You're trying to sign your WinRar exe with signtool? I'm betting a 3.5 GB file is probably not supported with signtool, but regardless this isn't a Wix issue. (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dccbebdf-f725-494b-8f1c-aa6268aafb49/signtool-fails-to-sign-exe-files-built-with-winrar-and-2gb-and-overwrites-the-file-with-zeros?forum=winformssetup)
I'd rethink your deployment and have them utilize a web downloader instead of an all-inclusive exe. 1) I don't think there is a hard set limit. There is probably a theoretical maximum somewhere but I'd doubt you'd ever hit it. 2) Don't create bundles > 2GB, use external files. Just think if you needed to patch one file in one MSI inside of your bundle. Would you expect your users to download another 3.5 GB install just to get that one file? -----Original Message----- From: Farrukhw [mailto:farru...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 5:35 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix Bootstrapper maximum number of packages and file size limit Sorry, if this is a re-post. We have lots of third party components (msi, exe installer) to be delivered on user's machine. Although, there is a main script, used to install these in a required sequence on user's machine, but for delivery purposes, we are creating one self extracting archive using WinRAR. Its size is 3.50 GB at this time. *Problem:* When we tried to sign this exe using signtool (use similar to sign our other binaries), it always got corrupted and become unusable. Now we are thinking to pack these in Wix based bootstrapper and do the installation on target machine. However we are unaware about Bootstrapper's file size maximum limit. *Questions:* 1-How many number of packages can we add in one Bundle? 2-What is the maximum file size Bundle.exe would be supported? Regards -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Wix-Bootstrapper-maximum-number-of-packages-and-file-size-limit-tp7593535.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
