Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing

2010-03-22 Thread jhennessey
> Were you using Components containing single files as generated by heat.exe? Many of the components only contain a single file but others have multiple files per component (mostly for ASP.NET projects that contain a lot of files). Note that I only have to support major upgrades so having multiple

Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing

2010-03-22 Thread Bob Arnson
On 3/22/2010 8:36 AM, jhennessey wrote: > In the end I just wanted to put this out there to raise awareness of the > issue and also to see if I should put in a feature request or something. > Yes, please. Though we'll need a lot more detail: MSI installs files in order of their sequence, not

Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing

2010-03-22 Thread Albert At School
2010 14:02 Aan: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Onderwerp: Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing Were you using Components containing single files as generated by heat.exe? Can you explain how you modified your File Id's to streamline the sequenci

Re: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing

2010-03-22 Thread Pally Sandher
- From: jhennessey [mailto:jack.hennes...@onbase.com] Sent: 22 March 2010 12:36 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing After days of researching why the current installer that I am porting from InstallShield (it's a pure

[WiX-users] Performance Issues with File table sequencing

2010-03-22 Thread jhennessey
After days of researching why the current installer that I am porting from InstallShield (it's a pure MSI not InstallScript) to WiX installs so much slower I think I have found an answer. It looks like WiX sequences files in the file table by their file id. In comparison it appears that InstallShi

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Derek Cicerone
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Topley Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:26 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Simon Topley; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues   Preaching to the choir there, we were using an old shonky none m

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Simon Topley
they are complaining about nothing.   Cheers Rob. From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 August 2006 16:17To: 'Simon Topley'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: RE: [WiX-users] Performance issues When you say you've replaced InstallShield with the WiX t

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Rob Mensching
'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues   InstallShield versions were compressed yes, I ran some tests and here are the results (as accurate as I can get them):   Installsheild Versions: Product Size

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Rob Mensching
.    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Topley Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:12 AM To: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [WiX-users] Performance issues   Good morning to the Brotherhood/Sisterhood, I'm sure this is a prob

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Simon Topley
e install time. Windows installers are certainly slower, but not by much, it's worth the trade off for ease of delivery, not to mention maintenance.   Simon From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 August 2006 15:34To: Simon TopleyCc: 'wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Rafuse Robert
Title: Message FWIW I noticed when testing an MSI on our XP Embedded units that MSIs w/ compression installed noticibly slower than the same component set w/o compression.  We install ~200+ files in various binary and text formats.   _Bob Rafuse -Original Message-From:

Re: [WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Bob Arnson
Title: Performance issues Simon Topley wrote: I'm sure this is a problem others have encounted. I have now replace our suite of installsheild products with spanky new WIX versions. I have managed to elimitnate a large amount of redundant code (previous installers copied large amount

[WiX-users] Performance issues

2006-08-03 Thread Simon Topley
Title: Performance issues Good morning to the Brotherhood/Sisterhood, I'm sure this is a problem others have encounted. I have now replace our suite of installsheild products with spanky new WIX versions. I have managed to elimitnate a large amount of redundant code (previous installers copi