Sounded to me like he was trying to get around the limitations of MSI, not CAB. He wants to be able to include a full directory in the MSI without putting the files in components. This is not possible with MSI and doesn't even make sense given the way MSI is designed. Also, the scenario he described of the files from the zip going away when uninstalling the application isn't valid anyway, as MSI won't remove a folder that contains files that are modified or not placed there by the installer, at least that's how I think it works...
Kelly "John Cooper (Volt)" <a-jc...@microsoft.com> 01/07/2009 03:01 PM Please respond to "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> To General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> cc Subject Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder I know, but what the original thread author is probably really trying to get at is how to get around the limitations of CAB files. -- John M. Cooper Volt at Microsoft -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder But the Windows Installer only supports CAB files. -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jc...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 14:46 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder No problem. It's just a comparison with CAB files. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. -- John M. Cooper Volt at Microsoft -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:17 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder I don't understand what this is intended to demonstrate. -----Original Message----- From: John Cooper (Volt) [mailto:a-jc...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 13:27 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder Well, taken from the Info Zip website at http://www.info-zip.org/FAQ.html#limits : Number of files: 65,546 Uncompressed Size of a single file: 4GB Compressed Size of a single file: 4GB Total Size of Archive: 256TB Maximum Path/Filename Length: 64KB -- John M. Cooper -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:rob.mensch...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:49 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder 1. Dialogs are completely yours to author. If you don't like the built-ins, don't use them or take them apart to use only the parts you need. <smile/> 2. .zip files don't provide the transaction semantics the Windows Installer provides. That's why it is not recommended to do what you are suggesting. It isn't exactly clear what the advantages are since all of the files can be compressed in a CAB file. -----Original Message----- From: Colin Fox [mailto:greenene...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:43 To: wix-users Subject: [WiX-users] Skipping License Page and Zipping a Folder Hey everyone - I have two quick questions. First - is there a simple way to get the installer to NOT show a license page? I kind of hacked a solution by programming the Next button to go to the directory chooser, but this feels hacky. Can I just say "I don't want to show a clickwrap license"? Second - I have a directory with a lot of files in it. For installation, I just want to zip it, copy it to the destination and unzip it. Is there some WiX-built in way to do this, or do I have to use a custom action? -- Regards, cf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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