I downloaded the source and changed the compiler and linker to use null, \x0, instead of tab, \t, and it resolved the problem confirming my earlier suspician. I will open it as a bug. On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Robert Perona <[email protected]>wrote:
> I experimented some more with orca after looking at the "Archive File > Format" > in the MSI SDK, and saw the translation of tabs to char 16(DLE). > > From digging into the source, it appears the compiler uses a tab > delimited intermediate format to pass custom table rows to the linker, > however it does not escape actual tabs in the data in any way. > This is why the data after tabs look like column names. > > Wix already properly translates the carriage return, 17(DC1), and line > feed, 25(EM), control characters mentioned with the tab in the SDK. > From the source it is coded to also translate tabs correctly, but a tab > will never appear in the data because of the previously mentioned > intermediate format. > Wix should be able to use a character that will never appear in xml instead > of tab. > > >Hmm, we escape IDT chars to allow tabs to flow through. The issue is > >probably just to allow CustomTable/Column to set the "escape chars" bit. > > > >On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Bob Arnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 20-Jul-11 17:59, Robert Perona wrote: > >> > When there are tabs in the custom table data a compilation error > occurs, > >> as > >> > if the compiler thinks the tab is attempting to create another column. > >> > I have tried an actual tab, xml escaped tab (	), and msi escaping > a > >> tab > >> > ([{tab}], where {tab} is an actual tab) > >> > >> [my reply from StackOverflow] > >> You can't -- data is imported into the .msi package via a tab-delimited > >> file. See "Archive File Format" in the MSI SDK. If the field can be > >> binary, you can import a file's content, which can be anything. > >> > >> -- > >> sig://boB > >> http://joyofsetup.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Storage Efficiency Calculator This modeling tool is based on patent-pending intellectual property that has been used successfully in hundreds of IBM storage optimization engage- ments, worldwide. Store less, Store more with what you own, Move data to the right place. Try It Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51427378/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
