Thanks for your response. I may have started to handle the issue from the wrong side:
My project consists of several merge modules created with WiX and a "main" package, which is actually authored with InstallShield. The merge modules are not addressed in the InstallShield project, so I first build an MSI without merge modules (it contains a small CAB file), then one of the merge modules is merged in using the command-line version of Orca. Finally some settings (ProductName, ProductCode, Upgrade Code, PackageCode etc.) are adjusted corresponding to the merge module used. Orca adds the files from the merge module to the CAB file orginally created by InstallShield and adjusts the Media table. So I may have to control the compression of these files added by Orca. However, I have not found a way to achieve this. I did try to increase compression in the InstallShield project, however this did not influence the size of the final CAB file. Best regards Matthias > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Pally Sandher [mailto:pally.sand...@iesve.com] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 11:23 > An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Betreff: Re: [WiX-users] Compression in a Merge Module > > As you say the Module element doesn't seem to have the Media child > element > (http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_module.htm) but > it doesn't really matter. When the merge module is consumed > into an MSI > its files will be compressed into the media table of the MSI and > therefore use the same level of compression as all the other files in > the MSI. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
