Creating CAB file from Admin Install
Hi folks,
I'm creating a patched install of Adobe Acrobat 7 standard. I've been able to create the administrative install and patch it up to 7.0.8, but now instead of deploying from the extracted files of the admin install, I'm wondering how (or if I even can) wrap all those files back up in a CAB? I've tried a few things with MakeCAB and CABARC, but I'm always getting the Windows Installer error (1334, if I recall) saying the file cannot be found. I've meddled with a few things in the MSI (media table, Word Count property, sequence number) but the correct combination is eluding me. Does anyone have any advice for me? Am I just missing the right combination, or am I way off in general ? :) Thanks!
-I.
I'm creating a patched install of Adobe Acrobat 7 standard. I've been able to create the administrative install and patch it up to 7.0.8, but now instead of deploying from the extracted files of the admin install, I'm wondering how (or if I even can) wrap all those files back up in a CAB? I've tried a few things with MakeCAB and CABARC, but I'm always getting the Windows Installer error (1334, if I recall) saying the file cannot be found. I've meddled with a few things in the MSI (media table, Word Count property, sequence number) but the correct combination is eluding me. Does anyone have any advice for me? Am I just missing the right combination, or am I way off in general ? :) Thanks!
-I.
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Posted by:
AngelD
18 years ago
Did you look at the Attribute column in the File table for these files?
Posted by:
igluscic
18 years ago
Um, not really. Is there something specific there that I should be looking for?
Posted by:
AngelD
18 years ago
If neither the msidbFileAttributesNoncompressed or msidbFileAttributesCompressed attribute bit is set the Word Count property will take place.
Have a look at the File table using Msi.chm from the platform sdk.
Have a look at the File table using Msi.chm from the platform sdk.
Posted by:
nheim
18 years ago
Hi Ivan,
this is possible with the 'WiMakCab.vbs' script from the SDK. Use the /c and /u switches.
Afterwards you should also call 'WiFilVer.vbs /u' to update the version and size columns in the MSI-file.
Regards, Nick
this is possible with the 'WiMakCab.vbs' script from the SDK. Use the /c and /u switches.
Afterwards you should also call 'WiFilVer.vbs /u' to update the version and size columns in the MSI-file.
Regards, Nick
Posted by:
igluscic
18 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions - I appreciate the help! I'll give them a try and see what shakes out :)
-I.
-I.
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