>From a functionality point-of-view, the table is not considered part of the installation database (it is ignored if present by the routines involved in installation & maintenance of your product). However, many administrators depend on guidance from the ICE tests and other tests which often depend on this table in determining if they will allow any given application on their networks. Being OSS or not, you still need customers for most software, and that can be valuable information that others will use in helping gauge the quality of the package being offered.
I would recommend leaving it in. -----Original Message----- From: Piotr Fusik [mailto:pi...@fusik.info] Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:21 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] _Validation table Ok, I dropped this table with Orca and the MSI is just 19kB smaller which is no big deal (however nice for open source software where you don't care about certification). Could you please explain "This table is not shipped with the installer database" from the MSDN article linked below? Thanks, Piotr "Sebastian Brand \(Instyler Software\)" <wix+us...@instyler.com> wrote: > 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 > E-Mail: sebast...@instyler.com > 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 >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -- >>> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free >>> event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >>> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> ----- >>> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free >>> event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >>> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WiX-users mailing list >>> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > -- >> Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free >> event >> focused on virtualization and cloud computing. >> Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, > a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. > Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
