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[iDaZe]

Hi,

I want to ship my installation as one file, so I would like to include the files inside the .msi file. I found the section in the SDK, but then it says "The cabinet file must either be located in a data stream inside the .msi file ...", and I have no idea how to do this, and have been unable to find anything in the SDK. I'm using Orca to edit the database, do I have to use another program to add information to the streams ?

[hteichert]

Just look for "Including a Cabinet File in an Installation" in the Windows Installer documentation (msi.chm).
The most important steps are:
- Put all files in one or more cabinet files (order in the cabinets must be the same as the files are numbered in File table!)
- Stream the cabinet file(s) into your msi by the command
 msidb -d mymsi.msi -a mycab.cab
- change the entries in the media table of the msi to contain a leading "#" before the cab-name.
Important: Note that if the cabinet is a data stream, the name of the cabinet is case-sensitive.
And, of course, the setup must be a compressed one, so set the compressed flag bits of the Word Count Summary Property accordingly.
For more detailed info, please search in msi.chm.

[hteichert]

I forgot:
msidb.exe is part of the windows installer SDK.

[iDaZe]

msidb, that's what I was lloking for. Great, thank you.