I think this was the problem. I am able to build the installer using v3.6 with <MediaTemplate />.
Thanks. On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
