NGEN support

[lubosh]

I have noticed that WiX 2.0 and also 3.0 support NGEN.

http://installing.blogspot.com/2006/06/ ... n-wix.html

do you plan include this feature in your product as well?

[gigi]

Hi,

We already have this feature on our TODO list (I increase its priority) and will be available in a future version of Advanced Installer. Thank you for your suggestion.

Regards,
Gigi
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Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[lubosh]

Thanks, I've just installed the latest version with this feature included however I'm not sure if implementation is correct, because native images are supported in your product only for private assemblies.

What about assemblies which are installed into GAC?

[gigi]

Hi,

What about assemblies which are installed into GAC?

We shall investigate this case. Thank you for your suggestion.

Regards,
Gigi
______________
Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[lubosh]

Hello gigi,

Any idea when this feature is going to be completely implemented? It's really important because almost all third-party assemblies on the market are strong-named and according to Microsoft if they are not in GAC, NGen will actually slow .NET applications down because of heavy I/O penalty involved. Here is extract from their website:

One more detail is also worth mentioning. If you are using strong-named assemblies, NGen is probably not a gain for you unless they are in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). The CLR loader does extra validation on strong-named assemblies that aren't in the GAC, which causes nearly every page in the native image to get touched, thereby usually completely eliminating any startup gains that would be realized through the use of NGen. http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/NGen/

Thank you

[gigi]

Hi,

We have this feature on our TODO list and will be available in a future version of AI. I'm afraid I cannot give you an ETA for now.

Regards,
Gigi
______________
Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[MarkusStrobl]

Hi gigi,

has this feature been implemented yet? Or could you tell me when it is planned?

Thanks a lot for your reply!

Best Wishes,

Markus

[Cosmin]

Hi Markus,

Currently this is not available in Advanced Installer 6.4. However, we have implemented this feature completely and it will be included in Advanced Installer 6.5

Regards,
Cosmin

[MarkusStrobl]

Hi cosmin,

thanks a lot for your quick reply!

Can you predict when 6.5 will be available?

Best Wishes,

Markus

[Cosmin]

Hi,

Advanced Installer 6.5 should be released by the end of this month (if we encounter problems it may be delayed until August).

Regards,
Cosmin