#1209 preprocessor generates CDATA which fails for ']]>'

[turha]

If the input *.wxs contains "]]>" in element content, encoded as e.g. "]]>", then candle fails. Apparently, the preprocessor tries to wrap every piece of text in a CDATA block, but CDATA cannot contain the "]]>" sequence. The easiest fix would be to change the preprocessor not to use CDATA.

Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Compiler version 3.0.4014.0
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cdata.wxs
candle.exe : error CNDL0001 : Cannot have ']]>' inside an XML CDATA block.

Exception Type: System.ArgumentException

Stack Trace:
at System.Xml.XmlTextWriter.WriteCData(String text)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Preprocessor.PreprocessReader(Boolean include, XmlReader reader, XmlWriter writer, Int32 offset)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Preprocessor.Process(String sourceFile, Hashtable variables)
at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Candle.Run(String[] args)

[turha]

sample input to trigger the bug

[turha]

another test case

[turha]

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File Added: cdata2.wxs

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