Anthony,
I think the reason you see it so much is that giving out a sample this
way is "safe". You are perfectly correct that you don't need it unless
there are XML reserved items, but it seems that (unfortunately) huge
numbers of developers don't understand the requirement to encapsulate
those characters in a CDATA block or encode them properly. By giving
examples in this form, when someone modifies the test to be an
inequality instead of an equality they don't get bitten! I'm sure it's
also easier for tools like Dark and Votive to always drop things in a
CDATA block than go through the extra steps of testing first to see if
it is necessary.
Regards,
Richard
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Conditional registry key using CheckBox control
:Why CDATA?
Why in so many examples is this written:
I thought CDATA was only required for when XML reserved items were
included, like <, >, and &.
Am I missing something, or is it just mystically copied around?
Anthony Wieser
Wieser Software Ltd
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