that was it, thanks!!! i extracted .ico to use as bianries, and it did the trick, size down to 2.7MB cheers, joe
> Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:59:39 -0700 > From: Bob Arnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] msi package compression > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: WiX-users <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed > > DE?K JAHN, G?bor wrote: >> I don't know what's inside your MSI (you can use the MSI packer plugin in >> Total Commander to look into it just like into any other packed file) but, >> just a thought: if you refer to a large executable just because it contains >> the icon you want to use, the whole executable will appear in the MSI. And >> if you deploy the same executable with your product, the file will be >> included twice, once for the icon, once for the deployment. >> > > The same is true of any "blob" type, both Icon and Binary. OLE storage > doesn't compress them. If you have big bitmaps, try reducing the color > depth. > > -- > sig://boB > http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
