Compiling the WiX toolset needs an interesting combination of the correct Windows SDK and Visual C++. Notes from the make.bat:
:: In order to fully build WiX, you must have the following Frameworks and :: SDKs installed: :: * NAnt version 0.86 beta nightly (2008-02-10-0.86 or later) :: * .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 :: * Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 :: * Visual C++ 2008 Express or any edition of Visual Studio 2008 with :: Visual C++ default libraries installed :: * HTML Help SDK 1.4 or higher 2010/1/27 Ondrej Zarevucky <ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz> > Yes, I've been using -cc and -reusecab switches for months and it has > been great timesaver ;-) > > I've just found out, that using MSZIP compression is better then using > no compression. Mszip compresses the CAB file to half the size and still > the main bottleneck is the disk drive, so it is faster! then using no > compression (there is less written data). On the second run, when > cabcache is used, only half the data is moved around and it is again > faster. ;-) > > I've also tried using LOW compression, but the CPU was slowing down the > disk drive and there was no significant compression gain over the MSZIP > method. > > If anybody has a better solution, I'm welcome to hear it :) > > BTW: I had no luck compiling WiX on my own - I have some weird problem > (version incompatibility) with mspdb80.dll (I'm using Visual C++ 2008 > Express and Visual C# 2008 Express) > > Thank you > Ondřej Zarevúcky > > On 26.1.2010 15:44, Pally Sandher wrote: > > Have you tried using the -cc and -reusecab switches with light.exe? > > > > Palbinder Sandher > > Software Deployment& IT Administrator > > T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 > > F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 > > > > http://www.iesve.com > > **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the<Virtual Environment>** > > Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. > SC151456 > > Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, > Glasgow G20 0SP > > Email Disclaimer > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] > > Sent: 26 January 2010 14:30 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Light: Skip cabinet creation > > > > Thank you Blair for such quick answer. > > > > We are packaging manually beacuse we are reusing CAB files for more MSI > packages. Some of these packages do not reference all the files in each of > the shared CAB files and it would be hard to select which CAB to use. > > Example layout: > > ProgramOne.msi: > > - ProgramOne.cab > > - SharedLibs.cab > > ProgramTwo.msi > > - ProgramTwo.cab > > - SharedLibs.cab (same) > > ... + more programs each using SharedLibs.cab > > > > Using manually packaged shared cabinets for shared libraries allows us to > deliver our users smaller updates as the shared libraries are downloaded > only once for all the programs. Because we already have the packaging code > written we are also manually packaging the program cabinets using the same > code. > > > > Because of this we don't need Light to create the Cabinet files, just the > MSI file with properly generated Media and File tables. As far as I know > Windows Installer find files in cabinets using their IDs and I didn't find > any problems with cabinets files having more files then referenced in the > MSI database. > > > > I've located one single line of source code, which when commented out > would disable adding files to cabinets, but it would require me to recompile > thw whole WiX package... Not an easy job to do :( (Empty cabinet files are > much better then hundreds of MBs of uncompressed data copied on each > Installation build) > > > > (from 3.0.5419 source) > > CabinetBuilder.cs:164: cab.AddFile(fileRow.Source, fileRow.File); > > > > Ondřej Zarevúcky > > > > On 26.1.2010 14:52, Blair wrote: > > > >> One way is to turn off all compression in your authoring, and then > update the Media table after you create the cabinets, but you noticed that > that results in the files still being laid out (copied). > >> > >> You could (somehow) pre-calculate the final cabinet file order and place > the cab files in their "smart-cabbing" locations. If the cabinet file > contents aren't different they won't be recabbed. > >> > >> I don't know what you are gaining by packaging the files "manually" > yourself using CABARC, however, since the exact same cabinet creation code > is used by light.exe as cabarc.exe uses to create cabinet files. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:12 AM > >> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > >> Subject: [WiX-users] Light: Skip cabinet creation > >> > >> Hi, > >> I have a bit weird question/feature request: > >> - Is there a way, how to skip cabinet creation? I would like Light to > >> create only the MSI package. > >> > >> We are packaging all the files manually using CABARC from "Microsoft > >> Cabinet Software Development Kit" and it takes unnecessary time and > >> disk space to package the cabinet files in Light once more. Even when > >> using Cabinet cache and setting no compression in our<Media ... /> > >> elemenets it takes time to copy all the data around our disks. > >> > >> Thank you for any answer > >> Ondřej Zarevúcky > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -------- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > >> colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > >> network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services > >> without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience > >> hosting pros just a phone call away. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> -------- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > >> colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > >> network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services > >> without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience > >> hosting pros just a phone call away. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay > online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call > away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the > business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
