Media size option in LV app builder 6.1?

[SandScope]

Where is the media size option in app builder for LabView 6.1? I want to create small .cab files that can be place on diskette if needed. It's no longer on the Installer Settings tab. What am I missing here?

[Jim Adams]

According to the release notes for LV6.2 app builder (under "Changes
Introduced between Versions 6.0 and 6.1"):

"- (Windows) LabVIEW generates Microsoft Installer (MSI) installers. You can
select from 10 installation directories.

- (Windows) The Media Size and Extra Space on first disk (kB) buttons were
removed from the Installer Settings tab because the Microsoft Installer
(MSI) does not support disk spanning."

So it looks like you can't put a 6.1 installer on small disks.

Jim

"SandScope" wrote in message
news:506500000008000000E6470000-1019262487000@exchange.ni.com...
> Where is the media size option in app builder for LabView 6.1? I want
> to create small .cab files that can be place on diskette if needed.
> It's no longer on the Installer Sett
ings tab. What am I missing here?

[mikeporter]

The last time I built an executable with an installer, it broke it up into multiple installer files, each one suitable for storage on a 1.4M floppy.

In any case, one thing you could do is put the installer files in a Zip archive and then have the zip program you're using split the archive into smaller files that you can later rejoin. I just checked and WinZip 8.1 will generate split segments as small as 64K.

Mike...