http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/ Build or Update MSI Databases Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:31:00 GMT Dennis Bareis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2612 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2612 Hi, Sorry for the delay, your email got caught by the spam filter which then ended up with me sending the response to myself, and I only now realised :-) ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:13:46 GMT Tim P http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2611 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2611 Hi: I have a package that I have a fairly anarchic installation method for; primarily batchfile driven, assumes all sorts of things, asks no questions of the Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:42:10 GMT Dennis Bareis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2610 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2610 Hi, ... compile time ... I have enabled compile caching but have only tested that it gets cached and used as expected, not that this doesn't cause any Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:43 GMT Paul http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2609 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2609 ... Usually true, but not in this case. The file sizes range from 250KB to 8MB for the dxf extension. ... That was it, thanks. Note : I was unable to find Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:06:57 GMT Dennis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2608 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2608 Hi, ... While no doubt large files will compile slower than smaller ones your biggest influence is more likely to be their file extension (type), for example Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:24:34 GMT Gardner, Paul G. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2607 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2607 Dennis, I'm sure this is possible, but I can't figure it out. Background: I've downloaded your latest update and was able to get the compile time down to 30 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:31:49 GMT delwarl http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2606 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2606 Dennis, Thank you for the response. For the time being, we have worked around the problem by installing fewer files (down to ~2000 from ~3500). Cheers, Warren Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:51:04 GMT Dennis Bareis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2605 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2605 Hi, ... Sounds like a Windows Installer bug to me. You say on Vista, have you tried other OS and it works? Use of the "compile" command (to generated multiple Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:31 GMT Dennis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2604 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2604 Hi, ... Thats a lot of MSIs! Anyway to answer your question, yes, see documentation at: http://makemsi-manual.dennisbareis.com/unattended_msi_builds.htm Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:25:27 GMT Edgar http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2603 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2603 I need to make 175 MSI, all different. I have the all of the files needed in separate folders, any way to run a batch process. Takes forever to right click Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:12:56 GMT Dennis Bareis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2602 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2602 Hi, ... the problem files hardly ever change. Lets see how you go varying options first. I realized you can't vary the options for each "compile" so I have Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:28:27 GMT Paul http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2601 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2601 ... Meaning that if MakeMSI supported custom CAB files and I was missing the commands/options then I should be using those, and not the ability MakeMSI Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:53:41 GMT Dennis Bareis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2600 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2600 Hi, ... then why not use the tool as it was intended to be used? Not sure what you mean by "as it was intended to be used" as I am using it as it may have been Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:31:06 GMT Gardner, Paul G. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2599 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2599 Hi, ... obviously ... Just watching the compile progress, I can tell this about large files. The number of files seems to be irrelevant in that larger Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:42:24 GMT Dennis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2598 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/makemsi/message/2598 Hi, ... Don't know, we taling a large number of files or big files that take a while? The logs should provide some info and you can adjust how verbose