Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-30 Thread Harmon, Joseph
ll "? -Original Message- From: Harmon, Joseph [mailto:jhar...@illumina.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:03 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue Rob, I can work on getting perf data, let me get back

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-28 Thread Harmon, Joseph
Rob, I can work on getting perf data, let me get back to you... Thanks for the ideas (digital signing & splash screen), I will look into those... In regards to my original question, is there no way to put some of the components into a separate dll? Thx -Joseph -Original Message- From:

[WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-16 Thread Harmon, Joseph
Hello, I have an installer that bundles multiple MSIs together, and the executable has become very large (mostly due to the size of the Burn engine, I believe). Due to its size, the app opens slowly and sometimes tricks people into thinking it is 'hanging/frozen.' Is there any way to offload th

[WiX-users] WIX chain issue

2012-11-29 Thread Harmon, Joseph
Hello, I am using wix to chain multiple installers together into a bundle. I am having an issue where the applications in the chain install correctly, but it also adds a dword 'SystemComponent' to the registry for each app. This causes the installed apps to be hidden from users in the add/rem