What version of the WiX toolset are you using? It is very possible you're hitting a max size limit in cabinet files that you can work around by creating more (thus smaller) cabinet files. WiX v3.6 can do this automatically using the new MediaTemplate element.
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Neils Christoffersen < neils.christoffer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm building an installer for a .NET project that relies on ~2 GB of > media files (around 800 files). I'm using the Visual Studio 2010 tools > to manage/build the WiX stuff. > > When I try to build the setup project I get the following error: > > Error 1 Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: > 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED)) light.exe > > If I try to run light.exe manually against the .wixobj, here's what I get: > > > light.exe : error LGHT0001 : Catastrophic failure (Exception from > HRESULT: 0x800 > > 0FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED)) > > > > Exception Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException > > > > Stack Trace: > > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Cab.Interop.NativeMethods.CreateCabFinish(IntPtr > contextHandle) > > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Cab.WixCreateCab.Complete() > > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.CabinetBuilder.CreateCabinet(CabinetWorkItem > cabinetWorkItem) > > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.CabinetBuilder.ProcessWorkItems() > > This is my first WiX project. Can anyone help me out with this? What > should be my next steps in troubleshooting? > > -- > Regards, > > Neils Christoffersen > ~ Skype: neils.christoffersen > ~ Phone: +1 (605) 223-1116 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
