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SMOKE.EXE

This is a command line tool program, not sure if you can still find it. I have been told: I have found a newer version of the SMOKE.EXE validator as a part of the VIX 3.0 (beta) Suite (Windows Installer XML v3) at http://wix.sourceforge.net/downloadv3.html.

This program doesn't currently integrate with MAKEMSI, let me know if it works and I'll add support.

I have asked for some additions and mentioned some problems with the tool (no response so far) however its main "features" are:

Still its the only command line alternative to the "MSIVAL2" tool.


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