Bob, Thanks for the response. What was confusing me is that the behavior is different depending on whether the package default is compressed or not. I expected to be able to have a default compressed package with specific uncompressed files behave the same as a default uncompressed package with the same set of uncompressed files (all other files compressed explicitly). Obviously this assumption was incorrect.
I have now found this note from the Word Count Summary page: Note that if the package is marked as compressed (Bit 1 is set), the Windows Installer only installs files located at the root of the source. In this case, even files marked as uncompressed in the File Table must be located at the root to be installed. To specify a source image that has both a cabinet file (compressed files) and uncompressed files that match the tree in the Directory Table, mark the package as uncompressed by leaving Bit 1 unset (value=0) in the Word Count Summary property and set msidbFileAttributesCompressed (value=16384) in the Attributes column of the File Table for each file in the cabinet. thanks again, bill -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Am-I-doing-something-wrong-or-is-this-a-bug-tp5154423p5177370.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
