WiX-toolsets-Remember-Property-pattern   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Mes

[WiX-users] Using a Custom Action dll in another solution

Hi All, I created a Custom Action dll (.NET) for a test solution. In this solution I have the CA project, a simple test app project and a WiX setup project. This works fine. I'm now trying to take the CA dll produced by this test solution into our live project. I've copied both dlls (the Dep

Re: [WiX-users] Application registry keys best practise

Additionally, you may get upgrades, patches and automatic repairs recreating the keys and values, depending on what you do with them and if they are keypaths. -Original Message- From: Bruce Cran [mailto:br...@cran.org.uk] Sent: 08 October 2010 12:26 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sub

[WiX-users] registry key change on radio button selection

Hi all, I once again require you expertise; I have a registry key that I need stored [ok so far], the value is set to a property which changes on a radio button selection. However the key value only ever takes the default value of the property, it doesn't pick up the change when a diff

Re: [WiX-users] Application registry keys best practise

On Friday 08 October 2010 10:36:12 Mark Simonetti wrote: > Is it best practise for the installer to create all the registry keys > that the application itself might create? I imagine the biggest pros to > that would be that the installer controls the default settings, also > making them configur

[WiX-users] Application registry keys best practise

Is it best practise for the installer to create all the registry keys that the application itself might create? I imagine the biggest pros to that would be that the installer controls the default settings, also making them configurable on the installer command line, and also the keys will be

Re: [WiX-users] Installer appears very slow

You can get a log of the install and each entry will contain a time stamp. To get a full log run "msiexec /l*vx log.txt". I usually find that just using "msiexec /leavx log.txt" gets me most of the information I need. Rob On 07/10/2010 21:21, Lena Vinogradov wrote: > Hi , > I wrote a very