According to Microsoft the CAB file format has an internal limit of approximately 2 GB -> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836160 There is a manual workaround for splitting files > 2 GB across multiple cabs listed there which you may be able to use in your WiX project if you use the -cc & -reusecab options with light.exe for your manually generated cab files but I would give it a try just using WiX itself first. Rob M, Bob A, et al are pretty clever guys & have most likely built in some handling for this situation to light.exe.
You can keep the files outside of a cab by specifying a Media Element with no Cabinet or Compression elements defined (just give it an Id element) & then assigning them to that Media using the DiskID Element on them or their Components. They need to be in the same directory as the MSI I believe. There's been a fair bit of discussion on this recently so you may find some more information on this in the mail list archives at various places if you have to go down this route. Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment & IT Administrator T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Leif Ringstad [mailto:lei...@gmail.com] Sent: 14 June 2010 08:33 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Files larger than 2 gb Hi I'm wondering on which approach I should take for files larger than 2 GB in wix. I think these are the possibilities: 1) Splitting cab files, since cab files has a limit of 2 GB. Is it possible? Can WiX somehow do this automagically? 2) Use a custom action to merge in the file, (should be easy enough to write a custom dll). Is it then possible to show the progress of a custom action? I've figured out to show the progress text, but can't figure out how to show a custom-action progress bar. 3) Keep the large files outside of cabs, and just let the MSI copy the files. (Not ideal, as this might be needed as a download, yes it will be large, but that's life...) Thanks, Leif ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
