Hi everybody,
I have question about these two warnings thrown by Candle and Light
tools: CNDL1033 and LGHT1079 - both are about long cabinet file names.
The warning is telling me I should use short (8.3) file names
referencing some Windows Installer team recommendation, but I couldn't
find any documentation describing the compatibility problems I can
encounter. I would prefer using long file names for easier work with the
cabinet files. ("Program_Help_EN.CAB" is better name then "Prog_HEN.CAB")
Can you please tell me, what compatibility problems could result from
using long cabinet names? I'm targeting Windows XP with Windows
Installer 3.1.
Thank you for clarification
Sample warning from Candle:
Media.wxi(15) : warning CNDL1033 : The Media/@Cabinet attribute's value,
'LongCabinetName.CAB', is not a valid external cabinet name. Legal
cabinet names must follow 8.3 format: they should contain no more than 8
characters followed by an optional extension of no more than 3
characters. Any character except for the follow may be used: \ ? | > <
: / * " + , ; = [ ] (space). The Windows Installer team has recommended
following the 8.3 format for external cabinet files and any other naming
scheme is officially unsupported (which means its not guaranteed to work
on all platforms).
Have a nice day
zarevak
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