Skip Compression for a File

[HammadAsghar]

Hello,
I am using X5 Studio Admin and want to ship SQL Express 2014 (as a per-requisite) which is already compressed (and is a self extracting .exe) by MS (not the one available in IA runtimes). When I set Compression Level (to maximum or little less) the build process stuck on this file (keeps on building). Is there a way that I can exclude this (single) file from compression and compress rest of the files?

[FrancescoT]

Dear HammadAsghar,

what you are asking is absolutely not possible and it can't be otherwise. If the "SQL Express 2014" installer needs to be embedded with the generated compressed exe, this needs to be compressed as well (even if already compressed). The only option is to supply that installer as an independent and separated package.

Hope this helps you.

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