Exactly. You'll notice VS 11 does exactly that. <smile/> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Alexander Krivács Schrøder < alexander.schro...@mermaid.no> wrote:
> Thanks for the clarifications. So I can use the Aquire-events for my > purposes, I'm just not guaranteed that an "Aquire" is a download... well, > as long as I use the words "aquiring X" instead of "downloading X", I'm > good? :P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: 17. April 2012 16:47 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapper download progress > > "Downloading" is part of "Acquire" because you might also be "Copying" > from a DVD or network share. "Cache" is the operation of putting the > packages in the "package cache". Packages are always securely placed in > the "package cache" to ensure they are not tampered with before being > executed. If you say Cache="no" the files will be deleted from the cache > at the end of the Apply phase. > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Alexander Krivács Schrøder < > alexander.schro...@mermaid.no> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On packages in Burn, you can set a DownloadUrl, which gets downloaded > > as necessary during installation. In my custom bootstrapper, I'd like > > to show some progress during this download so that my users don't just > > have to sit there while nothing happens for potentially many minutes > > on a slow connection. I can't seem to find an event on the > > bootstrapper for this particular purpose, but it could just be that it's > named something else. > > CacheAcquireProgress seems to be a potential candidate, but I'm not > > sure what downloading has to do with caching. Also, I've set > > Cache="no" on the package, but it seems to be downloading anyway, > > which is another reason I think that event seems unrelated to what I > want. > > > > Help would be appreciated. :) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to > > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution > > app monitoring today. Free. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring > Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring > today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second > resolution app monitoring today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
