<Icon Id="MyProg.exe" SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)\Program\program\MyProg.exe" />
I think the Icon SourceFile is stored in the MSI package in the binary table (Is this correct?). What's the size of MyProg.exe? 48.5MB? I think you can dramatically reduce the size of the MSI if you can provide a .ico file as the Icon SourceFile rather than the .exe itself. Of course, this is conjecture and should not be trusted without confirmation. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Electronic Banking Services Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Davey [mailto:n...@idocket.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:48 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX > > Here is my exact .wxs file, with GUID's changed of course. I also made sure > to remove other sensitive information as needed. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> > <Product Name="MyProg" Version="1.0.0" > Id="blahblah-6C18-4336-A63D-46DD18959C93" > UpgradeCode="blahblah-CD51-4632-BF70-C21E583BE788" > Language="1033" Codepage="1252" Manufacturer="My Company"> > > <!-- Let WiX generate the package ID for us. --> <Package Id="*" > Keywords="Installer" InstallerVersion="300" Compressed="yes" > Description="MyProg Installer" Languages='1033' > SummaryCodepage='1252' > Manufacturer="My Company" /> > > <Media Id="1" Cabinet="MyProg1.cab" EmbedCab="no" > CompressionLevel="high" /> <Media Id="2" Cabinet="MyProg2.cab" > EmbedCab="no" CompressionLevel="high" /> <Media Id="3" > Cabinet="MyProg3.cab" EmbedCab="no" CompressionLevel="high" /> > <Media Id="4" Cabinet="MyProg4.cab" EmbedCab="no" > CompressionLevel="high" /> > <-- <Media Id="5" Cabinet="MyProg5.cab" EmbedCab="no" > CompressionLevel="high" /> See below for why this is commented out. --> > > <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory > Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PgmFilesFldr"> <Directory > Id="INSTALLLDIR" Name="MyProg"> <Component Id="MyProgFiles" > Guid="blahblah-69D3-4CF5-B44B-592B1DAE353D"> > <File Id="MyProgExe" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\Program\program\MyProg.exe" Vital="yes" > DiskId="1" /> > <File Id="MyProgExeConfig" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\Program\program\MyProg.exe.config" > Vital="yes" DiskId="4" /> > <File Id="MyProgUpgradeExe" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\Program\program\Upgrade.exe" KeyPath="yes" > Vital="yes" DiskId="1"> > <Shortcut Id="startMenuMyProg" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" > Name="MyProg" > WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR" > Icon="MyProg.exe" IconIndex="0" > Advertise="yes" /> > <Shortcut Id ="desktopMyProg" Directory="DesktopFolder" > Name="MyProg" > WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR" > Icon="MyProg.exe" IconIndex="0" > Advertise="yes" /> > </File> > <File Id="MyProgUpgradeExeConfig" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\Program\program\Upgrade.exe.config" > Vital="yes" DiskId="4" /> > <File Id="MyProgImageViewer" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\files_to_install\ImageViewer.dll" Vital="yes" > DiskId="2" /> > <File Id="MyProgMySQL" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\files_to_install\MySQL.Data.dll" Vital="yes" > DiskId="2" /> > </Component> > > <Component Id="MyProgManual" Guid="blahblah-4856-46EB-BF9F- > E15CC14BA12E"> > <File Id="MyProgManual" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\files_to_install\MyProgUsermanual.pdf" > Vital="no" DiskId="3" /> > </Component> > > <Component Id="MyProgExtraForms" > Guid="blahblah-C96A-4E42-A148-7BE681C5227D"> > <File Id="MyProgAbsentForm" > Source="$(var.SolutionDir)\files_to_install\Form.pdf" Vital="no" > DiskId="3" /> > </Component> > > <Directory Id="displayDir" Name="display"> <Component Id="display" > Guid="blahblah-8976-4DFE-9794-B0CEECA5A177" > SharedDllRefCount="no" KeyPath="yes" > NeverOverwrite="yes" Permanent="no" Transitive="no" > Win64="no" Location="either"> > <CreateFolder /> > <RemoveFolder Id='display' On='uninstall' /> </Component> </Directory> > > <Directory Id='importDir' Name='import'> <Component Id="import" > Guid="blahblah-E0D5-4AC7-8DAC-8BEDCD399610" > SharedDllRefCount="no" KeyPath="yes" > NeverOverwrite="yes" Permanent="no" Transitive="no" > Win64="no" Location="either"> > <CreateFolder /> > <RemoveFolder Id='import' On='uninstall' /> </Component> </Directory> > </Directory> </Directory> > > <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs"> <Directory > Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="MyProg"> <Component > Id="ProgramMenuDir" Guid="blahblah-2EBE-4F02-A2BB-AD601A1C62AE"> > <RemoveFolder Id='ProgramMenuDir' On='uninstall' /> <RegistryValue > Root='HKCU' Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' > Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' /> > </Component> > </Directory> > </Directory> > > <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" /> > > <!-- This is giving me fits, so I'll worry about it later. --> > <!-- <Merge Id='CrystalReportsMSM' Language='1033' > SourceFile='$(var.SolutionDir)\files_to_install\CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86. > msm' > DiskId='5' /> --> > </Directory> > > <Feature Id="MyProgFeature" Title="MyProg" Level="1"> <ComponentRef > Id="MyProgFiles" /> <ComponentRef Id="MyProgManual" /> > <ComponentRef Id="MyProgExtraForms" /> <ComponentRef Id="display" /> > <ComponentRef Id="import" /> <ComponentRef Id="ProgramMenuDir" /> > <!-- <MergeRef Id='CrystalReportsMSM' /> See above for why this is > commented out. --> </Feature> > > <Icon Id="MyProg.exe" > SourceFile="$(var.SolutionDir)\Program\program\MyProg.exe" /> > </Product> </Wix> > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Also, here are the sizes of the generated files: > > 09/29/2010 04:46 PM 50,425,856 Onyx Installer.msi > 09/29/2010 04:46 PM 82,155 Onyx Installer.wixpdb > 09/29/2010 04:46 PM 2,664,519 Onyx1.cab > 09/29/2010 04:46 PM 118,138 Onyx2.cab > 09/29/2010 04:46 PM 356,764 Onyx3.cab > 09/29/2010 04:46 PM 361 Onyx4.cab > > Am I totally missing something, or not doing something? Thanks for the help. > > Nick > n...@idocket.com > > On 9/29/2010 4:19 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) wrote: > > I think an example of your authoring might help here. I have a number of > small packages with embedded cabs and they are each between 2MB and > 4MB. Small packages are certainly possible... > > > > Edwin G. Castro > > Software Developer - Staff > > Electronic Banking Services > > Fiserv > > Office: 503-746-0643 > > Fax: 503-617-0291 > > www.fiserv.com > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Nick Davey [mailto:n...@idocket.com] > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:11 PM > >> To: WiX Users > >> Subject: [WiX-users] Questions about WiX > >> > >> I just started using WiX today, and so far I am liking it's potential. > >> But, like all new things, I have some questions about WiX. > >> > >> The major questions I have relate to how the installer is packaged. > >> Due to some restrictions on the FTP server I must use, I need to > >> split the installer file up into chunks no bigger than 10MB. 10MB is > >> the maximum file size we can transfer before things time out. Sad I know, > but it is what I am stuck with. > >> > >> So, question 1. The installer that is created is nearly 52MB in size. > >> The installed program is 48.5MB in size. Does WiX not compress the > >> files when packaging them? (I am able to compress the .cab files I > >> have added to the installer, but still not the installer.) Are there > >> options that I can put in the XML to decrease the size of the > >> installer, or remove unused libs/features from the final installer binary? > >> > >> Question 2. I told WiX to not embed the .cab into the installer, and > >> it barely made a dent in the size of the installer file. I also moved > >> each of the files that I need installed into various .cab files, with > >> each .cab file containing a different type/set of related files. The > >> size of the installer binary was still ~50MB. Should not the installer > >> binary > size have dropped accordingly? > >> > >> I have more questions, but for now, those are my major points of conflict. > >> Once I get past those I'll ask my other questions if I still have them. > >> > >> Nick > >> n...@idocket.com > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> --------- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > >> and start using them to simplify application deployment and > >> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WiX-users mailing list > >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > > and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate > > your shift to cloud computing. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using > them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud > computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
