Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread Rob Mensching
Johnston > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 2:19:36 PM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file > > Eeesh, that's a ton of prereqs! Indeed, in your case 20 UAC prompts would > be unacceptable. I do wo

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread Christopher Painter
James -Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 20:09 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file My typical bootstrapper installs between 10 and 20

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread James Johnston
al Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 20:09 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file My typical bootstrapper installs between 10 and 20 prereqs.  I can

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread Christopher Painter
e. Chris   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: James Johnston To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Wed, December 1, 2

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread James Johnston
---Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 22:37 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file Well, that could happen no matter where you put it.  Instal

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread Christopher Painter
Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread that deserves attention? E-Mail Me - Original Message From: Rob Mensching To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Wed, December 1, 2010 9:59:05 AM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file Burn

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-12-01 Thread Rob Mensching
gt; From: Quinton Tormanen > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 5:28:56 PM > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file > > If I understand correctly, I could change my bootstrapper to extract the > MSI >

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-11-30 Thread Christopher Painter
al Message From: Quinton Tormanen To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 5:28:56 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file If I understand correctly, I could change my bootstrapper to extract the MSI file (which is embedded as a reso

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-11-30 Thread Quinton Tormanen
-Original Message- From: Christopher Painter [mailto:chr...@deploymentengineering.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:37 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file Well, that could happen no matter where you put it.  InstallShield puts

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-11-30 Thread Christopher Painter
From: Quinton Tormanen To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 4:10:52 PM Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file Where do you cache it to? Everywhere else I thought of won't get cleaned up and/or might get erased prematurely (e.g. T

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-11-30 Thread Quinton Tormanen
neral discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file I usually just let my bootstrapper handle the caching for me before invoking the MSI.   Christopher Painter, Author of Deployment Engineering Blog Have a hot tip, know a secret or read a really good thread

Re: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-11-30 Thread Christopher Painter
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 3:46:28 PM Subject: [WiX-users] Saving the MSI file This issue must have discussed dozens of times, but I couldn't find anything. Quite simply, I want to ensure that our full MSI file is available for re

[WiX-users] Saving the MSI file

2010-11-30 Thread Quinton Tormanen
This issue must have discussed dozens of times, but I couldn't find anything. Quite simply, I want to ensure that our full MSI file is available for repairs later (there's a issue currently out of our control that makes this necessary related to the DifxApp toolkit). Our MSI is only 12MB and the be