You can try setting the packa...@readonly attribute. As far as I know Orca respects the read-only selection but I have never tried it myself. However, the APIs don't seem to prohibit editing (and committing) "read-only" MSI files.
If your MSI file is authenticode-signed than any editing at all will cause the signature to "disappear". If you have some means of testing the signature and/or can educate the user about verifying the signature in the UAC prompts that may provide you with your solution... -----Original Message----- From: Andy2k8 [mailto:appr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:22 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Clarification on the MSI security If anybody can use the orca tool to edit a shipped MSI package, are we not compromising on the security of the installer database? Or is there any way i can make my MSI read only? ----- Andy MSI Developer Schneider Electric:working: -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Clarification-on-the-MSI-security-tp4202247p4202247.htm l Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
