I will not disagree, it does smack of a nasty syndrome. But in the grand scheme of things, the boss is the boss, and he controls the hardware. No amount of bitching will change his mind. I have considered using WinZip or the like to create a chunked delivery method, but I am still exploring options. Ideally, I would like to set this up as a web installer. Our program is small enough to install quickly, even over an internet install. (Plus, that would make updates much easier for me as I have over 30 clients with multiple PCs each to update.) I still think it would be nice if WiX had such functionality built in. Maybe if I get time I can try to code it in. :)
Nick n...@idocket.com On 9/30/2010 7:52 AM, Christopher Painter wrote: > Your whole FTP problem smacks of the "they" (passive voice) syndrome and you > are > solving the wrong problem IMO. I would refuse to "fix" it by chunking my MSI > into 5 CABs. Instead I would use a tool like WinZip of PackageForTheWeb ( > InstallShield ) to create a self extracting EXE that handles the problem of > chunking your MSI into multiple files and delivering a complete MSI on the > other > end. > > That said, InstallShield has really nice media support including a Custom > option > where you can specify how many KB for each chunk. > > Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog > Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves > attention? E-Mail Me > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Nick Davey<n...@idocket.com> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 7:18:00 AM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Continuing questions about WiX > > I will check out the links later today from work. I will also see if > there is a newer .msm for crystal reports that will work with (/not > break) my project. If there is, I will use it instead. > > As for switching FTP servers, that I cannot do, as it is the company > wide FTP and I do not have a choice in what I can use. I find it > somewhat ironic that the vs2005 setup bundler can split up the setup > files but WiX cannot. I can only hope that such functionality is some > kind of custom implementation. I know that in this day and age such > issues really are not a concern, but the added flexibility for WiX would > be most excellent. > > Thanks for the help. > > Nick > n...@idocket.com > > On 9/30/2010 5:25 AM, Dominik Guder wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 1) the first warning could be ignored safely. This only means that >> ProgramFile is defined twice, once in your file and in crystal reports msm. >> (This is common for most MSMs) >> >> The other errors are from an "old" crystal msm. There was a similar thread >> in Februar. See >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Using-EnsureTable-to-resolve-ICE03-error-results-in-LGHT0094-error-td4515067.html >> l >> Using<EnsureTable> to resolve ICE03 error and >> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Re-Using-EnsureTable-to-resolve-ICE03-error-td4535736.html >> l >> Re: Using<EnsureTable> to resolve ICE03 error or another similar post at >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/461907/trying-to-use-ensuretable-in-wix-to-fix-validation-errors >> s >> stackoverflow.com >> >> 2) You might consider to use another FTP hosting provider or server >> software. 10MB is not very much and should be handled easyly. Maybe it's not >> the ftp host, but your firewall. >> Another way could be to use either RAR or Zip/7z to split your MSI after it >> was built into 10MB chunks >> >> hth Dominik >> >> >> Nick Davey wrote: >>> Ok, so the size of the installer was sorted quite nicely. Thanks to >>> all who helped. >>> >>> Now on to two more issues I can't seem to get around. >>> >>> 1) I am trying to include Crystal Reports in my installer, as my >>> software depends on it. >>> >>> Using this .wxs: >>> >>> The first warning is what I think is the cause of all these errors, but >>> I am not sure. >>> >>> 2) Is there a way to make WiX split up .cab files into chunks of a >>> certain size? (This goes back to my 10MB FTP limit from my first >>> posting.) When I package Crystal Reports, even with high compression it >>> is stil 10MB. I know using the "setup project" that comes with vs2005 I >>> can have it split up the .cab files into arbitrarily sized chunks. I am >>> really hoping that WiX can do the same. >>> >>> I am sure there is an option for the second question I have, but I have >>> not been able to find it as of yet. 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