The Validate method performs validation of the installation package or merge module using the specified internal consistency evaluator file.

Syntax

C++HRESULT Validate(
  [in, optional]  LPCWSTR szICEs
);

Parameters

szICEs [in, optional]

Optional parameter that specifies which Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICE) should run. You can specify the ICEs in a delimited list or in a custom table.

When providing a delimited list of ICEs to be run, separate the ICEs in the list by colons (:), for example, "ICE01:ICE03:ICE08".

When providing the name of a custom sequence table, the ICEs to be run can be entered in the custom table.

If the value of szICEs is NULL, all ICEs in the _ICESequence table are run. The _ICESequence table is the default table provided with orca.msi and msival2.msi.

Return Value

The method can return one of the following values.

Requirements

See Also

IValidate

Using Evalcom2

Validation Callback Functions

Send comments about this topic to Microsoft

Build date: 8/13/2009