Re: [WiX-users] error compiling large MSI

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but even if MSI didn't have a 2GB limitation there are other issues to deal with when authoring very large MSI's. You can get into situations where there isn't enough memory for Windows to verify a package and/or it takes a very, very long time to do t

Re: [WiX-users] Running Burn-driven installer in quiet mode (command line parameters)

Hello Guru's, I am new to packaging and installing stuff using Wix. Recently I came across a requirement where we have to create a MSI file for our asp.net web application project developed in vs2010. While installing MSI, it should ask for installation directory, IIS subweb name, server, port an

[WiX-users] Collateral learning Opportunity

I have been made aware of WIX by virtue of trying to use OSSBUILDS to build gstreamer for Windows. I followed the instructions at http://code.google.com/p/ossbuild/source/browse/trunk/ReadMe.txt#, which apparently worded for the gstreamer build team and for others who have followed them. The

Re: [WiX-users] Collateral learning Opportunity

WiX 3.5 is in development and does weekly releases found at http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/    Maybe the developer meant 3.5.2322 not . >From what I read in your Log,  the developer wrote a custom WiX extension >called OSSBuildExtensions.dll.   This DLL is not part of WiX so I'm not s

[WiX-users] Change CAB compression level without rebuilding CABs

Hello, Is it possible to change programatically the compression level of a cab file with keeping its internal referencial structure intact ? Initially I tried to "unCab" and "cab" an InstallShield generated cab using ... using Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.Cab; ... CabInfo cabInfo = new CabIn

Re: [WiX-users] error compiling large MSI

Thanks for that info, but at least in my case that shouldn't be an issue since I won't be signing the MSI. From: Christopher Painter [chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:35 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML

[WiX-users] Uninstall issues

Hello WiX Users! I've been running into an issue more often that I care to see. When uninstalling a package via ARP, a dialog pops up stating the installer cannot be found, and prompts the user to locate the MSI on a network share / CD drive. This also shows up when running a major upgrade.

Re: [WiX-users] error compiling large MSI

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Re: [WiX-users] error compiling large MSI

Yes, I have seen those cab file limits. In my case, none of my individual cab files are over 2 GB. But I have multiple cab files, and the total size of all cab files goes over 2 GB. From: Pally Sandher [pally.sand...@iesve.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall issues

Get a verbose log and see what's going on, if you haven't already. Are you sure that the cached MSI file is missing? For example, if there is a ResolveSource action that's not conditioned properly then Windows will want the original install source. I have a vague memory of an issue in the \in

Re: [WiX-users] Running Burn-driven installer in quiet mode (command line parameters)

You are likely to get better help if you start a new email thread and set the subject to something related to your request. If you go the Windows Installer UI route, you can use WiX UI and change/add dialogs for the information that isn't in the toolset dialogs. If you go the Burn route, you can

Re: [WiX-users] Pyro not creating deltas despite using the -delta flag

Hi Rob, Thanks for the reply. Any word on this? I did try Wix 3.5 but ran into (different) pyro problems due, I think, to it trying to create cabinets in parallel that required the same resources. If you think it might be better to persevere with v3.5 given the age of v3.0, I can give it anoth

Re: [WiX-users] Running Burn-driven installer in quiet mode (command line parameters)

Hi bharat, The best place to start is a tutorial. WiX has quite nice one: http://wix.sourceforge.net/tutorial.html The following lesson should be interesting for you in particular: http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson5.php#5.3 Also, you can download a complete sample there. Don't forget to

Re: [WiX-users] error compiling large MSI

Maybe I'm not being clear.  I've seen Server 2003 VM's configured with minimal amounts of memory ( say 512-1024MB ) barf on MSI's as small as 250MB.   If the O/S fragments it's contigious memory and doesn't have the patch, you will get burned signed or not.   Just something to be aware of.   I'v

Re: [WiX-users] Running Burn-driven installer in quiet mode (command line parameters)

Thanks for your responses Vitalii and Blair. Regards, Bharat On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Vitalii Dolia wrote: > > Hi bharat, > > The best place to start is a tutorial. WiX has quite nice one: > http://wix.sourceforge.net/tutorial.html > > The following lesson should be interesting for you