Added back wix-users - please keep the broader alias on the discussion. Do you have a stack trace for the failure? If you'd like to send us a crash dump, you can open a bug on SourceForge and attach the dump to it.
Derek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of neil corcoran Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WiX-users] heat and component identifier length zips are blocked. On 08/08/06, neil corcoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Derek, > > Thanks for the information. I'm going to parse the file and truncate > the component information. However once I get the warning light does > crash. > > I get an application pop up window telling me to terminate or go into > the debugger: From the debugger this is what I get. > > "Unhandled exception at 0x003c32d8 in light.exe: 0xC0000005: Access > violation reading location 0xffffffff. " > > I got it to generate a minidump and I have attached it. > Does the fact I use .Net 1.1 and not 2.0 make a difference? > > N > > > On 08/08/06, Derek Cicerone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the heads-up but that's not a crash - it's actually an > > ICE warning (you can tell because it says "ICE03" in front). When > > WiX crashes, it will display a stack trace so that we can diagnose and fix the problem. > > > > The problem you've encountered is that MSI identifiers are supposed > > to be 72 characters long or less. When the modularization guid and > > added (this only happens in merge modules), it's much easier to go > > over this limit because you're effectively limited to ~36 characters (I forget exactly how many). > > Basically you can only use half of the 72 which are available. > > > > This brings up a common question - why is the limit 72 characters? > > The answer is that at the time MSI was first created, it was very > > important to keep the size of strings in the MSI down to a minimum > > since installations were being packed onto floppy disks. Nowadays, > > the limitation seems unnecessary but there are still two good reasons to follow them: > > 1. Keeping identifiers under 72 characters long ensures that they > > are relatively succinct. > > 2. If you ship a merge module to another group that does follow the > > 72-character limit and your merge module does not, you will break > > validation for them (which is not very nice). In practice, the > > Visual Studio group does this all the time and they've gotten a ton > > of negative feedback about the practice. So please be a good citizen when creating merge modules. > > > > Derek > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of neil > > corcoran > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 12:26 AM > > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [WiX-users] heat and component identifier length > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been running heat on some directories to try to generate merge modules. > > Everything has been going well until one directory which has files > > with long file names gets processed by light. light.exe crashes because of this. > > The component > > tmp.wxs(3482) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater > > than length permitted in column); Table: Component, Column: > > Component, > > Key(s): > > apifnsm_adjust_agc_module_params.html.E2904247_E12E_4BA8_9815_E506E9 > > 6D53DA > > > > The component value is 74 characters long. I believe from reading on > > the platformsdk.msi usenet group that 72 is the limit. > > > > I can probably get my script to adjust the strings to avoid the > > problem, but you might like to know about the crash. > > > > Apart from that heat looks like a useful and powerful tool. Thanks. > > > > Neil > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > > services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > > job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based > > on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=12 > > 1642 _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
