In my investigation I have found that if you have seldom changing thirdparty components... give them their own msi's and tie down there version/product code. The boostrapper that the thirdparty msi of the required version is already installed and doesn't seem to download or install it.
-Raj On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:41 AM, andy smith <andysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a WiX 3.6 install using burn to chain 5 packages plus a > pre-requisite of .net 4 which uses the short but sweet <smile> > <PackageGroupRef Id="NetFx40Web"/> reference. It's working pretty nicely, > but there is one area which needs tidying up. > > Three of my packages (which are installed into their own separate > directory) have a large number of 3rd party DLL's in common (DevExpress GUI > DLL's for instance), and are currently included in each of the 3 MSIs. > These pre-requisites will not change (at least not for the foreseeable > future) and I'm loathed to download them each update, let alone three times > for each update. > > While creating a separate package for these shared components and place > them in the GAC would make the current download smaller, they would still > be downloaded each update. Therefore, how can I create my own custom > pre-requisite package, and reference it to be downloaded from our server is > required? > > Many thanks :) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the > Employer Resources Portal > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
