Thanks for the reply. I guess the only way is to test all options and narrow it down to the best one.
Cheers, Leif On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
