There are many factors and opinions on this issue. I try to make sure that my MSI projects can build incrementally (if nothing was changed). I use MSBuild command line scripts (customized with ITask and Targets) to do most builds, rather than VS (used for development debugging) I minimize use of the preprocessor. I put as much common and rarely changing code as possible into wixlibs (not bound to files). I define paths using compiler -I and -d, and linker -b commands (I edit my project file directly, there are other approaches). I use external cabs, and configure to reuse cabs. I always rebuild my bundle to make sure that the version gets incremented (which depends on your approach to versioning). I have experimented with changing the compression level, but have not seen much of a change.
Consider the following: http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/general/optimizing_builds.html I have not done this, but: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb651793.aspx -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/How-to-speed-up-building-burn-package-tp7597361p7597490.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
