Creation of a MIF file with DMS Script with a string with more then 240 characters could result in MIF file in wrong format.
Example :
In above example a value with a long filename contains some carriage return into the middle.
Start Component
Name = "BayLfSt"
Description = "BayLfSt"
Start Group
Name = "zlib"
ID = 1
KEY=1
Class = "zlib"
Description = "zlib"
Start Attribute
Name = "Filename"
ID = 1
Description = ""
Type = String(64)
Value = "C:\\Program Files\\McAfee\\Agent\\zlib.dll"
End Attribute
Start Attribute
Name = "Version"
ID = 2
Description = ""
Type = String(64)
Value = "1.0.0.0"
End Attribute
End Group
Start Group
Name = "zlib"
ID = 2
KEY=1
Class = "zlib"
Description = "zlib"
Start Attribute
Name = "Filename"
ID = 1
Description = ""
Type = String(64)
Value = "C:\\Program Files\\McAfee\\Agent\\x86\\zlib.dll"
End Attribute
Start Attribute
Name = "Version"
ID = 2
Description = ""
Type = String(64)
Value = "1.0.0.0"
End Attribute
End Group
Start Group
Name = "zlib"
ID = 3
KEY=1
Class = "zlib"
Description = "zlib"
Start Attribute
Name = "Filename"
ID = 1
Description = ""
Type = String(512)
Value = "D:\\$RECYCLE.BIN\\S-1-5-21-2440554596-1003339890-289817510-1197\\$RJRDNNX\\P_ZAS-SV-N011_7eefcf0a6d39440a827a67d9e3d12667-1744\\par-7a61732d736b2d61636365737364617461\\cache-4093d9a2b7536cf1be2d24a5a91dcd606623dbe8\\inc\\lib\\auto\\Compress\\R
aw\\Zlib\\zlib.dll"
End Attribute
Start Attribute
Name = "Version"
ID = 2
Description = ""
Type = String(64)
Value = ""
End Attribute
End Group
Start Group
Name = "zlib"
ID = 4
KEY=1
Class = "zlib"
Description = "zlib"
Start Attribute
Name = "Filename"
ID = 1
Description = ""
Type = String(256)
Value = "D:\\Temp\\EPRTEMP\\P_ZAS-SV-N011_499a1c5327ee467d89752c09bc670188-17540\\par-7a61732d736b2d61636365737364617461\\cache-exiftool-11.97\\inc\\lib\\auto\\Compress\\Raw\\Zlib\\zlib.dll"
End Attribute
Start Attribute
Name = "Version"
ID = 2
Description = ""
Type = String(64)
Value = ""
End Attribute
End Group
CA Client Automation 14.5 (with or without CU patch)
Open a case at CA Broadcom Technical Support requesting the fix T55V230
This fix could be installed on the Agents 14.5, 14.5 CU1, 14.5 CU2 and 14.5 CU3