Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking
Hi, Thank you for the reply. I tested this on windows 2008,2003 and XP, on all of these machine actual ram size is 2048MB But in wix it shows PhysicalMemory = 2005. So it's causing problem for me. I can't put PhysicalMemory = 2048 condition. so what's the solution? Please help. Thank you in advance. Regards, Hukum On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Holmgren Mathias mathias.holmg...@six.sewrote: I want to check Ram size before i start actual installation same as free disk space checking. Check out launch conditions. Like this Condition Message=Installing $(var.ApplicationFullName) requires at least 512 Mb primary memory. PhysicalMemory = 512 /Condition -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking
Ye Condition Message=Installing $(var.ApplicationFullName) requires at least 512 Mb primary memory. PhysicalMemory = (desiredMemoryValue*0.9) /Condition live isn't usually perfect... and this doesn't look bad, I guess unless in 5 years u needed 16Gb and u put 14.6Gb and windows tells PhysicalMemory == 14.5Gb. ok maybe I coded a little to much today lol. By the way using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller; [CustomAction] Rulled my day I didn't found in wix manual 3.0 but put it there because I could had a day work saved ehehe, guess in the updates I did to wix toolset I never realized I had a new template, great work to the wix development team. -Original Message- From: Wilson, Phil [mailto:phil.wil...@wonderware.com] Sent: quarta-feira, 18 de Março de 2009 17:15 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking That value comes from Windows - the MSI property - so there's nothing you can do about except raise an issue with Microsoft. Why can't you just change the condition? Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: Hukumchand Shah [mailto:hukum.s...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:47 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking Hi, Thank you for the reply. I tested this on windows 2008,2003 and XP, on all of these machine actual ram size is 2048MB But in wix it shows PhysicalMemory = 2005. So it's causing problem for me. I can't put PhysicalMemory = 2048 condition. so what's the solution? Please help. Thank you in advance. Regards, Hukum On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Holmgren Mathias mathias.holmg...@six.sewrote: I want to check Ram size before i start actual installation same as free disk space checking. Check out launch conditions. Like this Condition Message=Installing $(var.ApplicationFullName) requires at least 512 Mb primary memory. PhysicalMemory = 512 /Condition -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users __ Esta mensagem e ficheiros anexos incluem matéria privada, confidencial e legalmente protegida, exclusivamente destinada a quem nela conste como destinatário. Se recebeu esta mensagem por engano, agradecemos que informe de imediato o remetente e que elimine a mensagem e os ficheiros sem os utilizar, divulgar ou reproduzir. This message and attached files contain private, confidential and legally privileged information, exclusively intended for the named addressees. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message and files without utilization, circulation or reproduction. -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users
Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking
Hukum ... Just because you have 2GB of RAM installed in the machine, it doesn't follow that the available physical memory will be 2048 MB. Many machines these day share RAM with video cards and other peripherals, which reduces the physical memory available. On 32-bit OSes without PAE enabled (ie: Windows XP, 32-bit Windows Vista), memory address space that is devoted to IO will also reduce the available memory (when you have 4GB RAM installed). What you're seeing is probably correct for your test machines. Example: my desktop machine has 8GB RAM installed, with a 1GB Video Card, a RAID controller, and some other stuff. On 64-bit Vista, my available memory is 8189 MB. On 32-bit Vista, the available memory was 2813 MB. The solution is to set your physical memory threshold to be what your application actually needs, and not an arbitrary round number. - Craig - -Original Message- From: Hukumchand Shah [mailto:hukum.s...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:47 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking Hi, Thank you for the reply. I tested this on windows 2008,2003 and XP, on all of these machine actual ram size is 2048MB But in wix it shows PhysicalMemory = 2005. So it's causing problem for me. I can't put PhysicalMemory = 2048 condition. so what's the solution? Please help. Thank you in advance. Regards, Hukum On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Holmgren Mathias mathias.holmg...@six.sewrote: I want to check Ram size before i start actual installation same as free disk space checking. Check out launch conditions. Like this Condition Message=Installing $(var.ApplicationFullName) requires at least 512 Mb primary memory. PhysicalMemory = 512 /Condition -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking
Thank you for the reply. I tested this on windows 2008,2003 and XP, on all of these machine actual ram size is 2048MB But in wix it shows PhysicalMemory = 2005. So it's causing problem for me. I can't put PhysicalMemory = 2048 condition. so what's the solution? Please help. Thank you in advance. How about PhysicalMemory = 2000? It's kinda funny, but I'm actually serious. Most machines that claim to have like 1 Gb memory on paper often seem to show up as having 1020 Mb or similar give or take a few megs, they do in our team. Thus, you should expect some natural variation in memory available and I'm not sure Windows Installer is actually wrong here btw. Don't know your situation, but you might have other options than to enforce this the hard way using Win Installer only. For instance, on our team our app memory requirements are 1 Gb memory. For us, this limit has been set rather arbitrary based on what our app needs for reasonable performance while still allowing the user to do work using a few other normal apps at the same time. Now most customers can meet those reqs, but not all. Knowing that hardware upgrades can be expensive (esp for a whole org) our approach has been to give some leeway on behalf of the customer while still enforcing our HW standards. This is how we do this. We allow the application to install even if the HW is sub par (512 Mb is our minimum level to allow install at all, since we feel it would simply not be usable at all below that). When the app starts we instead log the sub par HW and light a warning icon in the toolbar of the application window. When hovered, a tooltip informs the user that he might not experience full app performance because his HW (blabla) is below minimum reqs. We light this warning icon for 5 min after launch so it is not too annoying. We like this approach because we feel allowing the user to do work using a potentially slow app is better than stopping him altogether as long as he is informed. If the user is unhappy about performance, he hopefully now knows he should upgrade HW first before blaming the product or calling customer support. If not, support can read the logs and do this for him. We do the same based on CPU speed. Maybe something that can help you, dunno. /Mathias -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Ram size checking
Hi All, I want to check Ram size before i start actual installation same as free disk space checking. I am new to wix. Does anyone knows, how to do this? Please help it's urgent. Thanks regards, Hukum -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Ram size checking
I want to check Ram size before i start actual installation same as free disk space checking. Check out launch conditions. Like this Condition Message=Installing $(var.ApplicationFullName) requires at least 512 Mb primary memory. PhysicalMemory = 512 /Condition -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
