Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-30 Thread Harmon, Joseph
riginal Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7:18 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue What do you mean by " to put some of the components into a separate d

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-30 Thread Rob Mensching
iginal Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:45 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue If your executable is signed then Windows will verify the signature before

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-28 Thread Harmon, Joseph
From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:45 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue If your executable is signed then Windows will verify the signature before launching

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-17 Thread Rob Mensching
If your executable is signed then Windows will verify the signature before launching the executable. For very large executables, that can take some time. It's not a very great user experience. 300MB is about the breaking point for user experience, especially if launched over network. PS: if you ha

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-17 Thread Amadeus
300k seems about right (my Installer is 1.4 MB - downloading all MSIs/EXEPackages). It /does /take awhile for Burn to boot up itself and launch the custom BA though. But like Neil said, a splash screen does the trick. Add it inside the element, and close it when your BA has finished loading up. I

Re: [WiX-users] Bundle Installer size issue

2013-01-17 Thread Neil Sleightholm
Why do you think this is due to the burn engine? I think this accounts for about 300k (assuming you are using the standard BA). I have a large exe and it is about 300Mb and it loads quite quickly. Have you tried adding a splash screen to the load? Neil >Hello, >I have an installer that bundles m

[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