Betos
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Create MST with CAB to existing MSI

Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:55 pm

Hi everyone,

I have the following scenario: I have a manufacturer MSI File, with "Files compressed as CAB and CAB integrated into the MSI". Now I need to create a MST File for this installation and add a few custom config files of ours to it. What I want to come up with, is the original MSI, a CAB-File containing my additional files and an MST which modifies the MSI, that it will use the CAB file.
But what happens, when I open the MSI, add the files and try "Save as MST" from the build menu is, AI tries to extract all files from the MSI and compress them again into a "Setup.CAB" (in addition to the CAB1.cab I wanted created).
When trying to install with the MST, I have to have this setup.cab with the installation, despite the fact, that the manufacturer MSI is still containing all files. This behaviour is...suboptimal.

Is there a way to add files to an "Edit MSI" project without touching the files the manufacturer of the software has already build in the msi? Just adding an extra Cab?

Daniel
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Re: Create MST with CAB to existing MSI

Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:51 pm

Hello,

Indeed, this is an Advanced Installer issue. A fix will be available in a future version of Advanced Installer. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. We will notify you when the fix will be released.

Until then as a workaround you should open your MST project file in Advanced Installer, go to "Builds page -> Advanced CAB Layout tab", select the "Setup.CAB" and check its "Include CAB into the MSI database" option. Then use again the [Save As Transform] toolbar button to build another MST.

Let us know if this helped.

All the best,
Daniel
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Dan
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Re: Create MST with CAB to existing MSI

Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:02 pm

Hello,

This was fixed in version 13.0 of Advanced Installer released on June 2nd, 2016.

Best regards,
Dan
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