I believe it is because your Package is marked as Compressed but your
Media (2) is not compressed. In this case, MSI expects the source files
to be in the same folder as the msi file. From the MSI docs:
Note that if the package is marked as compressed (Bit 1 is set), the
Windows Installer only installs files located at the root of the source.
In this case, even files marked as uncompressed in the File Table
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368596.aspx> must be
located at the root to be installed. To specify a source image that has
both a cabinet file (compressed files) and uncompressed files that match
the tree in the Directory Table
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368295.aspx> , mark the
package as uncompressed by leaving Bit 1 unset (value=0) in the Word
Count Summary property and set msidbFileAttributesCompressed
(value=16384) in the Attributes column of the File Table
<http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368596.aspx> for each file
in the cabinet.
Hope that helps.
- Brett
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maslov,
Igor
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:46 PM
To: Maslov, Igor; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Placing data in subdirectories on a source
media
Hello ,
I'm trying to do a simple thing :) - put files (either
uncompressed or cab) in subdirectories on a source media.
Result - is an error dialog, saying that required file is not
found.
I found several links on the topic here, but still can't make it
work.
Here is what I do:
<Product Id="{...}" Name="MyTestApp" Language="1033"
Version="1.00.00.00" Manufacturer="Test" >
<Package Manufacturer="Test" InstallerVersion="200"
Compressed="yes" Id="*" Languages="1033" />
<Media Id="1" Cabinet="data.cab" EmbedCab="no"
VolumeLabel="test1" DiskPrompt="!(loc.DiskPromptString)"
Layout="SourceSubdir" />
<Media Id="2" VolumeLabel="test1"
DiskPrompt="!(loc.DiskPromptString)" Layout="SourceSubdir" />
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="MyCompany" Name="My Company">
<Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="Test App"
SourceName="SourceSubdir" >
<Component Id="MainExecutable"
Guid="{F738FBEC-7AC8-4e0b-A4A6-3905F9411EB8}">
<File Id="main_exe" Compressed="yes"
Name="main.exe" DiskId="1" Source="C:\projects\main.exe" Vital="yes"
KeyPath="yes">
<File Id="readme_txt" Compressed="no"
Name="readme.txt" DiskId="1" Source="C:\projects\readme.txt">
Other combinations of source/target directories didn't work
either:
<Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="Test App"
>
<Directory Id="D1" Name="Subdir"
SourceName="SourceSubdir">
<Component Id="MainExecutable"
Guid="{F738FBEC-7AC8-4e0b-A4A6-3905F9411EB8}">
<File Id="main_exe" Compressed="yes"
Name="main.exe" DiskId="1" Source="C:\projects\main.exe" Vital="yes"
KeyPath="yes">
Msi builds, but when I run installation it can not find files
located in "SourceSubdir" directory on the source media.
If I copy those files (data.cab and readme.txt) to the same
location where MSI file is, then installation finishes without error.
I believe this functionality works with Windows Installer
itself, and looks like it can be done through WiX.
Likely I'm missing some small detail, but can't find what.
Thank you in advance,
Igor
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