Adobe 8.1.2 Cab File issue
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[font="microsoft sans serif"]I have created mst of adobe 8.1.2 and when i try to install both msi and mst of adobe silently or with UI its asking for cab file ,i know that it is required without that it wont install ,should i include this in msi is it a good way of doing it ,if i include in msi then size of msi grows since cab file is 90 MB. what should be done inorder to install install this .
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[font="microsoft sans serif"]Any replies will be appreciated.
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[font="microsoft sans serif"]I have created mst of adobe 8.1.2 and when i try to install both msi and mst of adobe silently or with UI its asking for cab file ,i know that it is required without that it wont install ,should i include this in msi is it a good way of doing it ,if i include in msi then size of msi grows since cab file is 90 MB. what should be done inorder to install install this .
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
16 years ago
As you realise (since you're using a transform) you don't intefere with a vendor's MSI so no, you don't want to add it to the MSI. Any transform will always use an external CAB if files are added to the installation, irrespective of what settings you use in the authoring tool's UI. IIRC, if you try to force the use of an internal CAB by directly editing the Media table, you will get a media error at install time.
So, to sum up, for transforms, you have to include the CAB with the MSI/MST.
So, to sum up, for transforms, you have to include the CAB with the MSI/MST.
Posted by:
sunny4u
16 years ago
Posted by:
nheim
16 years ago
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
16 years ago
ORIGINAL: sunny4u
Thanks for the reply ,,, i tried doing the same what u specified but there is another cab file is created in addition to msi and mst,,,,,,
my main concern is will it get deployed through SMS if we install msi mst and cab file..???
Seems pretty clear to me :) Keep the external CAB with the MSI and MST in the distribution folder. IIRC, SMS starts an MSIExec instance anyway so, if the MST refers to an external CAB, it will retrieve that CAB from wherever the MST is stored.
So, to sum up, for transforms, you have to include the CAB with the MSI/MST.
Posted by:
nheim
16 years ago
Hi Ian,
Don't think that it is working like this. An external CAB file MUST reside in the same folder (SourceDir) as the MSI file.
There is no possibility to set a path for a CAB file in the Media table.
If an MST doesn't reside in the MSI's folder, you need to specifiy a full path to use it.
See: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369279(VS.85).aspx
Regards, Nick
if the MST refers to an external CAB, it will retrieve that CAB from wherever the MST is stored.
Don't think that it is working like this. An external CAB file MUST reside in the same folder (SourceDir) as the MSI file.
There is no possibility to set a path for a CAB file in the Media table.
If an MST doesn't reside in the MSI's folder, you need to specifiy a full path to use it.
See: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369279(VS.85).aspx
Regards, Nick
Posted by:
nheim
16 years ago
Posted by:
sunny4u
16 years ago
Posted by:
dunnpy
16 years ago
sunny4u,
Just to make you aware - Adobe have a tool to assist in the customisation of the installation and MST creation.
It's availabe here, as listed in the Package Knowledge Base on this site.
Thanks,
Dunnpy
Just to make you aware - Adobe have a tool to assist in the customisation of the installation and MST creation.
It's availabe here, as listed in the Package Knowledge Base on this site.
Thanks,
Dunnpy
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