I think you need to keep this table to ensure others your app was ICE
validated, I remember this was part of the "Designed for Windows"
requirement or so.

Best regards,
Sebastian Brand

Deployment consultant
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Blog: www.sebastianbrand.com
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Piotr Fusik [mailto:pi...@fusik.info]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:05
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] _Validation table
> 
> A quick look with a hex editor into my MSI reveals that this table is 50
kB or
> so. I'd be happy to drop it if it's optional, preferably with a WiX
option. End
> users won't read Descriptions anyway, why are they so long then?
> 
> Piotr
> 
> "Blair" <os...@live.com> wrote:
> > Besides what is available on MSDN (e.g.
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa372930.aspx) what more do you
> need
> > to
> >
> > know?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Piotr Fusik [mailto:pi...@fusik.info]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:39 AM
> > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [WiX-users] _Validation table
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Could you please explain what's the purpose of the _Validation table
> > in MSI files? How is the long Description column used? How much
> > overhead does this table add to my MSI and how can I reduce it?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Piotr
> >
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