wix - ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: CustomAction -
i getting ice03: string overflow warning following code: <customaction id="customactionid" return="check" property="someproperty" value="very long string comes here" execute="immediate"/> this code included in separate .wxs file in fragment. if include directly within "product" tag warning disappears. happens following code: <binary id="somebinarywithaverylongname" sourcefile="sourcefile" /> i find out why happening? the customaction/@value attribute has limit of 255 characters in windows installer. so, if "very long string comes here" has more 255 characters hitting ice warning. binary/@id shorter because "identifiers" in msi , windows installer standardized on 72 characters identifiers. it mystery why ice03warning message different when placed under product element because ice validation executed against fi...