I'm wondering what the situation is that makes you ask this question
(seriously). In my installs, my .NET assemblies have really long names and
they wouldn't work if the names changed. I let WiX automatically hash the
shortname with something seriously meaningless just to make MSI happy and I
never concern myself with it. The only time I've been bit by long | short
names is in the media table which only understands shortnames. InstallShield
has a bug where you can get bit real bad when installing from a CDROM.
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----- Original Message ----
From: "Socky, David R (GE Energy)" <david.so...@ge.com>
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Fri, November 5, 2010 7:32:25 AM
Subject: [WiX-users] - File short names
I am trying to define the short name of a file, but the installer
ignores my entry and creates its own automatic short name. For
instance, I'm using the following in the file table:
gehnum01.pdf|GEH-6421_Vol_I.pdf but when installed, the short name turns
out to be GEH-64~1.pdf
My code looks like:
<Component Id="GEH_6421_Vol_I.pdf"
Guid="{A12AF620-A279-4445-A461-6CF5867A7B9E}" >
<File Id="GEH_6421_Vol_I.pdf" Name="GEH-6421_Vol_I.pdf"
ShortName=" gehnum01.pdf" Source=".\RuntimeFiles\Doc\GEH-6421_Vol_I.pdf"
KeyPath='yes' Checksum="no" >
<Shortcut Id="startmenuMarkVIDocsSysManVol1"
Directory='ProgramMenuMarkVIDocuments' Name='System Manual Vol 1'
WorkingDirectory='Doc' />
</File>
</Component>
Once built, the .msm in Orca looks ok in the file table.
What do I need to do to get the short name to be what I want it to.
Thanks,
Dave
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