Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress

2012-04-18 Thread Rob Mensching
uire" is a download... well, > as long as I use the words "aquiring X" instead of "downloading X", I'm > good? :P > > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: 17. April 2012 16:47 > To: General discuss

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress

2012-04-18 Thread Alexander Krivács Schrøder
ssage- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: 17. April 2012 16:47 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress "Downloading" is part of "Acquire" because you might also be "Copying" from a D

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress

2012-04-17 Thread Rob Mensching
"Downloading" is part of "Acquire" because you might also be "Copying" from a DVD or network share. "Cache" is the operation of putting the packages in the "package cache". Packages are always securely placed in the "package cache" to ensure they are not tampered with before being executed. If y

[WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress

2012-04-17 Thread Alexander Krivács Schrøder
Hi. On packages in Burn, you can set a DownloadUrl, which gets downloaded as necessary during installation. In my custom bootstrapper, I'd like to show some progress during this download so that my users don't just have to sit there while nothing happens for potentially many minutes on a slow c