You don't need to create the cab yourself. WiX will do that for you.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lanteigne, Alan
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:56 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] New to WIX, trying to use VOTIVE 3.0 but can't get
embedded CAB working properly
I'm trying to package up a C# application I've made. The final installer will
need to set some registry keys, but for now I'm trying to just get simple file
copying to work. I've created a CAB file containing the EXE and a few
supporting files by using cabarc.exe:
cabarc N product.cab Release\*.* Release\images\*.* Release\icons\*.*
This creates product.cab, which definitely contains the files.
I then create a WIX project in VS2005 and modify the template Product.wxs to
include this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
<Product Id="43f2ead8-70d1-41b6-9db5-a5d4ad96be83" Name="ID14"
Language="1033" Version="1.4.0.0" Manufacturer="AlanTest">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />
<Media Id="1" Cabinet="product.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="ID14">
<Component Id="ID14exe" Guid="43f2ead8-70d1-41b6-9db5-a5d4ad96be83">
<File Id=" ID14file" Name="id14.exe" LongName="id14.exe" Source="
id14.exe" Vital="yes" KeyPath="yes" DiskId="1"/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="PUT-FEATURE-TITLE-HERE" Level="1">
<ComponentRef Id="ID14exe" />
</Feature>
</Product>
</Wix>
I copy my CAB file to the project folder (same folder as Product.wxs), compile,
and get a "The system cannot find the file 'id14.exe' error.
Am I missing some simple step? I looked through the tutorial and docs but they
mostly skipped over how to stage the CAB file properly.
Thanks,
Alan S. Lanteigne | Channel Ready Solutions
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