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Question about creating an MSI release


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haroldxious

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Posted 04 June 2007 - 05:06

When creating an msi release there are 3 choices:
1. Compress All Files - consist of a single .msi OR setup.exe file

2. Leave Files Uncompressed - consist of .msi file and setup.exe and the application files

3. Custom - consist of .msi file and setup.exe .cab files (depending on your choice of .cab file per component or .cab file per feature)

I want my msi file to be compressed. I have used the first option because it produces only the msi file, all the files are compressed on the msi file. But what if i made a minor upgrade and i need a setup.exe. I want to have a .msi file and a setup.exe only. Choice 1 cannot be used because, if you chose to include setup.exe louncher, the release output will be setup.exe only. choice 2 and 3 separates the application files to the msi file so its not possible on the thing that i want..

Is it possible that i will only have .msi file and .setup.exe file only on my release?


haroldxious

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Posted 04 June 2007 - 07:50

I have already solved this problem...

Thank you to Stefan's posts on macrovision community forum.

The solution will be:
Set the Media Type to CDROM, then select choice 1 (Compress all files)

Media type CD-ROM with Compressed data files will create an msi file,
a cab file, setup.exe and setup.ini.
If you selected to add the Windows Installer installer, you'll have in
addition instmsiw.exe and instamsia.exe.
In a standard project there will also be iscript.msi.
-by Stefan Krueger