This is exactly what you want. On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>wrote:
> AFAIK smoke.exe can be used to run MSI validation outside of light.exe as > of WiX v3.0 -> > http://installing.blogspot.com/2006/04/msi-validation-in-wix.html > > > Palbinder Sandher > Software Platform Engineer > 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: Andrew J. Dalgleish [mailto:adalgle...@santanderconsumerusa.com] > Sent: 16 February 2012 17:54 > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.5 performance > > Thanks Rob - the -sval switch did the trick - clean checkout test ran in > 68s. I'll try this with wix3.5 on our master build tonight. > > I'm sure there is a way to run the validation separately (i.e. outside of > linking) - I'll check the documentation. > We'll want to run validation as a separate/asynchronous process that > doesn't impact build timeframes. > > Thanks again. > > > > > True, but to get an apples to apples comparison between v2.0 and v3.x, > you > > need to turn off validation. Once we confirm that validation is the > > performance difference all is well in the world. Otherwise, we maybe > should > > be hunting a perf bug in WiX v3.6. > > > > PS: There are some other features in WiX v3.x that might take a touch > more > > time like smartcab'ing but I don't expect that accounts for the > differences > > seen. > > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com > >wrote: > > > > > Don't do it!!! I love the fact that validation is enabled by default!! > > > > > > > Get faster hardware.... <smile/> > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > From: "Rob Mensching" <r...@robmensching.com> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:16 PM > > > > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > > > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Wix 3.5 performance > > > > > > > WiX v3.x we turned on validation by default. That can be very slow. The > > > > > "-sval" switch will disable it to get a more apples-to-apples > comparison. > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Andrew J. Dalgleish < > > > > > adalgle...@santanderconsumerusa.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have a question regarding performance, as we move from an earlier > > > > > > > version of wix 2.0.5325.0 to the current stable build. > > > > > > > A little background on how we use wix: > > > > > > > We start with a very simple xml file, which contains only the > essential > > > > > > > things that define what goes in the msi. > > > > > > > Here is what a website setup project looks like: > > > > > > > > > > > > > OurWebSite.wixml > > > > > > > > > > > > > <install SetupProjectName="OurWebSite" > > > > > > > ProductCode="343e0bea-7f2e-4513-b420-9f57b321aa73" > ProductName="Our Web > > > > > > > Site"> > > > > > > > <source path="Web Sites\Our Web Site"> > > > > > > > <exclude pattern="\.cs$"/> > > > > > > > <exclude pattern="\.csproj$"/> > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > </source> > > > > > > > </install> > > > > > > > > > > > > > After our build is complete, another process reads all wixml files > and > > > > > > > foreach: > > > > > > > > > > > > > merge a xsl template to generate valid wxs out file > > > > > > > then batch execute: > > > > > > > candle -out %1.wixobj %1.wxs > > C:\WixLogs\%1.candle.out > > > > > > > light -out %1.msi %1.wixobj > > C:\WixLogs\%1.light.out > > > > > > > > > > > > > So that's our custom process - kudos to the wix team, we've built > > > millions > > > > > > > of msi this way. > > > > > > > > > > > > > We recently encountered a problem building a project targeted for > the > > > .net > > > > > > > framework 4.0. > > > > > > > So I decided to use a newer version of wix (3.5.2519.0) without > changing > > > > > > > our process (although I had to update our wxs template to match > the wix3 > > > > > > > schema). > > > > > > > Test builds yielded a working msi, but the time taken for msi > generation > > > > > > > step is much longer. > > > > > > > I don't have an accurate comparison from the build box yet, but it > > > usually > > > > > > > takes about 314s for all 200 msi. 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