IMO the danger is being overestimated. Windows isn't that dumb. It doesn't care if all your MSI short names are Something~1 (or any other name for that matter) because it ignores them. It's easy to demonstrate that every time Windows sees a short name that conflicts with one already in the destination directory it will create a new one when the file is added to the directory. A
The warning implies that you cannot safely install these MSI file table entries: SOMELO~1.EXE|somelongfile4name.exe SOMELO~1.EXE|somelongfile3name.exe SOMELO~1.EXE|somelongfile2name.exe SOMELO~1.EXE|somelongfile1name.exe SOMELO~1.EXE|somelongfile5name.exe Into a folder which already has Somelongfile6name.exe Somelongfile7name.exe Somelongfile8name.exe Somelongfile9name.exe Somelongfile10name.exe Which all have some unpredictable long names, including SOMELO~1.EXE and SOMELO~2.EXE. In reality the install works fine. Calling the GetShortPath API confirms that none of the short names in the MSI file table are relevant. The only caveat I can think of is the (mythical?) OS that doesn't do long names, and I'm pretty sure there are none of those around any more, so I've never tested this on a SFN-only system. Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Warning CNDL1044 - How to get rid of this? No, why would we remove the warning? You're doing a dangerous thing, the compiler is trying to help you. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathur, Uttam (GTS) Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:19 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Warning CNDL1044 - How to get rid of this? Thanks Rob but I have 5000 files (5000 rows in XML file) in my package and I don't think this is the "easiest fix". Can we assume this warning will go away in new version of WIX? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:11 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Warning CNDL1044 - How to get rid of this? The easiest fix is to remove the ShortName attribute. The WiX toolset will generate a stable identifier that doesn't have the ambiguity problem. PS: Is there some way to improve the error message? It's basically telling you that you need change the short name since it could collide with other files already on the system. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathur, Uttam (GTS) Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:09 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Warning CNDL1044 - How to get rid of this? I am using Wix toolkit 3.0.4220.0. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:07 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Warning CNDL1044 - How to get rid of this? What version of the WiX toolset are you using? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mathur, Uttam (GTS) Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:47 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Warning CNDL1044 - How to get rid of this? Hello, I am constantly receiving this warning upon building the WIX project file: Warning CNDL1044: The File/@ShortName attribute's value 'PERFOR~1.XML' is an ambiguous short name because it ends with a '~' character followed by a number. Under some circumstances, this name could resolve to more than one file or directory name and lead to unpredictable results (for example 'MICROS~1' may correspond to 'Microsoft Shared' or 'Microsoft Foo' or literally 'Micros~1'). Please can someone suggest, how to get rid of this warning CNDL1044? Fyi, I am compiling from Visual Studio 2008 and I don't know how to suppress this warning (like we can do by passing it to Candle.exe from command prompt). TIA, Uttam -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. 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