As noted above, we'll definitely be looking into improving layout experience of WiX toolset Bundle. Clearly we missed the importance of it and the feedback here is very useful to remind us... although the bug ( http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3477462&group_id=105970&atid=642714) was probably the most useful. <wink/> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:26 AM, James Johnston <johnst...@inn-soft.com>wrote:
> And this is why there needs to be a simple "off-line bundle" file ready to > download. Seems like it shouldn't be too hard to include in the WiX build > process, and would make a lot of people's lives easier. Realistically, I > don't think there's a better solution than utilizing the built-in file > downloader in a web browser for pulling in the archive. Anything else just > makes it more complicated and unfamiliar for the user... > > Dog-fooding is a great idea; having a web setup available is a good idea > for > that reason. Just don't make this the only option... Here's an idea: > have > the capability of providing both web setups and generating premade off-line > bundles ready for download and dog-food that. I'm sure many setup authors > (myself included) will want to provide only premade off-line bundles, or > both premade off-line bundles and web setups (i.e. having more than *just* > a > web setup). Dog-food that! :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias S [mailto:tobias.s1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 09:22 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wow! > > Interesting discussion. That brought me to the point to run wix36.exe > /layout. As expected in a firewall protected company environment the web > bootstrapper didn't work (see below log). Also I expect different behaviors > in different company environments using different "web download proxy virus > scanners" (or as these things are called). I think doing an implementation > for all that is almost impossible. > > But what about an approach to spend burn an additional parameter to get a > list of URLs (e.g. /downloadurls ). Imho almost every firewall should be > able to handle manual downloading of MSI files. Not very comfortable but at > least an approach to get an offline image in a company environment... > > Regards, > Tobias > > > [1BE8:1094][2012-03-06T10:10:56]: Caching bundle from: > > 'C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\{53bade28-8480-4557-92fc-13a20c501a3e}\. > be\WiX36.exe' > to: 'C:\ProgramData\Package > Cache\{53bade28-8480-4557-92fc-13a20c501a3e}\WiX36.exe' > [1BE8:1094][2012-03-06T10:10:56]: Registering bundle dependency > provider: {53bade28-8480-4557-92fc-13a20c501a3e}, version: 3.6.2627.0 > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Error 0x80072efd: Failed to send request > to URL: > http://wixtoolset.org/releases/3.6.2627.0/data/core.msi > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Error 0x80072efd: Failed to send request > to URL: > http://wixtoolset.org/releases/3.6.2627.0/data/core.msi > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Error 0x80072efd: Failed to connect to > URL: http://wixtoolset.org/releases/3.6.2627.0/data/core.msi > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Error 0x80072efd: Failed to get size and > time for URL: > http://wixtoolset.org/releases/3.6.2627.0/data/core.msi > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Error 0x80072efd: Failed attempt to > download URL: 'http://wixtoolset.org/releases/3.6.2627.0/data/core.msi' > to: > > 'C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\{53bade28-8480-4557-92fc-13a20c501a3e}\W > ix' > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Error 0x80072efd: Failed to acquire > payload from: 'http://wixtoolset.org/releases/3.6.2627.0/data/core.msi' > to working path: > > 'C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\{53bade28-8480-4557-92fc-13a20c501a3e}\W > ix' > [1D50:1394][2012-03-06T10:11:17]: Failed to acquire payload: Wix to working > path: > > C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\{53bade28-8480-4557-92fc-13a20c501a3e}\Wi > x, > error: 0x80072efd. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is > just $99.99! 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