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Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard

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Pete #1 / 6	Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard I got an unknown error while building the cabinet files in Package and Deployment Wizard, regarding its size. If I reduced the cab file's size (by excluding some crystal report files that should be included with the VB application package) down to about 18mb, then it will be fine. This allowed me to work around but the setup process did not distribute all of its reports and dependency files into the designated location in the program, I have to manually copy the missing files after the installation. Is there anyway to increase the size limit? and how to do it? Thank you for your help. Regards. Peter.
Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:36:31 GMT

Uwe W. Rad #2 / 6	Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard Why are you punishing yourself with the PDW? There are much better--and free--installer tools out there. A popular one is Inno Setup, just do Usenet search and see how many people swear by it. You can get it at http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php. Look under Third-Party Files for two extra tools that enhance it, ISTool for a graphical frontend, and Inno Setup Extensions for some very useful additions. It's free, it creates single-executable installers (Setup.exe) that are much more compact than the PDW deployment mess, and it gives you much more flexibility in what happens during the install process.
Tue, 06 Sep 2005 04:28:02 GMT

Lars-Eric Gisslé #3 / 6	Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard Peter, Besides InnoSetup (which is very popular) you could also take a look at the Visual Studion Installer which you can download from MSDN and is also free (as long as you have Visual Studio). It will generate a MSI file for the setup. /Lars-Eric Quote: > I got an unknown error while building the cabinet files in > Package and Deployment Wizard, regarding its size. If I > reduced the cab file's size (by excluding some crystal > report files that should be included with the VB > application package) down to about 18mb, then it will be > fine. This allowed me to work around but the setup process > did not distribute all of its reports and dependency files > into the designated location in the program, I have to > manually copy the missing files after the installation. > Is there anyway to increase the size limit? and how to do > it? Thank you for your help. > Regards. Peter.
Tue, 06 Sep 2005 07:53:24 GMT

Uwe W. Rad #4 / 6	Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard Quote: > Besides InnoSetup (which is very popular) you could also take a look at the > Visual Studion Installer which you can download from MSDN and is also free > (as long as you have Visual Studio). It will generate a MSI file for the > setup. I'll second that, although the one time I downloaded and tried it, I gave up pretty quickly trying to understand how exactly it all comes together. Overall though it probably still has nothing on InstallShield in terms of complexity and confusion.
Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:54:05 GMT

Pete #5 / 6	Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard Thank you so much, I'll try that. Peter. Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Why are you punishing yourself with the PDW? There are much better--and >free--installer tools out there. A popular one is Inno Setup, just do Usenet Quote: >search and see how many people swear by it. You can get it at >http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php. Look under Third- Party Files for two >extra tools that enhance it, ISTool for a graphical frontend, and Inno Setup Quote: >Extensions for some very useful additions. It's free, it creates >single-executable installers (Setup.exe) that are much more compact than the Quote: >PDW deployment mess, and it gives you much more flexibility in what happens Quote: >during the install process. >.
Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:08:22 GMT

Pete #6 / 6	Building the cabinet file in Package and Deployment Wizard Thank you Lars-Eric, I'll give it a try. Peter. Quote: >-----Original Message----- >Peter, >Besides InnoSetup (which is very popular) you could also take a look at the >Visual Studion Installer which you can download from MSDN and is also free >(as long as you have Visual Studio). It will generate a MSI file for the >setup. >/Lars-Eric >> I got an unknown error while building the cabinet files in >> Package and Deployment Wizard, regarding its size. If I >> reduced the cab file's size (by excluding some crystal >> report files that should be included with the VB >> application package) down to about 18mb, then it will be >> fine. This allowed me to work around but the setup process >> did not distribute all of its reports and dependency files >> into the designated location in the program, I have to >> manually copy the missing files after the installation. >> Is there anyway to increase the size limit? and how to do >> it? Thank you for your help. >> Regards. Peter. >.
Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:09:54 GMT

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