I'm trying to avoid including the file in the binary table because it is an extra 900K added to a 6.5Meg installer.
It is a dll that I need to unpack and explicitly load from a custom action. The action will be run before files are copied to the install directory (where this dll will have to live for the product). I was hoping someone here know how to get this file out of the cab and into a temp directory from a custom action. Thanks for the suggestion though. --mark Mark Tempel Sr Software Engineer Shavlik Technologies LLC. On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Wilson, Phil <phil.wil...@invensys.com>wrote: > There is a type of custom action (resolves to type 18 and variations) that > specifically means run this exe being installed with the product as a custom > action. As long as you want to run it after the files are installed that's > fine, but I suspect you wouldn't be asking if that was the situation. > > It's ok to put it in the Binary table if you need it before that, as long > as it has no dependency issues and isn't enormously bloated. Why is > including it twice a bad thing? > > Phil Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Tempel [mailto:mark.tem...@shavlik.com] > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 11:23 AM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Using a file from media in a custom action. > > Hello, > > I am in a situation where I need to use a file in a custom action that I am > also laying down as part of the file set stored in the cab build into my > MSI. > > Is there a way to get that file out of the cab from a custom action? I > know > I can include the file in the binaries table, but that would mean I'm > including it in my installer twice. I'd like to avoid that. > > Thanks, > > Mark Tempel > Sr. Software Engineer > Shavlik Technologies LLC. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or > attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it > is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally > privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its > status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete > this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any > purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes > from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a > company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd > Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For > a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to > http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77 > . > > You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail > recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be > subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its > subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and > affiliates). > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
