Setup Squeezer-Installaware limitations?

[naik]

Question 1: I have a msi and run it with the following parameters: "msiexec /i dummy.msi /qb ALLUSERS=1 /l* dummy.log". How do I pass the parameters to the new exe file created with squeezer?

Question 2: I have an installation containing 14 173 files, 77 folders and a total size of 2.04GB. Halfway through the squeezing process it hangs and then displays an unspecific error. Have I reached the installer limitation or another limitation in your product?

Thanks in advance

Regards

[CandiceJones]

So, you actually have an MSI file that is larger than 2 GB? I believe that might cause a few problems, Setup Squeezer is a 32 bit application, and it may not be able to address a single file larger than 2 GB.

I will try to find out how you can pass command line parameters for you - I believe this was possible.

[naik]

OK, i suspected that. I will split the file into two files instead. The only way i managed it to work so far was to use "no compression" in WfWi but size matters here...thanks so far..

[naik]

Any good news about passing command-line parameters through msiexec.exe with squeezed EXE?

Like this:

"msiexec /i dummy.exe /qb ALLUSERS=1 /l* dummy.log"

Anyone?

[naik]

I will try to find out how you can pass command line parameters for you - I believe this was possible.

Any news? Still waiting.......

[CandiceJones]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but I've got good news! Yes, you can pass any command line parameter you like.

The first part in your sample below (msiexec /i) will be used automatically because that is the standard way MSI files open on Windows.

The second part in your sample, "/qb ALLUSERS=1 /l* dummy.log", can be used simply by providing the exact value on the command line to the Setup Squeezer created EXE file. So something like

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mysetup.exe /qb ALLUSERS=1 /l* dummy.log

will get you what you want.