Here is how all this compression/CAB embedding seems to work:
To set the "compression" state of the file use:
- Package/@Compressed - this will set the "default" state for all
files in the installation package.
- File/@Compressed - overrides the package level setting on per-file
basis.
What Compressed="no" means: It means that file will not be included in the
CAB file and has to be distributed along with the msi file.
Compressed="yes" means that file will be included in the CAB file and
File/@DiskId determines which one CAB file it will be.
Use Media/@CompressionLevel to set the compression level for files stored in
the CAB file. One of the settings is "none" - means, files will be "stored" in
the CAB file without compression.
Use Media/EmbedCab="yes" to embed the CAB file into msi file and
Media/EmbedCab="no" to have it as a standalone file which will be distributed
along with msi file.
For more detailed explanation see:
http://blogs.technet.com/alexshev/archive/2008/04/04/from-msi-to-wix-part-16-installable-items-handling-installation-media.aspx
Do you want all files to not be included in the msi or you don't want them to
be compressed, but still included in the msi?
Alex
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Tsuji
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:22 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Uncompressed files not showing up in install image
I'm having a problem building a WiX project in which I'm trying to specify all
of my files as uncompressed. Currently I do have a working project with the
files compressed into the MSI, but I need to change this to make them
uncompressed on the install image.
What I've tried so far is to change the Compressed="yes" attribute to
Compressed="no" on all the File elements, and remove the Cabinet and EmbedCab
attributes in the Media element. The WiX project then builds without errors,
but the resulting image does not contain my files, and launching the MSI
produces an error that it can't find the files at their specified location.
What can cause this to happen?
Here is an example of the Directory, Feature, and Media elements in my wxs
file. (File and directory names have been changed for security purposes, and
I've only listed one file, though my actual wxs contains many files that follow
the same format.)
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" SourceName="PROGRA~1" LongSource="program
files">
<Directory Id="MY_PRODUCT_NAME" Name="MYPROD~1" LongName="My
Product Name">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" src="MySourceFolder">
<Component Id="MyComponentName"
Guid="3513EC11-E682-406C-84DF-D2407619AD40" SharedDllRefCount="yes">
<File Id="My.File.Name"
Name="MY19A4~1.DLL" LongName="My.File.Name.dll" Compressed="no" KeyPath="yes"
DiskId="1" />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id="Application_Files" Title="Application Files" Level="1"
ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLDIR">
<ComponentRef Id="MyComponentName" />
</Feature>
<Media Id="1" DiskPrompt="1" VolumeLabel="DISK1" />
Let me know if I need to provide more details. Thanks.
Wayne Tsuji
Software Design Engineer
Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale
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