Alan Sinclair wrote: > In the past I've found CAB files in the MSI's Binary table, and used > Orca to extract the CAB, then used Windows Explorer to get at the > contents. But the MSIs produced by the WiX toolset on a project I've > inherited don't have a CAB visible anywhere. The binaries are definitely > inside the MSI, though --the Wise Installation Studio manages to extract > them-- so how do I get at them? >
Embedded cabs are stored as a stream in the .msi. You can use the Dark tool in WiX (or admin installs) to extract the files. > Also, MSIs I've worked with before can be installed in Admin mode > (msiexec /a ...) but with these MSIs, there's only a "Finished" dialog, > and it took me a while to find that the files had been installed to Y:\ > What do I need to do to make Admin installs manageable from a WiX MSI? > The built-in UI doesn't have support for admin-image directory selection, but you can use the command line to specify properties like TARGETDIR. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
