[WiX-users] The size of compressed Wix install compared to InstallShield equivalent

2008-06-26 Thread DE�K JAHN, G�bor
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:14:12 -0400, Tony Juricic wrote: Tony, > 20 MB is a pretty large difference! Am I missing something obvious > or is InstallShield compression really that superior? The first question always is whether you reference your main executable for the icon. If you do, you'll get

Re: [WiX-users] The size of compressed Wix install compared to InstallShield equivalent

2008-06-26 Thread Jason Ginchereau
rsday, June 26, 2008 8:14 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] The size of compressed Wix install compared to InstallShield equivalent I have ported InstallShield (version 12) project to Wix 3. InstallShield has msi embedded in exe and the whole setup.exe is 50 MB large.

[WiX-users] The size of compressed Wix install compared to InstallShield equivalent

2008-06-26 Thread Tony Juricic
I have ported InstallShield (version 12) project to Wix 3. InstallShield has msi embedded in exe and the whole setup.exe is 50 MB large. Wix creates MSI with embedded compressed CAB which takes 70 MB. 20 MB is a pretty large difference! Am I missing something obvious or is InstallShield compressio