Hi Kai, I believe an MSI file is based on Microsoft's compound file format, which is basically a file system within a file.
A compound file has a default sector size of I think 512 bytes, so you will notice that your MSI file size is always a multiple of this sector size. I hope this information helps. Regards, // Darren LISTECH Pty. Ltd. From: Kai Peters <kpet...@otaksoft.com> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>, Date: 10/10/2013 02:04 PM Subject: [WiX-users] MSI Size Hi, for every release we create 3 MSIs that install almost identical content but there are a number of small differences. I was quite surprised to see that all three are absolutely identical in byte size - there must be some padding of sorts going on. Is that a valid assessment, and if so, why is that? Thanks, Kai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
