[Msi2xml-users] RE: Msi2xml great tool but where does it store the files?

[Daniel G. <geh...@li...>]

Strange...

What version are you using ? Could you send me the .msi (a URL would be
best) and the command line argument use used ?

Regards,

Daniel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Eriksson [mailto:tob...@co...]=20
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:02 AM
> To: Daniel Gehriger
> Subject: RE: Msi2xml great tool but where does it store the files?
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> Hi Daniel,
>  Thanx for the fast response, but if I look in my file there=20
> is a _Streams tag (table) but it looks like this:
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>        <table name=3D"_Streams">
>                 <col key=3D"yes" def=3D"s62">Name</col>
>                 <col def=3D"V0">Data</col>
>         </table>
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>  I was not able to find any 'cab' entries in the XML file=20
> either, I tried 'grep -i cab flexlm.xml' on my unix machine.=20
> What am I missing here?
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> Regards
>  Tobias
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> Tobias Eriksson
> ComOpt AB
> Michael L=F6fmans gata 6
> 254 38  Helsingborg, Sweden
> Direct: +46 42 389918
> Phone: +46 42 389900
> e-mail: Tob...@co...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Gehriger [mailto:geh...@li...]=20
> Sent: 28 October 2002 10:40
> To: Tobias Eriksson
> Cc: msi...@li...
> Subject: RE: Msi2xml great tool but where does it store the files?
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> Tobias,
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> Unless you use the "-b" switch on msi2xml, all binary data is=20
> stored as a base64 encoded character stream (similar as=20
> attachments in e-mail
> messages) right in the XML file.=20
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> The installation files are usually compressed into CAB files.=20
> These CAB files are stored as so-called binary streams in the=20
> MSI file. MSI2XML dumps all binary streams at the very bottom=20
> of the XML file in a table with name "_Streams". If, however,=20
> a table exists whose name matches the first part of the=20
> identifier of such a stream (eg. Table "Cabs", stream id=20
> "Cabs.SomeName.cab"), then the stream will be dumped right in=20
> that table and ommited from the _Streams table. This behavior=20
> reflects .
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> I usually use the "-b" switch, which does not store the data=20
> in the XML file, which can get huge. Rather it extracts all=20
> binary data to the specified folder and just includes a link=20
> to the data in the XML file (href=3D"SomeName.cab"). You then=20
> can modify the data and XML2MSI will include it in the=20
> generated MSI file.=20
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> As I'm writing this, I'm adding yet another option ("-c"),=20
> which not only extracts the binary data, but also further=20
> extracts the compressed files from the stored CABs. XML2MSI=20
> then first compresses the files into CABs, then stores the=20
> CABs in the MSI file. This makes automating build processes=20
> yet easier. I'll post an update later that week.
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> Regards,
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> Daniel
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tobias Eriksson [mailto:tob...@co...]
> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:19 AM
> > To: geh...@li...
> > Subject: Msi2xml great tool but where does it store the files?
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> > Hi
> >  I found your tool on SourceForge and thought it was the=20
> greatest, as
> > I've been browsing through the XML file, I just don't=20
> understand where
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> > the actual files are stored. So the questions is thus where=20
> in the XML
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> > are the files stored?
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> > Thanx for a GREAT tool
> >  Tobias
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> > Tobias Eriksson
> > ComOpt AB
> > Michael L=F6fmans gata 6
> > 254 38  Helsingborg, Sweden
> > Direct: +46 42 389918
> > Phone: +46 42 389900
> > e-mail: Tob...@co...
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