;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;--- We will look for "UPX.EXE", if we find it we will configure MAKEMSI ----
;--- to compress the generated DLL... ----
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<$GetFullBuildTimeFileName RcVar="@@UpxFile" Macro="UPX.EXE"
File="upx.exe" MustExist="N"> ;;See "sundry.mmh"
#if [@@UpxFile = '']
;--- Non-fatal so we'll just tell user ----------------------------------
#(
#define+ DLLCA-C_COMPRESS_DLL_COMMAND_LINE ;;Need to
OVERRIDE value (we couldn't do it earler or "GetFullBuildTimeFileName"
wouldn't exist!)
echo INFO: DLL not being compressed (UPX.EXE not found)
#)
#elseif
;--- "UPX.EXE" was found ------------------------------------------------
#(
;--- Define the macro that MAKEMSI will use as required -------------
#define+ DLLCA-C_COMPRESS_DLL_COMMAND_LINE ;;Need to
OVERRIDE value (we couldn't do it earler or "GetFullBuildTimeFileName"
wouldn't exist!)
;--- I expect "upx.exe" to be in the "PATH" environment variable ----
"<??@@UpxFile>" ;;Full name of
UPX.EXE (get from "http://upx.sourceforge.net/";)
;--- I want highest compression -------------------------------------
--best
;--- Backup the DLL as a debugging aid... ---------------------------
-k
#)
#endif
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
<edwin.cas...@fiserv.com> wrote:
> How exactly do you get MakeMSI to do use LZMA compression?
>
> I was intrigued by the question so I looked for and installed MakeMSI but I
> can't find any references to LZMA compression.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alec Taylor [mailto:alec.tayl...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 5:53 PM
>> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Using LZMA instead of default compression
>>
>> Is that how MakeMSI does it?
>>
>> I don't see why you can't implement upx into Burn...
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Pally Sandher <pally.sand...@iesve.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Been asked before (many many times, see nabble or mail-archive.com).
>> > Unless Windows Installer supports it, it's unlikely for WiX to support
>> > it. In this case you're limited by the Cabinet API if you want to ship
>> > purely MSI's. Cabinets are either LZX or MSZIP algorithm compression.
>> >
>> > If you want to implement something like LZMA yourself then you can do
>> > something like specifying no compression in your Media Elements & then
>> > compress the resulting MSI & CABs using a self-extractor. Burn & other
>> > bootstrappers may support something like that but WiX itself
>> > doesn't/can't.
>> >
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Alec Taylor [mailto:alec.tayl...@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: 08 December 2010 16:32
>> > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
>> > Subject: [WiX-users] Using LZMA instead of default compression
>> >
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I've been using MakeMSI for a while now, and it's great that it uses
>> > LZMA [through http://upx.sourceforge.net/], as it offers an excellent
>> > compressions ratio with a fast decompression.
>> >
>> > Can the same be done with WiX? - If so, how?
>> >
>> > Please tell me if this can be done
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Alec Taylor
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