Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Alain Forget
the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space This really isn't an install issue at this point, but... Do you actually need to store things in this file, or are you just wanting to make sure you have X MB available for your program? If the lat

Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Walter Dexter
ur 613-951-1966 > Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada > > > -----Original Message- > From: Alain Forget [mailto:afor...@cmu.edu] > Sent: March-14-14 12:57 PM > To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost do

Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Alain Forget
@statcan.gc.ca] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 13:05 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space I suppose it would need a custom action, but couldn't one allocate an NTFS sparse file (assuming an NTFS file system, anyway)?

Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Keith.Douglas
or the info, and if there are any other ideas, please do let me know. Alain -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 12:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve di

Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Alain Forget
riginal Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 12:49 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space It's mostly internal to the install - by the time costing is compl

Re: [WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Phil Wilson
It's mostly internal to the install - by the time costing is complete for the target volume there should be at least that 100MB remaining. Because it's part of the cost you should get a "low disk error" if there's not enough space on that volume during the install. Programs and Features includes t

[WiX-users] ReserveCost doesn't appear to reserve disk space

2014-03-14 Thread Alain Forget
Hi all, This may relate to Windows Installer in general (and not WiX specifically), but when I use ReserveCost to reserve say 100MB for Directory A, I would expect the amount of free space on the disk to be reduced by at least 100MB after installation, to signify that the overall disk space has