Mike, did you get a fix to this? It sounds like you understand the ancient
data structure better than we did. <smile/> If there is an issue here it
would be great to come up with a root fix.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:10 PM, <mike.strat...@bentley.com> wrote:
> Bob,****
>
> Thank you for your quick response. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Although closely related to the bug report that you listed below, this is
> different problem. ****
>
> The “wType” indicates binary/text data to follow. Unicode may be
> considered binary, but the enclosing VerFileInfo structure’s “*charsetID*”
> value should be 0n1200/0x04B0 for Unicode and 0n1252/0x04e4 for
> English/Multilingual, etc. as listed on (
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381049(v=vs.85).aspx
> )****
>
> ** **
>
> Perhaps the solution is to set “wType” to zero, and output a code page
> (not Unicode) appropriate string. I don’t really like this code page based
> solution, but it seems to be in the spirit of this ancient data structure.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 05, 2013 5:10 PM
> *To:* Windows Installer XML toolset developer mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [WiX-devs] Possible flaw in Burn bundle output .exe's
> Version Resource?****
>
> ** **
>
> Known bug: https://sourceforge.net/p/wix/bugs/3169/****
>
> On 05-Jul-13 13:27, mike.strat...@bentley.com wrote:****
>
> Before I file a bug (or change the code myself), I am looking for
> opinions on the following.****
>
> ****
>
> When I open a Burn bundle output installer exe using the Visual Studio
> Resource Editor, various customary Version Resource fields like
> CompanyName, FileDescription, etc. are empty. However, these fields are
> shown in the tool tip when hovering over the .exe in the Windows Explorer.
> They are also shown in the Windows Explorer Property Details tab. ****
>
> ****
>
> According to
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381058(v=vs.85).aspx,
> the “*charsetID*” should be 0x04B0 for Unicode and 04e4 is default
> English. For this particular example, at offset 0x12C129BD, the hex dump
> below shows that 0n1252/0x04e4 is specified yet the following string is in
> Unicode not ASCII or UTF-8.****
>
> ****
>
> 0x12C12987 00 00 00 00 00 a4 02 00 00 00 00 53 00 74 00 72 00 69
> .....¤.....S.t.r.i****
>
> 0x12C12999 00 6e 00 67 00 46 00 69 00 6c 00 65 00 49 00 6e 00 66
> .n.g.F.i.l.e.I.n.f****
>
> 0x12C129AB 00 6f 00 00 00 80 02 00 00 00 00 30 00 34 00 30 00 39
> .o...Ђ.....0.4.0.9****
>
> 0x12C129BD 00 30 00 34 00 45 00 34 00 00 00 5c 00 3c 00 00 00 43
> .0.4.E.4...\.<...C****
>
> 0x12C129CF 00 6f 00 6d 00 70 00 61 00 6e 00 79 00 4e 00 61 00 6d
> .o.m.p.a.n.y.N.a.m****
>
> 0x12C129E1 00 65 00 00 00 00 00 42 00 65 00 6e 00 74 00 6c 00 65
> .e.....B.e.n.t.l.e****
>
> 0x12C129F3 00 79 00 20 00 53 00 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 73 .y.
> .S.y.s.t.e.m.s****
>
> 0x12C12A05 00 2c 00 20 00 49 00 6e 00 63 00 6f 00 72 00 70 00 6f .,.
> .I.n.c.o.r.p.o****
>
> 0x12C12A17 00 72 00 61 00 74 00 65 00 64 00 00 00 50 00 26 00 00
> .r.a.t.e.d...P.&..****
>
> ****
>
> The values are specified using the typical****
>
> ****
>
> <?define COMPANY = "Bentley Systems, Incorporated"?>****
>
> <?define COPYRIGHT="Copyright (c) 2013 $(var.COMPANY)"?>****
>
> <Bundle Name="$(var.APPDISPLAYNAME)" Version="$(var.VERSION)" ****
>
> Manufacturer="$(var.COMPANY)" Copyright="$(var.COPYRIGHT)" ****
>
> UpgradeCode="$(var.UPGRADE_CODE)" IconSourceFile="$(var.MF_ICON)">
> ****
>
> ****
>
> ****
>
> Is this a bug or am I misunderstand this arcane minutiae?****
>
> ****
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