[wix-users] heat.exe System.OutOfMemoryException help

Wed Jul 13 11:56:27 PDT 2016

Just to give you an idea, I once had to add files during build like you are
doing and I used xml transforms (*.xslt) with Heat task which was modifying
Components by specifying Feature to be associated.

On 13 July 2016 at 11:33, Shintaro Takechi <devst119 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok thanks to you, I was able to complete the task by running for loop for
> each directories within the targetdirectory with command lines to solve the
> problem of OutOfMemory exception.
> However, this solution means I have to update the core wxs file to add new
> componentgroup as they come up (when new directory is added)
> Would there be some solution that allows me to not modify core wxs file?
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Shintaro Takechi <devst119 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > Farrukh
> > Thank you for the suggestion. I have tried executing it via batch file
> > but same error. (but seems like different stack trace)
> >
> > heat.exe : error HEAT0001 : Exception of type
> > 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.
> >
> > Exception Type: System.OutOfMemoryException
> >
> > Stack Trace:
> >    at
> >
> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Serialize.ElementCollection.SequenceItem..ctor(Type
> > elementType)
> >    at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Serialize.Fragment..ctor()
> >    at
> >
> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilMutator.MutateComponents()
> >    at
> > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Extensions.UtilMutator.Mutate(Wix
> wix)
> >    at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Mutator.Mutate(Wix wix)
> >    at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Heat.Run(String[] args)
> >
> > On 7/13/16, Farrukh Waheed <farrukh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Did you try to execute the same Heat command line from Command Prompt
> > > (Admin mode) for same directory? May be you want to close Visual studio
> > and
> > > simply generate the .wxs file and see if it is crashing in Command
> > > prompt...
> > >
> > > On 13 July 2016 at 09:48, Shintaro Takechi <devst119 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Since this command is running in visual studio pre-build event, I am
> not
> > >> even at the point to make separate msi packages.
> > >> May be I will robocopy each subdirectories in separate location of
> local
> > >> drive and output them in different wxs.
> > >> I guess my next step is to research how to use robocopy well?
> > >>
> > >> This command line call to heat is just copied from what HeatDirectory
> > >> generated for me.
> > >> The reason I am using command line version over HeatDirectory is
> because
> > >> I
> > >> had to insert robocopy to copy files in my local drive.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Phill Hogland <
> > phill.hogland at rimage.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > >>What would be the best approach to harvest in smaller sections?
> > >> >
> > >> > I have seen before the recommendations to create a bundle and drive
> > >> > multiple MSI packages.  I don't have the expertise to say that is
> the
> > >> > "best" but it has worked very well for my projects.  I have also
> seen
> > >> > the
> > >> > recommendation to be careful when using heat.exe and check the
> > >> > resulting
> > >> > output carefully.  So I do have several MSI projects that make use
> of
> > >> > HarvestDirectory target, which I greatly prefer over any command
> line
> > >> call
> > >> > to heat.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> >
> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/HarvestDirectory-target-for-multiple-directories-td7596917.html
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > ________________________________
> > >> > From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf
> of
> > >> > Shintaro Takechi <devst119 at gmail.com>
> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 11:27:35 AM
> > >> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> > >> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] heat.exe System.OutOfMemoryException help
> > >> >
> > >> > > Phill
> > >> > What would be the best approach to harvest in smaller sections?
> > >> > I still would like to enjoy the automatic file gathering of
> heat.exe.
> > >> > I currently have 32GB of memory, but would getting bigger memory
> help?
> > >> > I feel like as files are getting larger, the problem will persist.
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Phill Hogland
> > >> > <phill.hogland at rimage.com
> > >> >
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > >>The size of whole folder that I am trying to include comes out
> to
> > >> > > >> be
> > >> > > 8.56GB
> > >> > > with 17220 files and 1589 folders.
> > >> > > >>Would anybody know the solution for this?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Harvest smaller sections.
> > >> > > Get more memory.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > ________________________________
> > >> > > From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on
> behalf
> > of
> > >> > > Wheeler, Blaine (DSHS/DCS) <BWheeler at dshs.wa.gov>
> > >> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 11:14:48 AM
> > >> > > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> > >> > > Subject: Re: [wix-users] heat.exe System.OutOfMemoryException help
> > >> > >
> > >> > > How many files are you trying to harvest?  Heat can handle an
> awful
> > >> lot.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Could you share the heat command in your next post to this list?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >> > > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org]
> On
> > >> > Behalf
> > >> > > Of Shintaro Takechi
> > >> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 8:39 AM
> > >> > > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List
> > >> > > Subject: Re: [wix-users] heat.exe System.OutOfMemoryException help
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Right. It is network drive. Hence in the second example I first
> > >> > > execute
> > >> > > the robocopy to copy to my local drive and tried the heat. But got
> > >> > > same
> > >> > out
> > >> > > of memory exception...
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Get Outlook for iOS
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:20 PM -0700, "Farrukh Waheed" <
> > >> > > farrukh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > What do you mean by "files on the network" ?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On 13 July 2016 at 04:37, Shintaro Takechi  wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > files on the network
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
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