Cabinet files (the compression technology used by the Windows Installer) can currently only handle up to 2GB. Unfortunately, with Merge Modules you only get one cabinet. However, for MSI files you can split your product into multiple cabinets (separate Media elements) to get around the problem.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Lian Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:30 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Any documentation on WiX/Windows Installer limits? I've been googling for the spec somewhere (as well as about the tools) What's the file size limitations of wix? I seem to be able to create the .msm with 4 files totalling 3.4GB though it seems unnaturally compressed down to 805MB. However, in trying to create a final .msi using this .msm, yields an E_ABORT error trying to access the msm file. Orca can seem to open it fine, but I'm having trouble trying to re-extract the files at the moment. So... any pointers to docs/info on limits? I'm sure I'm still doing something amiss, and I'll keep struggling on it. -Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
