Hi,
The size restriction for the MSI should be the same that for the Operative
System, i think there is a limit around 4 GB, but it seems that windows
doesn't handle well file over 2 GB because many applications split files
about this size.
I did a test with a real life installer i had over here, and add it a cd
image (arround 500 MB) and the msi was created and started without problems
or errors (but was slow...).
It test it on a VM with Windows XP SP2 + .Net2 + MSI3.0 (the base project i
use to the installer depends on .net2 so i couldn't test it on a vm without
.net or a lower version of MSI without having to create a new project.
It appears that others had a similar error, i found thi son google, looks
like the same problem you have:
http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=138695&goto=nextnewest
I would suggest you updating to the MSI 3 and test is everything is ok.
Good Luck.
On 27/04/07, Thomas B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does MSI packages have any size restriction? On one of our Virtual boxes
our installer refuses to run if I add another 50 Mb .data file to the MSI
package making it 140Mb instead of 90.
It just gives a (loosely translated) "Cannot open the installationpackage.
Contact the distributor to confirm this is a valid Windows Installer
package". This happens on the VM with a clean WinXP SP2 install (no .NET
2.0 etc). I first thought it was the mergemodules since removing them
fixed it, but i later found removing any of the larger (30+ Meg files) made
it run (taking the MSI package down to around 100 Mb instead of upto
140ish). Does Windows Installer version matter for this maybe?
-T
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