WiX Database XML Schema Table of Contents

WiX Database XML Schema...... 21 Elements...... 22 AdminExecuteSequence...... 30 AdminUISequence...... 31 AdvertiseExecuteSequence...... 32 AllocateRegistrySpace...... 33 AppData...... 34 AppId...... 35 AppSearch...... 36 AssemblyName...... 37 Billboard...... 38 BillboardAction...... 39 Binary...... 40 BinaryRef...... 41 BindImage...... 42 Category...... 43 CCPSearch...... 44 Class...... 45 Column...... 47 ComboBox...... 48 ComplianceCheck...... 49 ComplianceDrive...... 50 Component...... 51 ComponentGroup...... 54 ComponentGroupRef...... 55 ComponentRef...... 56 ComponentSearch...... 57 Condition...... 58 Configuration...... 59 ConfigurationData...... 60 Control...... 61 CopyFile...... 64 CostFinalize...... 66 CostInitialize...... 67 CreateFolder...... 68 CreateFolders...... 69 CreateShortcuts...... 70 Custom...... 71 CustomAction...... 72 CustomActionRef...... 74 CustomProperty...... 75 CustomTable...... 76 Data...... 77 DeleteServices...... 78 Dependency...... 79 Dialog...... 80 DialogRef...... 81 DigitalCertificate...... 82 DigitalSignature...... 83 Directory...... 84 DirectoryRef...... 85 DirectorySearch...... 86 DirectorySearchRef...... 87 DisableRollback...... 88 DuplicateFiles...... 89 EmbeddedChainer...... 90 EmbeddedChainerRef...... 91 EmbeddedUI...... 92 EmbeddedUIResource...... 94 EnsureTable...... 95 Environment...... 96 Error...... 97 Exclusion...... 98 ExecuteAction...... 99 Extension...... 100 ExternalFile...... 101 Family...... 102 Feature...... 103 FeatureGroup...... 105 FeatureGroupRef...... 106 FeatureRef...... 107 File...... 108 FileCost...... 110 FileSearch...... 111 FileSearchRef...... 112 FileTypeMask...... 113 FindRelatedProducts...... 114 ForceReboot...... 115 Fragment...... 116 Icon...... 118 IconRef...... 119 IgnoreModularization...... 120 IgnoreRange...... 121 IgnoreTable...... 122 Include...... 123 IniFile...... 124 IniFileSearch...... 125 InstallAdminPackage...... 126 InstallExecute...... 127 InstallExecuteAgain...... 128 InstallExecuteSequence...... 129 InstallFiles...... 133 InstallFinalize...... 134 InstallInitialize...... 135 InstallODBC...... 136 InstallServices...... 137 InstallUISequence...... 138 InstallValidate...... 139 Instance...... 140 InstanceTransforms...... 141 Interface...... 142 IsolateComponent...... 143 IsolateComponents...... 144 LaunchConditions...... 145 ListBox...... 146 3 ListItem...... 147 ListView...... 148 Media...... 149 Merge...... 150 MergeRef...... 151 MigrateFeatureStates...... 152 MIME...... 153 Module...... 154 MoveFiles...... 156 MsiPublishAssemblies...... 157 MsiUnpublishAssemblies...... 158 MultiStringValue...... 159 ODBCDataSource...... 160 ODBCDriver...... 161 ODBCTranslator...... 162 OptimizeCustomActions...... 163 Package...... 164 Patch...... 165 PatchBaseline...... 167 PatchCertificates...... 168 PatchCreation...... 169 PatchFamily...... 171 PatchFamilyRef...... 172 PatchFiles...... 173 PatchInformation...... 174 PatchMetadata...... 175 PatchProperty...... 176 PatchSequence...... 177 Permission...... 178 ProcessComponents...... 180 Product...... 181 ProgId...... 183 ProgressText...... 184 Property...... 185 PropertyRef...... 186 ProtectFile...... 187 ProtectRange...... 188 Publish...... 189 PublishComponents...... 190 PublishFeatures...... 191 PublishProduct...... 192 RadioButton...... 193 RadioButtonGroup...... 194 RegisterClassInfo...... 195 RegisterComPlus...... 196 RegisterExtensionInfo...... 197 RegisterFonts...... 198 RegisterMIMEInfo...... 199 RegisterProduct...... 200 RegisterProgIdInfo...... 201 RegisterTypeLibraries...... 202 RegisterUser...... 203 Registry...... 204 RegistryKey...... 205 RegistrySearch...... 206 4 RegistrySearchRef...... 207 RegistryValue...... 208 RemoveDuplicateFiles...... 209 RemoveEnvironmentStrings...... 210 RemoveExistingProducts...... 211 RemoveFile...... 212 RemoveFiles...... 213 RemoveFolder...... 214 RemoveFolders...... 215 RemoveIniValues...... 216 RemoveODBC...... 217 RemoveRegistryKey...... 218 RemoveRegistryValue...... 219 RemoveRegistryValues...... 220 RemoveShortcuts...... 221 ReplacePatch...... 222 ReserveCost...... 223 ResolveSource...... 224 RMCCPSearch...... 225 Row...... 226 ScheduleReboot...... 227 SelfRegModules...... 228 SelfUnregModules...... 229 ServiceArgument...... 230 ServiceControl...... 231 ServiceDependency...... 232 ServiceInstall...... 233 SetDirectory...... 234 SetODBCFolders...... 235 SetProperty...... 236 SFPCatalog...... 237 SFPFile...... 238 Shortcut...... 239 Show...... 240 StartServices...... 241 StopServices...... 242 Subscribe...... 243 Substitution...... 244 SymbolPath...... 245 TargetFile...... 246 TargetImage...... 247 TargetProductCode...... 248 Text...... 249 TextStyle...... 250 TypeLib...... 251 UI...... 252 UIRef...... 253 UIText...... 254 UnpublishComponents...... 255 UnpublishFeatures...... 256 UnregisterClassInfo...... 257 UnregisterComPlus...... 258 UnregisterExtensionInfo...... 259 UnregisterFonts...... 260 UnregisterMIMEInfo...... 261 5 UnregisterProgIdInfo...... 262 UnregisterTypeLibraries...... 263 Upgrade...... 264 UpgradeFile...... 265 UpgradeImage...... 266 UpgradeVersion...... 267 Validate...... 268 ValidateProductID...... 269 Verb...... 270 Wix...... 271 WixVariable...... 272 WriteEnvironmentStrings...... 273 WriteIniValues...... 274 WriteRegistryValues...... 275 Attributes...... 276 Absent [element Feature]...... 304 Account [element ServiceInstall]...... 305 Action [element Condition]...... 306 Action [element Custom]...... 307 Action [element Environment]...... 308 Action [element IniFile]...... 309 Action [element ProgressText]...... 310 Action [element Registry]...... 311 Action [element RegistryKey]...... 312 Action [element RegistryValue]...... 313 Action [element RemoveRegistryKey]...... 314 ActivateAtStorage [element AppId]...... 315 Admin [element Property]...... 316 AdminImage [element Package]...... 317 AdminImage [element PatchInformation]...... 318 Advertise [element AppId]...... 319 Advertise [element Class]...... 320 Advertise [element Extension]...... 321 Advertise [element MIME]...... 322 Advertise [element ProgId]...... 323 Advertise [element Shortcut]...... 324 Advertise [element TypeLib]...... 325 After [element Custom]...... 326 After [element SetProperty]...... 327 After [element Show]...... 328 After [type ActionModuleSequenceType]...... 329 AllowAdvertise [element Feature]...... 330 AllowIgnoreOnError [element UpgradeFile]...... 331 AllowMajorVersionMismatches [element PatchCreation]...... 332 AllowProductCodeMismatches [element PatchCreation]...... 333 AllowRemoval [element Patch]...... 334 AllowRemoval [element PatchMetadata]...... 335 ApiPatchingSymbolNoFailuresFlag [element Patch]...... 336 ApiPatchingSymbolNoImagehlpFlag [element Patch]...... 337 ApiPatchingSymbolUndecoratedTooFlag [element Patch]...... 338 AppData [element Category]...... 339 Append [element Permission]...... 340 AppId [element Class]...... 341 Argument [element Class]...... 342 Argument [element Verb]...... 343 6 Arguments [element ServiceInstall]...... 344 Arguments [element Shortcut]...... 345 Assembly [element File]...... 346 AssemblyApplication [element File]...... 347 AssemblyManifest [element File]...... 348 AssignToProperty [element DirectorySearch]...... 349 AssignToProperty [element DirectorySearchRef]...... 350 Attribute [element Subscribe]...... 351 Before [element Custom]...... 352 Before [element SetProperty]...... 353 Before [element Show]...... 354 Before [type ActionModuleSequenceType]...... 355 BinaryKey [element CustomAction]...... 356 BinarySource [element EmbeddedChainer]...... 357 BindPath [element File]...... 358 Bitmap [element Control]...... 359 Bitmap [element RadioButton]...... 360 Blue [element TextStyle]...... 361 Bold [element TextStyle]...... 362 Cabinet [element Media]...... 363 Cancel [element Control]...... 364 Category [element Column]...... 365 CDROM [element Control]...... 366 ChangePermission [element Permission]...... 367 CheckBoxValue [element Control]...... 368 Checksum [element File]...... 369 Class [element MIME]...... 370 Classification [element Patch]...... 371 Classification [element PatchMetadata]...... 372 CleanWorkingFolder [element PatchCreation]...... 373 ClientPatchId [element Patch]...... 374 Codepage [element Module]...... 375 Codepage [element Patch]...... 376 Codepage [element PatchCreation]...... 377 Codepage [element Product]...... 378 Column [element Data]...... 379 Column [element Substitution]...... 380 ComboList [element Control]...... 381 Command [element Verb]...... 382 CommandLine [element EmbeddedChainer]...... 383 Comments [element Package]...... 384 Comments [element PatchInformation]...... 385 CompanionFile [element File]...... 386 Company [element CustomProperty]...... 387 Company [element PatchProperty]...... 388 ComplianceCheck [element Property]...... 389 ComPlusFlags [element Component]...... 390 ComponentGuidGenerationSeed [element Directory]...... 391 Compressed [element File]...... 392 Compressed [element Package]...... 393 Compressed [element PatchInformation]...... 394 CompressionLevel [element Media]...... 395 ConfigurableDirectory [element Feature]...... 396 ContentType [element Extension]...... 397 ContentType [element MIME]...... 398 7 Context [element Class]...... 399 ContextData [element Configuration]...... 400 Control [element Class]...... 401 Control [element Publish]...... 402 Control [element TypeLib]...... 403 Cost [element TypeLib]...... 404 CreateChild [element Permission]...... 405 CreateFile [element Permission]...... 406 CreateLink [element Permission]...... 407 CreateSubkeys [element Permission]...... 408 CreationTimeUTC [element PatchMetadata]...... 409 CustomPalette [element Dialog]...... 410 Default [element Control]...... 411 Default [element MIME]...... 412 DefaultLanguage [element File]...... 413 DefaultSize [element File]...... 414 DefaultValue [element Configuration]...... 415 DefaultVersion [element File]...... 416 Delete [element CopyFile]...... 417 Delete [element Permission]...... 418 DeleteChild [element Permission]...... 419 Dependency [element SFPCatalog]...... 420 Depth [element DirectorySearch]...... 421 Description [element AppId]...... 422 Description [element Class]...... 423 Description [element Column]...... 424 Description [element Configuration]...... 425 Description [element Feature]...... 426 Description [element Package]...... 427 Description [element Patch]...... 428 Description [element PatchInformation]...... 429 Description [element PatchMetadata]...... 430 Description [element ProgId]...... 431 Description [element ServiceInstall]...... 432 Description [element Shortcut]...... 433 Description [element TypeLib]...... 434 DescriptionResourceDll [element Shortcut]...... 435 DescriptionResourceId [element Shortcut]...... 436 DestinationDirectory [element CopyFile]...... 437 DestinationLongName [element CopyFile]...... 438 DestinationName [element CopyFile]...... 439 DestinationProperty [element CopyFile]...... 440 DestinationShortName [element CopyFile]...... 441 Dialog [element Publish]...... 442 Dialog [element Show]...... 443 Directory [element Component]...... 444 Directory [element CreateFolder]...... 445 Directory [element CustomAction]...... 446 Directory [element IniFile]...... 447 Directory [element RemoveFile]...... 448 Directory [element RemoveFolder]...... 449 Directory [element ReserveCost]...... 450 Directory [element Shortcut]...... 451 Disabled [element Control]...... 452 DisableRegistryReflection [element Component]...... 453 8 DiskId [element Component]...... 454 DiskId [element Directory]...... 455 DiskId [element DirectoryRef]...... 456 DiskId [element Family]...... 457 DiskId [element File]...... 458 DiskId [element Merge]...... 459 DiskPrompt [element Family]...... 460 DiskPrompt [element Media]...... 461 Display [element Feature]...... 462 DisplayName [element Configuration]...... 463 DisplayName [element Patch]...... 464 DisplayName [element PatchMetadata]...... 465 DisplayName [element ServiceInstall]...... 466 DisplayResourceDll [element Shortcut]...... 467 DisplayResourceId [element Shortcut]...... 468 DllEntry [element CustomAction]...... 469 DllSurrogate [element AppId]...... 470 Domain [element Permission]...... 471 DriverName [element ODBCDataSource]...... 472 ElevationShield [element Control]...... 473 EmbedCab [element Media]...... 474 EnumerateSubkeys [element Permission]...... 475 EraseDescription [element ServiceInstall]...... 476 Error [element CustomAction]...... 477 ErrorControl [element ServiceInstall]...... 478 ErrorDialog [element Dialog]...... 479 Event [element Publish]...... 480 Event [element Subscribe]...... 481 ExcludedId [element Exclusion]...... 482 ExcludedMaxVersion [element Exclusion]...... 483 ExcludedMinVersion [element Exclusion]...... 484 ExcludeExceptLanguage [element Exclusion]...... 485 ExcludeLanguage [element Exclusion]...... 486 ExcludeLanguages [element UpgradeVersion]...... 487 ExeCommand [element CustomAction]...... 488 Execute [element CustomAction]...... 489 Execute [element Permission]...... 490 FaceName [element TextStyle]...... 491 Feature [element Billboard]...... 492 Feature [element Category]...... 493 Feature [element Component]...... 494 Field [element IniFileSearch]...... 495 File [element ExternalFile]...... 496 File [element ODBCDriver]...... 497 File [element ODBCTranslator]...... 498 File [element ProtectFile]...... 499 File [element UpgradeFile]...... 500 FileCompression [element Merge]...... 501 FileId [element CopyFile]...... 502 FileKey [element CustomAction]...... 503 FileSource [element Directory]...... 504 FileSource [element DirectoryRef]...... 505 FileSource [element EmbeddedChainer]...... 506 Fixed [element Control]...... 507 FixedSize [element Control]...... 508 9 Floppy [element Control]...... 509 FontTitle [element File]...... 510 Format [element Configuration]...... 511 FormatSize [element Control]...... 512 GenericAll [element Permission]...... 513 GenericExecute [element Permission]...... 514 GenericRead [element Permission]...... 515 GenericWrite [element Permission]...... 516 Green [element TextStyle]...... 517 Group [element ServiceDependency]...... 518 Guid [element Component]...... 519 Guid [element ComponentSearch]...... 520 Guid [element Module]...... 521 Handler [element Class]...... 522 HasBorder [element Control]...... 523 HasDiskImage [element TypeLib]...... 524 Height [element Control]...... 525 Height [element Dialog]...... 526 Height [element RadioButton]...... 527 Help [element Control]...... 528 Help [element RadioButton]...... 529 HelpDirectory [element TypeLib]...... 530 HelpKeyword [element Configuration]...... 531 HelpLocation [element Configuration]...... 532 Hidden [element Control]...... 533 Hidden [element Dialog]...... 534 Hidden [element File]...... 535 Hidden [element Property]...... 536 Hidden [element TypeLib]...... 537 HideTarget [element CustomAction]...... 538 Hotkey [element Shortcut]...... 539 Icon [element Class]...... 540 Icon [element Control]...... 541 Icon [element ListItem]...... 542 Icon [element ProgId]...... 543 Icon [element RadioButton]...... 544 Icon [element Shortcut]...... 545 IconIndex [element Class]...... 546 IconIndex [element ProgId]...... 547 IconIndex [element Shortcut]...... 548 IconSize [element Control]...... 549 Id [element AppId]...... 550 Id [element AssemblyName]...... 551 Id [element Billboard]...... 552 Id [element BillboardAction]...... 553 Id [element Binary]...... 554 Id [element BinaryRef]...... 555 Id [element Category]...... 556 Id [element Class]...... 557 Id [element Column]...... 558 Id [element Component]...... 559 Id [element ComponentGroup]...... 560 Id [element ComponentGroupRef]...... 561 Id [element ComponentRef]...... 562 Id [element ComponentSearch]...... 563 10 Id [element Control]...... 564 Id [element CopyFile]...... 565 Id [element CustomAction]...... 566 Id [element CustomActionRef]...... 567 Id [element CustomTable]...... 568 Id [element Dialog]...... 569 Id [element DialogRef]...... 570 Id [element DigitalCertificate]...... 571 Id [element Directory]...... 572 Id [element DirectoryRef]...... 573 Id [element DirectorySearch]...... 574 Id [element DirectorySearchRef]...... 575 Id [element EmbeddedChainer]...... 576 Id [element EmbeddedChainerRef]...... 577 Id [element EmbeddedUI]...... 578 Id [element EmbeddedUIResource]...... 579 Id [element EnsureTable]...... 580 Id [element Environment]...... 581 Id [element Error]...... 582 Id [element Extension]...... 583 Id [element Feature]...... 584 Id [element FeatureGroup]...... 585 Id [element FeatureGroupRef]...... 586 Id [element FeatureRef]...... 587 Id [element File]...... 588 Id [element FileSearch]...... 589 Id [element FileSearchRef]...... 590 Id [element Fragment]...... 591 Id [element Icon]...... 592 Id [element IconRef]...... 593 Id [element IgnoreTable]...... 594 Id [element IniFile]...... 595 Id [element IniFileSearch]...... 596 Id [element Instance]...... 597 Id [element Interface]...... 598 Id [element Media]...... 599 Id [element Merge]...... 600 Id [element MergeRef]...... 601 Id [element Module]...... 602 Id [element ODBCDataSource]...... 603 Id [element ODBCDriver]...... 604 Id [element ODBCTranslator]...... 605 Id [element Package]...... 606 Id [element Patch]...... 607 Id [element PatchBaseline]...... 608 Id [element PatchCreation]...... 609 Id [element PatchFamily]...... 610 Id [element PatchFamilyRef]...... 611 Id [element Product]...... 612 Id [element ProgId]...... 613 Id [element Property]...... 614 Id [element PropertyRef]...... 615 Id [element Registry]...... 616 Id [element RegistryKey]...... 617 Id [element RegistrySearch]...... 618 11 Id [element RegistrySearchRef]...... 619 Id [element RegistryValue]...... 620 Id [element RemoveFile]...... 621 Id [element RemoveFolder]...... 622 Id [element RemoveRegistryKey]...... 623 Id [element RemoveRegistryValue]...... 624 Id [element ReplacePatch]...... 625 Id [element ReserveCost]...... 626 Id [element ServiceControl]...... 627 Id [element ServiceDependency]...... 628 Id [element ServiceInstall]...... 629 Id [element SetDirectory]...... 630 Id [element SetProperty]...... 631 Id [element SFPFile]...... 632 Id [element Shortcut]...... 633 Id [element TargetFile]...... 634 Id [element TargetImage]...... 635 Id [element TargetProductCode]...... 636 Id [element TextStyle]...... 637 Id [element TypeLib]...... 638 Id [element UI]...... 639 Id [element UIRef]...... 640 Id [element UIText]...... 641 Id [element Upgrade]...... 642 Id [element UpgradeImage]...... 643 Id [element Verb]...... 644 Id [element WixVariable]...... 645 Ignore [element UpgradeFile]...... 646 IgnoreActionData [element EmbeddedUI]...... 647 IgnoreActionStart [element EmbeddedUI]...... 648 IgnoreAddExistingRow [element Validate]...... 649 IgnoreAddExistingTable [element Validate]...... 650 IgnoreChangingCodePage [element Validate]...... 651 IgnoreCommonData [element EmbeddedUI]...... 652 IgnoreDeleteMissingRow [element Validate]...... 653 IgnoreDeleteMissingTable [element Validate]...... 654 IgnoreError [element EmbeddedUI]...... 655 IgnoreFatalExit [element EmbeddedUI]...... 656 IgnoreFilesInUse [element EmbeddedUI]...... 657 IgnoreInfo [element EmbeddedUI]...... 658 IgnoreInitialize [element EmbeddedUI]...... 659 IgnoreMissingFiles [element TargetImage]...... 660 IgnoreOutOfDiskSpace [element EmbeddedUI]...... 661 IgnoreParent [element FeatureGroupRef]...... 662 IgnoreParent [element FeatureRef]...... 663 IgnoreProgress [element EmbeddedUI]...... 664 IgnoreRemoveFailure [element UpgradeVersion]...... 665 IgnoreResolveSource [element EmbeddedUI]...... 666 IgnoreRMFilesInUse [element EmbeddedUI]...... 667 IgnoreShowDialog [element EmbeddedUI]...... 668 IgnoreTerminate [element EmbeddedUI]...... 669 IgnoreUpdateMissingRow [element Validate]...... 670 IgnoreUser [element EmbeddedUI]...... 671 IgnoreWarning [element EmbeddedUI]...... 672 Image [element Control]...... 673 12 Impersonate [element CustomAction]...... 674 IncludeMaximum [element UpgradeVersion]...... 675 IncludeMinimum [element UpgradeVersion]...... 676 Indirect [element Control]...... 677 Insertable [element Class]...... 678 InstallDefault [element Feature]...... 679 InstallerVersion [element Package]...... 680 InstallPrivileges [element Package]...... 681 InstallScope [element Package]...... 682 Integer [element Control]...... 683 Interactive [element ServiceInstall]...... 684 Italic [element TextStyle]...... 685 JScriptCall [element CustomAction]...... 686 KeepModeless [element Dialog]...... 687 Key [element IniFile]...... 688 Key [element IniFileSearch]...... 689 Key [element Registry]...... 690 Key [element RegistryKey]...... 691 Key [element RegistrySearch]...... 692 Key [element RegistryValue]...... 693 Key [element RemoveRegistryKey]...... 694 Key [element RemoveRegistryValue]...... 695 KeyColumn [element Column]...... 696 KeyNoOrphan [element Configuration]...... 697 KeyPath [element Component]...... 698 KeyPath [element File]...... 699 KeyPath [element ODBCDataSource]...... 700 KeyPath [element Registry]...... 701 KeyPath [element RegistryValue]...... 702 KeyTable [element Column]...... 703 Keywords [element Package]...... 704 Keywords [element PatchInformation]...... 705 Language [element Merge]...... 706 Language [element Module]...... 707 Language [element Product]...... 708 Language [element TypeLib]...... 709 Language [element UpgradeVersion]...... 710 Languages [element FileSearch]...... 711 Languages [element Package]...... 712 Languages [element PatchInformation]...... 713 Layout [element Media]...... 714 LeftScroll [element Control]...... 715 LeftScroll [element Dialog]...... 716 Length [element IgnoreRange]...... 717 Length [element ProtectRange]...... 718 Level [element Condition]...... 719 Level [element Feature]...... 720 LoadOrderGroup [element ServiceInstall]...... 721 Localizable [element Column]...... 722 LocalService [element AppId]...... 723 Location [element Component]...... 724 LongName [element Directory]...... 725 LongName [element File]...... 726 LongName [element FileSearch]...... 727 LongName [element IniFile]...... 728 13 LongName [element IniFileSearch]...... 729 LongName [element RemoveFile]...... 730 LongName [element Shortcut]...... 731 LongSource [element Directory]...... 732 MajorVersion [element TypeLib]...... 733 Manufacturer [element Package]...... 734 Manufacturer [element Patch]...... 735 Manufacturer [element PatchInformation]...... 736 Manufacturer [element Product]...... 737 ManufacturerName [element PatchMetadata]...... 738 Mask [element FileTypeMask]...... 739 MaxDate [element FileSearch]...... 740 Maximum [element UpgradeVersion]...... 741 MaxSize [element FileSearch]...... 742 MaxValue [element Column]...... 743 MaxVersion [element FileSearch]...... 744 MediaSrcProp [element Family]...... 745 Message [element Condition]...... 746 MigrateFeatures [element UpgradeVersion]...... 747 MinDate [element FileSearch]...... 748 Minimum [element UpgradeVersion]...... 749 MinorUpdateTargetRTM [element Patch]...... 750 MinorUpdateTargetRTM [element PatchMetadata]...... 751 MinorVersion [element TypeLib]...... 752 MinSize [element FileSearch]...... 753 MinValue [element Column]...... 754 MinVersion [element FileSearch]...... 755 Modeless [element Dialog]...... 756 Modularize [element Column]...... 757 MoreInfoURL [element Patch]...... 758 MoreInfoURL [element PatchMetadata]...... 759 Multiline [element Control]...... 760 Name [element Configuration]...... 761 Name [element ConfigurationData]...... 762 Name [element Directory]...... 763 Name [element EmbeddedUI]...... 764 Name [element EmbeddedUIResource]...... 765 Name [element Environment]...... 766 Name [element Family]...... 767 Name [element File]...... 768 Name [element FileSearch]...... 769 Name [element IgnoreModularization]...... 770 Name [element IniFile]...... 771 Name [element IniFileSearch]...... 772 Name [element Interface]...... 773 Name [element ODBCDataSource]...... 774 Name [element ODBCDriver]...... 775 Name [element ODBCTranslator]...... 776 Name [element PatchProperty]...... 777 Name [element Product]...... 778 Name [element Registry]...... 779 Name [element RegistrySearch]...... 780 Name [element RegistryValue]...... 781 Name [element RemoveFile]...... 782 Name [element RemoveRegistryValue]...... 783 14 Name [element ServiceControl]...... 784 Name [element ServiceInstall]...... 785 Name [element SFPCatalog]...... 786 Name [element Shortcut]...... 787 NeverOverwrite [element Component]...... 788 NoMinimize [element Dialog]...... 789 NonNullable [element Configuration]...... 790 NoOpen [element ProgId]...... 791 NoPrefix [element Control]...... 792 Notify [element Permission]...... 793 NoWrap [element Control]...... 794 Nullable [element Column]...... 795 NumMethods [element Interface]...... 796 Offset [element FileTypeMask]...... 797 Offset [element IgnoreRange]...... 798 Offset [element ProtectRange]...... 799 On [element RemoveFile]...... 800 On [element RemoveFolder]...... 801 OnExit [element Custom]...... 802 OnExit [element Show]...... 803 OnlyDetect [element UpgradeVersion]...... 804 OptimizedInstallMode [element Patch]...... 805 OptimizedInstallMode [element PatchMetadata]...... 806 OptimizePatchSizeForLargeFiles [element Patch]...... 807 Order [element ExternalFile]...... 808 Order [element Publish]...... 809 Order [element TargetImage]...... 810 OutputPath [element PatchCreation]...... 811 Overridable [element Custom]...... 812 Overridable [element Show]...... 813 Overridable [element WixVariable]...... 814 Overridable [type ActionModuleSequenceType]...... 815 Parent [element DirectorySearchRef]...... 816 Part [element Environment]...... 817 Password [element Control]...... 818 Password [element ServiceInstall]...... 819 PatchAllowIgnoreOnError [element File]...... 820 PatchFamily [element PatchSequence]...... 821 PatchGroup [element File]...... 822 PatchIgnore [element File]...... 823 PatchUninstall [element CustomAction]...... 824 PatchWholeFile [element File]...... 825 Path [element DirectorySearch]...... 826 Path [element DirectorySearchRef]...... 827 Path [element SymbolPath]...... 828 Permanent [element Component]...... 829 Permanent [element Environment]...... 830 Platform [element Package]...... 831 Platforms [element Package]...... 832 Platforms [element PatchInformation]...... 833 Primary [element ComponentGroupRef]...... 834 Primary [element ComponentRef]...... 835 Primary [element FeatureGroupRef]...... 836 Primary [element MergeRef]...... 837 PrimaryKey [element Column]...... 838 15 ProcessorArchitecture [element File]...... 839 ProductCode [element Instance]...... 840 ProductCode [element PatchFamily]...... 841 ProductCode [element PatchSequence]...... 842 ProductId [element Validate]...... 843 ProductLanguage [element Validate]...... 844 ProductName [element Instance]...... 845 ProductVersion [element Validate]...... 846 ProductVersionOperator [element Validate]...... 847 Programmable [element Class]...... 848 ProgressBlocks [element Control]...... 849 Property [element ComboBox]...... 850 Property [element Control]...... 851 Property [element CustomAction]...... 852 Property [element CustomProperty]...... 853 Property [element InstanceTransforms]...... 854 Property [element ListBox]...... 855 Property [element ListView]...... 856 Property [element Publish]...... 857 Property [element RadioButtonGroup]...... 858 Property [element RemoveFile]...... 859 Property [element RemoveFolder]...... 860 Property [element UpgradeVersion]...... 861 PropertySource [element EmbeddedChainer]...... 862 ProxyStubClassId [element Interface]...... 863 ProxyStubClassId32 [element Interface]...... 864 PushLike [element Control]...... 865 Qualifier [element Category]...... 866 RAMDisk [element Control]...... 867 Read [element Permission]...... 868 ReadAttributes [element Permission]...... 869 ReadExtendedAttributes [element Permission]...... 870 ReadOnly [element File]...... 871 ReadOnly [element Package]...... 872 ReadOnly [element PatchInformation]...... 873 ReadPermission [element Permission]...... 874 Red [element TextStyle]...... 875 Registration [element ODBCDataSource]...... 876 RelativePath [element Class]...... 877 Remote [element Control]...... 878 RemoteServerName [element AppId]...... 879 Removable [element Control]...... 880 Remove [element ServiceControl]...... 881 RemoveFeatures [element UpgradeVersion]...... 882 RequiredId [element Dependency]...... 883 RequiredLanguage [element Dependency]...... 884 RequiredVersion [element Dependency]...... 885 RequiredVersion [element Wix]...... 886 ResourceId [element TypeLib]...... 887 Restricted [element TypeLib]...... 888 Return [element CustomAction]...... 889 RightAligned [element Control]...... 890 RightAligned [element Dialog]...... 891 RightToLeft [element Control]...... 892 RightToLeft [element Dialog]...... 893 16 Root [element Registry]...... 894 Root [element RegistryKey]...... 895 Root [element RegistrySearch]...... 896 Root [element RegistryValue]...... 897 Root [element RemoveRegistryKey]...... 898 Root [element RemoveRegistryValue]...... 899 Row [element Substitution]...... 900 RunAsInteractiveUser [element AppId]...... 901 RunFromSource [element ReserveCost]...... 902 RunLocal [element ReserveCost]...... 903 SafeForInitializing [element Class]...... 904 SafeForScripting [element Class]...... 905 Script [element CustomAction]...... 906 Section [element IniFile]...... 907 Section [element IniFileSearch]...... 908 Secure [element Property]...... 909 SelfRegCost [element File]...... 910 Separator [element Environment]...... 911 Sequence [element Custom]...... 912 Sequence [element PatchSequence]...... 913 Sequence [element SetDirectory]...... 914 Sequence [element SetProperty]...... 915 Sequence [element Show]...... 916 Sequence [element Verb]...... 917 Sequence [type ActionModuleSequenceType]...... 918 Sequence [type ActionSequenceType]...... 919 SequenceStart [element Family]...... 920 Server [element Class]...... 921 ServiceParameters [element AppId]...... 922 Set [element Column]...... 923 SetupFile [element ODBCDriver]...... 924 SetupFile [element ODBCTranslator]...... 925 Shared [element Component]...... 926 Shared [element IsolateComponent]...... 927 SharedDllRefCount [element Component]...... 928 ShortName [element Directory]...... 929 ShortName [element File]...... 930 ShortName [element FileSearch]...... 931 ShortName [element IniFile]...... 932 ShortName [element IniFileSearch]...... 933 ShortName [element RemoveFile]...... 934 ShortName [element Shortcut]...... 935 ShortNames [element Package]...... 936 ShortNames [element PatchInformation]...... 937 ShortPath [element Class]...... 938 ShortSourceName [element Directory]...... 939 Show [element Shortcut]...... 940 ShowRollbackCost [element Control]...... 941 Size [element TextStyle]...... 942 SkipAssignment [element OptimizeCustomActions]...... 943 SkipDeferred [element OptimizeCustomActions]...... 944 SkipImmediate [element OptimizeCustomActions]...... 945 Sorted [element Control]...... 946 Source [element ExternalFile]...... 947 Source [element File]...... 948 17 Source [element Media]...... 949 SourceDirectory [element CopyFile]...... 950 SourceFile [element Binary]...... 951 SourceFile [element DigitalCertificate]...... 952 SourceFile [element DigitalSignature]...... 953 SourceFile [element EmbeddedUI]...... 954 SourceFile [element EmbeddedUIResource]...... 955 SourceFile [element Icon]...... 956 SourceFile [element Merge]...... 957 SourceFile [element SFPCatalog]...... 958 SourceFile [element TargetImage]...... 959 SourceFile [element Text]...... 960 SourceFile [element UpgradeImage]...... 961 SourceList [element PatchCreation]...... 962 SourceName [element CopyFile]...... 963 SourceName [element Directory]...... 964 SourcePatch [element UpgradeImage]...... 965 SourceProperty [element CopyFile]...... 966 src [element Binary]...... 967 src [element Directory]...... 968 src [element DirectoryRef]...... 969 src [element ExternalFile]...... 970 src [element File]...... 971 src [element Icon]...... 972 src [element Media]...... 973 src [element Merge]...... 974 src [element TargetImage]...... 975 src [element Text]...... 976 src [element UpgradeImage]...... 977 srcPatch [element UpgradeImage]...... 978 Start [element ServiceControl]...... 979 Start [element ServiceInstall]...... 980 Stop [element ServiceControl]...... 981 Strike [element TextStyle]...... 982 SummaryCodepage [element Package]...... 983 SummaryCodepage [element PatchInformation]...... 984 Sunken [element Control]...... 985 Supersede [element PatchFamily]...... 986 Supersede [element PatchSequence]...... 987 SupportBasicUI [element EmbeddedUI]...... 988 Suppress [type ActionModuleSequenceType]...... 989 Suppress [type ActionSequenceType]...... 990 SuppressModularization [element Binary]...... 991 SuppressModularization [element CustomAction]...... 992 SuppressModularization [element Property]...... 993 SymbolFlags [element PatchCreation]...... 994 Synchronize [element Permission]...... 995 System [element Environment]...... 996 System [element File]...... 997 SystemModal [element Dialog]...... 998 Table [element Substitution]...... 999 TabSkip [element Control]...... 1000 TakeOwnership [element Permission]...... 1001 Target [element PatchSequence]...... 1002 Target [element Shortcut]...... 1003 18 Target [element Verb]...... 1004 TargetFile [element Verb]...... 1005 TargetImage [element PatchSequence]...... 1006 TargetProductName [element Patch]...... 1007 TargetProductName [element PatchMetadata]...... 1008 TargetProperty [element Verb]...... 1009 Template [element ProgressText]...... 1010 TerminalServerAware [element CustomAction]...... 1011 Text [element Control]...... 1012 Text [element ListItem]...... 1013 Text [element RadioButton]...... 1014 ThreadingModel [element Class]...... 1015 Title [element Dialog]...... 1016 Title [element Feature]...... 1017 ToolTip [element Control]...... 1018 ToolTip [element RadioButton]...... 1019 TrackDiskSpace [element Dialog]...... 1020 Transitive [element Component]...... 1021 Transparent [element Control]...... 1022 Traverse [element Permission]...... 1023 TrueType [element File]...... 1024 Type [element Column]...... 1025 Type [element ComponentSearch]...... 1026 Type [element Configuration]...... 1027 Type [element Control]...... 1028 Type [element IgnoreModularization]...... 1029 Type [element IniFileSearch]...... 1030 Type [element Registry]...... 1031 Type [element RegistrySearch]...... 1032 Type [element RegistryValue]...... 1033 Type [element ServiceInstall]...... 1034 TypicalDefault [element Feature]...... 1035 Underline [element TextStyle]...... 1036 UninstallWhenSuperseded [element Component]...... 1037 UpgradeCode [element Product]...... 1038 UpgradeCode [element Validate]...... 1039 User [element Permission]...... 1040 UserLanguage [element Control]...... 1041 Validation [element TargetImage]...... 1042 Value [element AssemblyName]...... 1043 Value [element ConfigurationData]...... 1044 Value [element CustomAction]...... 1045 Value [element CustomProperty]...... 1046 Value [element Environment]...... 1047 Value [element FileTypeMask]...... 1048 Value [element IniFile]...... 1049 Value [element ListItem]...... 1050 Value [element PatchProperty]...... 1051 Value [element Property]...... 1052 Value [element Publish]...... 1053 Value [element RadioButton]...... 1054 Value [element Registry]...... 1055 Value [element RegistryValue]...... 1056 Value [element SetDirectory]...... 1057 Value [element SetProperty]...... 1058 19 Value [element Substitution]...... 1059 Value [element WixVariable]...... 1060 VBScriptCall [element CustomAction]...... 1061 Version [element Class]...... 1062 Version [element Module]...... 1063 Version [element PatchFamily]...... 1064 Version [element Product]...... 1065 Versioned [element Interface]...... 1066 Vital [element File]...... 1067 Vital [element ServiceInstall]...... 1068 VolumeLabel [element Family]...... 1069 VolumeLabel [element Media]...... 1070 Wait [element ServiceControl]...... 1071 WholeFile [element UpgradeFile]...... 1072 WholeFilesOnly [element PatchCreation]...... 1073 Width [element Column]...... 1074 Width [element Control]...... 1075 Width [element Dialog]...... 1076 Width [element RadioButton]...... 1077 Win64 [element Component]...... 1078 Win64 [element CustomAction]...... 1079 Win64 [element RegistrySearch]...... 1080 WorkingDirectory [element Shortcut]...... 1081 Write [element Permission]...... 1082 WriteAttributes [element Permission]...... 1083 WriteExtendedAttributes [element Permission]...... 1084 X [element Control]...... 1085 X [element Dialog]...... 1086 X [element RadioButton]...... 1087 Y [element Control]...... 1088 Y [element Dialog]...... 1089 Y [element RadioButton]...... 1090 Complex Types...... 1091 ActionModuleSequenceType...... 1092 ActionSequenceType...... 1093 Simple Types...... 1094 AutogenGuid...... 1095 ComponentGuid...... 1096 Guid...... 1097 HexType...... 1098 LocalizableInteger...... 1099 LongFileNameType...... 1100 PatchClassificationType...... 1101 RegistryRootType...... 1102 ShortFileNameType...... 1103 VersionType...... 1104 WildCardLongFileNameType...... 1105 WildCardShortFileNameType...... 1106 YesNoDefaultType...... 1107 YesNoType...... 1108

20 WiX Database XML Schema WiX Database XML Schema

Description

Schema for describing Windows Installer database files (.msi/.msm/.pcp).

Remarks

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The use and distribution terms for this software are covered by the Common Public License 1.0 (http://opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php) which can be found in the file CPL.TXT at the root of this distribution. By using this software in any fashion, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this license. You must not remove this notice, or any other, from this software.

See Also

Elements | Attributes | Complex Types | Simple Types

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Elements: WiX Database

Elements

Name Description AdminExecuteSequence AdminUISequence AdvertiseExecuteSequence AllocateRegistrySpace Ensures the needed amount of space exists in the registry. AppData Optional way for defining AppData, generally used for complex CDATA. AppId Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. AppSearch Uses file signatures to search for existing versions of products. AssemblyName The MsiAssemblyName table specifies the schema for the elements of a strong assembly cache name for a .NET Framework or Win32 assembly. Billboard Billboard to display during install of a Feature BillboardAction Billboard action during which child Billboards are displayed Binary Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls. BinaryRef Used only for PatchFamilies to include only a binary table entry in a patch. BindImage Binds each executable or DLL that must be bound to the DLLs imported by it. Category Qualified published component for parent Component CCPSearch Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed. Class COM Class registration for parent Component. Column Column definition for a Custom Table ComboBox Set of items for a particular ComboBox control tied to an install Property ComplianceCheck Adds a row to the CCPSearch table. ComplianceDrive Sets the parent of a nested DirectorySearch element to CCP_DRIVE. Component Component for parent Directory ComponentGroup Groups together multiple components to be used in other locations. ComponentGroupRef Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment. ComponentRef Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. ComponentSearch Searches for file or directory and assigns to value of parent Property. Condition Conditions for components, controls, features, and products. Configuration Defines the configurable attributes of merge module. ConfigurationData Data to use as input to a configurable merge module. Control Contains the controls that appear on each dialog. CopyFile Copy or move an existing file on the target machine, or copy a file that is being installed, to another destination.

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Elements

Name Description CostFinalize Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action. CostInitialize Initiates the internal installation costing process. CreateFolder Create folder as part of parent Component. CreateFolders Creates empty folders for components that are set to be installed. CreateShortcuts Manages the creation of shortcuts. Custom Use to sequence a custom action. CustomAction Specifies a custom action to be added to the MSI CustomAction table. CustomActionRef This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced CustomAction to be included in the installer database. CustomProperty A custom property for the PatchMetadata table. CustomTable Defines a custom table for use from a custom action. Data Used for a Custom Table. Specifies the data for the parent Row and specified Column. DeleteServices Stops a service and removes its registration from the system. Dependency Declares a dependency on another merge module. Dialog Defines a dialog box in the Dialog Table. DialogRef Reference to a Dialog. DigitalCertificate Adds a digital certificate. DigitalSignature Adds a digital signature. Directory Directory layout for the product. DirectoryRef Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment. DirectorySearch Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef References an existing DirectorySearch element. DisableRollback Disables rollback for the remainder of the installation. DuplicateFiles Duplicates files installed by the InstallFiles action. EmbeddedChainer EmbeddedChainerRef Reference to an EmbeddedChainer element. EmbeddedUI Element value is the condition. EmbeddedUIResource Defines a resource for use by the embedded UI. EnsureTable Use this element to ensure that a table appears in the installer database, even if its empty. Environment Environment variables added or removed for the parent component. Error Exclusion Declares a merge module with which this merge module is incompatible. ExecuteAction Initiates the execution sequence. Extension Extension for a Component

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Elements

Name Description ExternalFile Contains information about specific files that are not part of a regular target image. Family Group of one or more upgraded images of a product. Feature A feature for the Feature table. FeatureGroup Groups together multiple components, features, and merges to be used in other locations. FeatureGroupRef Create a reference to a FeatureGroup in another Fragment. FeatureRef Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. File File specification for File table, must be child node of Component. FileCost Initiates dynamic costing of standard installation actions. FileSearch Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property FileSearchRef References an existing FileSearch element. FileTypeMask FileType data for class Id registration. FindRelatedProducts Runs through each record of the Upgrade table in sequence and compares the upgrade code, product version, and language in each row to products installed on the system. ForceReboot Prompts the user for a restart of the system during the installation. Fragment The Fragment element is the building block of creating an installer database in WiX. Icon Icon used for Shortcut, ProgId, or Class elements (but not UI controls) IconRef Used only for PatchFamilies to include only a icon table entry in a patch. IgnoreModularization This element has been deprecated. IgnoreRange Specifies part of a file that is to be ignored during patching. IgnoreTable Specifies a table from the merge module that is not merged into an .msi file. Include This is the top-level container element for every wxi file. IniFile Adds or removes .ini file entries. IniFileSearch Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property InstallAdminPackage Copies the product database to the administrative installation point. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text. InstallExecute Runs a script containing all operations spooled since either the start of the installation or the last InstallExecute action, or InstallExecuteAgain action. InstallExecuteAgain Runs a script containing all operations spooled since either the start of the installation or the last InstallExecute action, or InstallExecuteAgain action. InstallExecuteSequence InstallFiles Copies files specified in the File table from the source directory to the destination directory.

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Elements

Name Description InstallFinalize Marks the end of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallInitialize Marks the beginning of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallODBC Installs the drivers, translators, and data sources in the ODBCDriver table, ODBCTranslator table, and ODBCDataSource table. InstallServices Registers a service for the system. InstallUISequence InstallValidate Verifies that all costed volumes have enough space for the installation. Instance Defines an instance transform for your product. InstanceTransforms Use this element to contain definitions for instance transforms. Interface COM Interface registration for parent Typelib. IsolateComponent Shared Component to be privately replicated in folder of parent Component IsolateComponents Installs a copy of a component (commonly a shared DLL) into a private location for use by a specific application (typically an .exe). LaunchConditions Queries the LaunchCondition table and evaluates each conditional statement recorded there. ListBox Set of items for a particular ListBox control tied to an install Property ListItem The value (and optional text) associated with an item in a ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView. ListView Set of items for a particular ListView control tied to an install Property Media Media element describes a disk that makes up the source media for the installation. Merge Merge directive to bring in a merge module that will be redirected to the parent directory. MergeRef Merge reference to connect a Merge Module to parent Feature MigrateFeatureStates Used for upgrading or installing over an existing application. MIME MIME content-type for an Extension Module The Module element is analogous to the main function in a C program. MoveFiles Locates existing files on the system and moves or copies those files to a new location. MsiPublishAssemblies Manages the advertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies. MsiUnpublishAssemblies Manages the unadvertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies that are being removed. MultiStringValue Use several of these elements to specify each registry value in a multiString registry value. ODBCDataSource ODBCDataSource for a Component ODBCDriver ODBCDriver for a Component ODBCTranslator ODBCTranslator for a Component OptimizeCustomActions Indicates whether custom actions can be skipped when applying the patch.

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Name Description Package Properties about the package to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. Patch The Patch element is analogous to the main function in a C program. PatchBaseline Identifies a set of product versions. PatchCertificates Identifies the possible signer certificates used to digitally sign patches. PatchCreation The PatchCreation element is analogous to the main function in a C program. PatchFamily Collection of items that should be kept from the differences between two products. PatchFamilyRef This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced PatchFamily to be used in the process of creating a patch. PatchFiles Queries the Patch table to determine which patches are to be applied. PatchInformation Properties about the patch to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. PatchMetadata Properties about the patch to be placed in the PatchMetadata table. PatchProperty A property for this patch database. PatchSequence Sequence information for this patch database. Permission Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder. ProcessComponents Registers and unregisters components, their key paths, and the component clients. Product The Product element is analogous to the main function in a C program. ProgId ProgId registration for parent Component. ProgressText Property Property value for a Product or Module. PropertyRef Reference to a Property value. ProtectFile Specifies a file to be protected. ProtectRange Specifies part of a file that cannot be overwritten during patching. Publish PublishComponents Manages the advertisement of the components from the PublishComponent table. PublishFeatures Writes each feature's state into the system registry. PublishProduct Manages the advertisement of the product information with the system. RadioButton Text or Icon plus Value that is assigned to the Property of the parent Control (RadioButtonGroup). RadioButtonGroup Set of radio buttons tied to the specified Property RegisterClassInfo Manages the registration of COM class information with the system. RegisterComPlus Registers COM+ applications. RegisterExtensionInfo Manages the registration of extension related information with the system. RegisterFonts Registers installed fonts with the system.

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Name Description RegisterMIMEInfo Registers MIME-related registry information with the system. RegisterProduct Registers the product information with the installer. RegisterProgIdInfo Manages the registration of OLE ProgId information with the system. RegisterTypeLibraries Registers type libraries with the system. RegisterUser Registers the user information with the installer to identify the user of a product. Registry RegistryKey Used for organization of child RegistryValue elements or to create a registry key (and optionally remove it during uninstallation). RegistrySearch Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property RegistrySearchRef References an existing RegistrySearch element. RegistryValue Used to create a registry value. For multi-string values, this can be used to prepend or append values. RemoveDuplicateFiles Deletes files installed by the DuplicateFiles action. RemoveEnvironmentStrings Modifies the values of environment variables. RemoveExistingProducts Goes through the product codes listed in the ActionProperty column of the Upgrade table and removes the products in sequence. RemoveFile Remove a file(s) if the parent component is selected for installation or removal. RemoveFiles Removes files previously installed by the InstallFiles action. RemoveFolder Remove an empty folder if the parent component is selected for installation or removal. RemoveFolders Removes any folders linked to components set to be removed or run from source. RemoveIniValues Removes .ini file information specified for removal in the RemoveIniFile table if the component is set to be installed locally or run from source. RemoveODBC Removes the data sources, translators, and drivers listed for removal during the installation. RemoveRegistryKey Used for removing registry keys and all child keys either during install or uninstall. RemoveRegistryValue Used to remove a registry value during installation. RemoveRegistryValues Removes a registry value that has been authored into the registry table if the associated component was installed locally or as run from source, and is now set to be uninstalled. RemoveShortcuts Manages the removal of an advertised shortcut whose feature is selected for uninstallation or a nonadvertised shortcut whose component is selected for uninstallation. ReplacePatch A patch that is deprecated by this patch. ReserveCost Disk cost to reserve in a folder for running locally and/or from source. ResolveSource Determines the location of the source and sets the SourceDir property if the source has not been resolved yet.

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Elements

Name Description RMCCPSearch Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed. Row Row data for a Custom Table ScheduleReboot Prompts the user to restart the system at the end of installation. SelfRegModules Processes all modules listed in the SelfReg table and registers all installed modules with the system. SelfUnregModules Unregisters all modules listed in the SelfReg table that are scheduled to be uninstalled. ServiceArgument Argument used in ServiceControl parent ServiceControl Starts, stops, and removes services for parent Component. ServiceDependency Service or group of services that must start before the parent service. ServiceInstall Adds and removes services for parent Component. SetDirectory Sets a Directory to a particular value. SetODBCFolders Checks for existing ODBC drivers and sets the target directory for each new driver to the location of an existing driver. SetProperty Sets a Property to a particular value. SFPCatalog Adds a system file protection update catalog file SFPFile Provides a many-to-many mapping from the SFPCatalog table to the File table Shortcut Shortcut, default target is parent File, CreateFolder, or Component's Directory Show StartServices Starts system services. StopServices Stops system services. Subscribe Sets attributes for events in the EventMapping table Substitution Specifies the configurable fields of a module database and provides a template for the configuration of each field. SymbolPath A path to symbols. TargetFile Information about specific files in a target image. TargetImage Contains information about the target images of the product. TargetProductCode A product code for a product that may receive this patch (or '*' for all products). Text An alternative to using the Text attribute when the value contains special XML characters like <, >, or &. TextStyle TypeLib Register a type library (TypeLib). UI Enclosing element to compartmentalize UI specifications. UIRef Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database. UIText Text associated with certain controls

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Name Description UnpublishComponents Manages the unadvertisement of components listed in the PublishComponent table. UnpublishFeatures Removes selection-state and feature-component mapping information from the registry. UnregisterClassInfo Manages the removal of COM class information from the system registry. UnregisterComPlus Removes COM+ applications from the registry. UnregisterExtensionInfo Manages the removal of extension-related information from the system registry. UnregisterFonts Removes registration information about installed fonts from the system. UnregisterMIMEInfo Unregisters MIME-related registry information from the system. UnregisterProgIdInfo Manages the unregistration of OLE ProgId information with the system. UnregisterTypeLibraries Unregisters type libraries from the system. Upgrade Upgrade info for a particular UpgradeCode UpgradeFile Specifies files to either ignore or to specify optional data about a file. UpgradeImage Contains information about the upgraded images of the product. UpgradeVersion Validate Sets information on the patch transform that determines to which product the transform applies and what errors should be ignored when applying the patch transform. ValidateProductID Sets the ProductID property to the full product identifier. Verb Verb definition for an Extension. Wix This is the top-level container element for every wxs file. WixVariable This element exposes advanced WiX functionality. WriteEnvironmentStrings Modifies the values of environment variables. WriteIniValues Writes the .ini file information that the application needs written to its .ini files. WriteRegistryValues Sets up an application's registry information.

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Element: AdminExecuteSequence

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description CostFinalize ActionSequenceType Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action. CostInitialize ActionSequenceType Initiates the internal installation costing process. Custom string (extension) Use to sequence a custom action. FileCost ActionSequenceType Initiates dynamic costing of standard installation actions. InstallAdminPackage ActionSequenceType Copies the product database to the administrative installation point. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text. InstallFiles ActionSequenceType Copies files specified in the File table from the source directory to the destination directory. InstallFinalize ActionSequenceType Marks the end of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallInitialize ActionSequenceType Marks the beginning of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallValidate ActionSequenceType Verifies that all costed volumes have enough space for the installation. LaunchConditions ActionModuleSequenceTy Queries the LaunchCondition table and evaluates pe each conditional statement recorded there. ResolveSource ActionModuleSequenceTy Determines the location of the source and sets the pe SourceDir property if the source has not been resolved yet.

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Element: AdminUISequence

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description CostFinalize ActionSequenceType Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action. CostInitialize ActionSequenceType Initiates the internal installation costing process. Custom string (extension) Use to sequence a custom action. ExecuteAction ActionSequenceType Initiates the execution sequence. FileCost ActionSequenceType Initiates dynamic costing of standard installation actions. InstallAdminPackage ActionSequenceType Copies the product database to the administrative installation point. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text. InstallFiles ActionSequenceType Copies files specified in the File table from the source directory to the destination directory. InstallFinalize ActionSequenceType Marks the end of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallInitialize ActionSequenceType Marks the beginning of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallValidate ActionSequenceType Verifies that all costed volumes have enough space for the installation. LaunchConditions ActionModuleSequenceTy Queries the LaunchCondition table and evaluates pe each conditional statement recorded there. Show string (extension)

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Element: AdvertiseExecuteSequence

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description CostFinalize ActionSequenceType Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action. CostInitialize ActionSequenceType Initiates the internal installation costing process. CreateShortcuts ActionSequenceType Manages the creation of shortcuts. Custom string (extension) Use to sequence a custom action. InstallFinalize ActionSequenceType Marks the end of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallInitialize ActionSequenceType Marks the beginning of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallValidate ActionSequenceType Verifies that all costed volumes have enough space for the installation. MsiPublishAssemblies ActionSequenceType Manages the advertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies. PublishComponents ActionSequenceType Manages the advertisement of the components from the PublishComponent table. PublishFeatures ActionSequenceType Writes each feature's state into the system registry. PublishProduct ActionSequenceType Manages the advertisement of the product information with the system. RegisterClassInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the registration of COM class information with the system. RegisterExtensionInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the registration of extension related information with the system. RegisterMIMEInfo ActionSequenceType Registers MIME-related registry information with the system. RegisterProgIdInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the registration of OLE ProgId information with the system.

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Element: AllocateRegistrySpace

Description

Ensures the needed amount of space exists in the registry.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: AppData

Description

Optional way for defining AppData, generally used for complex CDATA.

Derived By

Type string

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Element: AppId

Description

Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description ActivateAtStorage YesNoType Set this value to 'yes' to configure the client to activate on the same system as persistent storage. Advertise YesNoType Set this value to 'yes' in order to create a normal AppId table row. Set this value to 'no' in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior). Description string Set this value to the description of the AppId. DllSurrogate string Set this value to specify that the class is a DLL that is to be activated in a surrogate EXE process, and the surrogate process to be used is the path of a surrogate EXE file specified by the value. Id Guid Set this value to the AppID GUID that corresponds to the named executable. LocalService string Set this value to the name of a service to allow the object to be installed as a Win32 service. RemoteServerName string Set this value to the name of the remote server to configure the client to request the object be run at a particular machine whenever an activation function is called for which a COSERVERINFO structure is not specified. RunAsInteractiveUser YesNoType Set this value to 'yes' to configure a class to run under the identity of the user currently logged on and connected to the interactive desktop when activated by a remote client without being written as a Win32 service. ServiceParameters string Set this value to the parameters to be passed to a LocalService on invocation.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Class anyType (restriction) COM Class registration for parent Component.

Remarks

If this element is nested under a Fragment, Module, or Product element, it must be advertised.

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Element: AppSearch

Description

Uses file signatures to search for existing versions of products.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The AppSearch action may use this information to determine where upgrades are to be installed. The AppSearch action can also be used to set a property to the existing value of an registry or .ini file entry. AppSearch should be authored into the InstallUISequence table and InstallExecuteSequence table. The installer prevents The AppSearch action from running in the InstallExecuteSequence sequence if the action has already run in InstallUISequence sequence. The AppSearch action searches for file signatures using the CompLocator table first, the RegLocator table next, then the IniLocator table, and finally the DrLocator table. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: AssemblyName

Description

The MsiAssemblyName table specifies the schema for the elements of a strong assembly cache name for a .NET Framework or Win32 assembly.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Name of the attribute associated with the value specified in the Value column. Value string Value associated with the name specified in the Name column.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

Consider using the Assembly attribute on File element to have the toolset populate these entries automatically.

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Element: Billboard

Description

Billboard to display during install of a Feature

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for the Billboard. Feature string Feature whose state determines if the Billboard is shown.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Control anyType (restriction) Contains the controls that appear on each dialog.

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Element: BillboardAction

Description

Billboard action during which child Billboards are displayed

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Action name that determines when the Billboard should be shown.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Billboard anyType (restriction) Billboard to display during install of a Feature

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Element: Binary

Description

Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The Id cannot by longer than 55 characters. SourceFile string Path to the binary file. src string SuppressModularization YesNoType Use to suppress modularization of this Binary identifier in merge modules.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace.

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Element: BinaryRef

Description

Used only for PatchFamilies to include only a binary table entry in a patch.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the Binary element to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: BindImage

Description

Binds each executable or DLL that must be bound to the DLLs imported by it.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Category

Description

Qualified published component for parent Component

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid A string GUID that represents the category of components being grouped together. Qualifier string A text string that qualifies the value in the Id attribute. AppData string An optional localizable text describing the category. Feature string Feature that controls the advertisement of the category.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description AppData string Optional way for defining AppData, generally used for complex CDATA.

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Element: CCPSearch

Description

Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The CCPSearch action should be authored into the InstallUISequence table and InstallExecuteSequence table. The installer prevents the CCPSearch action from running in the InstallExecuteSequence sequence if the action has already run in InstallUISequence sequence. The CCPSearch action must come before the RMCCPSearch action. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Class

Description

COM Class registration for parent Component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid The Class identifier (CLSID) of a COM server. Context anySimpleType (list) The server context(s) for this server. Description string Localized description associated with the Class ID and Program ID. AppId Guid This attribute is only allowed when a Class is advertised. Icon string The file providing the icon associated with this CLSID. IconIndex integer Icon index into the icon file. Handler string The default inproc handler. Argument string This column is optional only when the Context column is set to "LocalServer" or "LocalServer32" server context. RelativePath YesNoType When the value is "yes", the bare file name can be used for COM servers. Advertise YesNoType Set this value to "yes" in order to create a normal Class table row. Set this value to "no" in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior). ThreadingModel NMTOKEN (restriction) Threading model for the CLSID. Version string Version for the CLSID. Insertable YesNoType Specifies the CLISD may be insertable. Programmable YesNoType Specifies the CLSID may be programmable. Server string May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no". ShortPath YesNoType Specifies whether or not to use the short path for the COM server. SafeForScripting YesNoType May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no". SafeForInitializing YesNoType May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no". Control YesNoType Set this attribute's value to 'yes' to identify an object as an ActiveX Control.

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Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description FileTypeMask anyType (restriction) FileType data for class Id registration. Interface anyType (restriction) COM Interface registration for parent Typelib. ProgId anyType (restriction) ProgId registration for parent Component.

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Element: Column

Description

Column definition for a Custom Table

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the column. PrimaryKey YesNoType Whether this column is a primary key. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) The type of this column. Width integer Width of this column. Nullable YesNoType Whether this column can be left null. Localizable YesNoType Whether this column can be localized. MinValue integer Minimum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column. MaxValue integer Maximum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column. KeyTable string Table in which this column is an external key. KeyColumn integer Column in the table in KeyTable attribute. Category NMTOKEN (restriction) Category of this column. Set string Semicolon delimited list of permissible values. Description string Description of this column. Modularize NMTOKEN (restriction) How this column should be modularized, if at all.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ComboBox

Description

Set of items for a particular ComboBox control tied to an install Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Property string Property tied to this group

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ListItem anyType (restriction) The value (and optional text) associated with an item in a ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView.

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Element: ComplianceCheck

Description

Adds a row to the CCPSearch table.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. ComplianceDrive anyType (restriction) Sets the parent of a nested DirectorySearch element to CCP_DRIVE. ComponentSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file or directory and assigns to value of parent Property. RegistrySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property IniFileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property.

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Element: ComplianceDrive

Description

Sets the parent of a nested DirectorySearch element to CCP_DRIVE.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element.

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Element: Component

Description

Component for parent Directory

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Component identifier; this is the primary key for identifying components. ComPlusFlags integer Set this attribute to create a ComPlus entry. DisableRegistryReflection YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to disable registry reflection on all existing and new registry keys affected by this component. Directory string Sets the Directory of the Component. DiskId integer This attribute must be set either on a Component element or all of its children File elements. Feature string Identifies a feature to which this component belongs, as a shorthand for a child ComponentRef element of the Feature element. Guid ComponentGuid This value should be a guid that uniquely identifies this component's contents, language, platform, and version. KeyPath YesNoType If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', then the Directory of this Component is used as the KeyPath. Location NMTOKEN (restriction) NeverOverwrite YesNoType If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer does not install or reinstall the component if a key path file or a key path registry entry for the component already exists. Permanent YesNoType If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer does not remove the component during an uninstall. Shared YesNoType If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', enables advanced patching semantics for Components that are shared across multiple Products. SharedDllRefCount YesNoType If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', the installer increments the reference count in the shared DLL registry of the component's key file. Transitive YesNoType If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer reevaluates the value of the statement in the Condition upon a reinstall. UninstallWhenSupersede YesNoType If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer will uninstall d the Component's files and registry keys when it is superseded by a patch. Win64 YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' to mark this as a 64-bit component.

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Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. AppId anyType (restriction) Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. Category anyType (restriction) Qualified published component for parent Component Class anyType (restriction) COM Class registration for parent Component. Condition string (extension) Conditions for components, controls, features, and products. CopyFile anyType (restriction) Copy or move an existing file on the target machine, or copy a file that is being installed, to another destination. CreateFolder anyType (restriction) Create folder as part of parent Component. Environment anyType (restriction) Environment variables added or removed for the parent component. Extension anyType (restriction) Extension for a Component File anyType (restriction) File specification for File table, must be child node of Component. IniFile anyType (restriction) Adds or removes .ini file entries. Interface anyType (restriction) COM Interface registration for parent Typelib. IsolateComponent anyType (restriction) Shared Component to be privately replicated in folder of parent Component ODBCDataSource anyType (restriction) ODBCDataSource for a Component ODBCDriver anyType (restriction) ODBCDriver for a Component ODBCTranslator anyType (restriction) ODBCTranslator for a Component ProgId anyType (restriction) ProgId registration for parent Component. Registry anyType (restriction) RegistryKey anyType (restriction) Used for organization of child RegistryValue elements or to create a registry key (and optionally remove it during uninstallation). RegistryValue anyType (restriction) Used to create a registry value. For multi-string values, this can be used to prepend or append values. RemoveFile anyType (restriction) Remove a file(s) if the parent component is selected for installation or removal. RemoveFolder anyType (restriction) Remove an empty folder if the parent component is selected for installation or removal. RemoveRegistryKey anyType (restriction) Used for removing registry keys and all child keys either during install or uninstall. RemoveRegistryValue anyType (restriction) Used to remove a registry value during installation. ReserveCost anyType (restriction) Disk cost to reserve in a folder for running locally and/or from source. ServiceControl anyType (restriction) Starts, stops, and removes services for parent Component.

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Content Model

Component Type Description ServiceInstall anyType (restriction) Adds and removes services for parent Component. Shortcut anyType (restriction) Shortcut, default target is parent File, CreateFolder, or Component's Directory SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. TypeLib anyType (restriction) Register a type library (TypeLib).

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Element: ComponentGroup

Description

Groups together multiple components to be used in other locations.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the ComponentGroup.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment. ComponentRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment.

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Element: ComponentGroupRef

Description

Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the ComponentGroup to reference. Primary YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this component the primary feature for this component.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ComponentRef

Description

Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the Component element to reference. Primary YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this component the primary feature for this component.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ComponentSearch

Description

Searches for file or directory and assigns to value of parent Property.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Guid Guid The component ID of the component whose key path is to be used for the search. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element. FileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property FileSearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing FileSearch element.

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Element: Condition

Description

Conditions for components, controls, features, and products.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Action NMTOKEN (restriction) Used only under Control elements and is required. Allows specific actions to be applied to a control based on the result of this condition. Level integer Used only under Feature elements and is required. Message string Used only under Fragment or Product elements and is required.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition is specified in the inner text of the element.

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Element: Configuration

Description

Defines the configurable attributes of merge module.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Name string Defines the name of the configurable item. Format string (restriction) Specifies the format of the data being changed. Type string Specifies the type of the data being changed. ContextData string Specifies a semantic context for the requested data. DefaultValue string Specifies a default value for the item in this record if the merge tool declines to provide a value. KeyNoOrphan YesNoType Does not merge rule according to rules in MSI SDK. NonNullable YesNoType If yes, null is not a valid entry. DisplayName string Display name for authoring. Description string Description for authoring. HelpLocation string Location of chm file for authoring. HelpKeyword string Keyword into chm file for authoring.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ConfigurationData

Description

Data to use as input to a configurable merge module.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Name string Key into the ModuleConfiguration table. Value string Value to be passed to configurable merge module.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Control

Description

Contains the controls that appear on each dialog.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Combined with the Dialog Id to make up the primary key of the Control table. Type string The type of the control. X LocalizableInteger Horizontal coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangular boundary of the control. Y LocalizableInteger Vertical coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangular boundary of the control. Width LocalizableInteger Width of the rectangular boundary of the control. Height LocalizableInteger Height of the rectangular boundary of the control. Property string The name of a defined property to be linked to this control. Text string A localizable string used to set the initial text contained in a control. Help string This attribute is reserved for future use. ToolTip string The string used for the Tooltip. CheckBoxValue string This attribute is only valid for CheckBox Controls. TabSkip YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be skipped in the tab sequence. Default YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be invoked by the return key. Cancel YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be invoked by the escape key. Hidden YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be hidden. Disabled YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be disabled. Sunken YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be sunken. Indirect YesNoType Specifies whether the value displayed or changed by this control is referenced indirectly. Integer YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the linked Property value for the Control to be treated as an integer. Otherwise, the Property will be treated as a string. RightToLeft YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to display from right to left.

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Attributes

Name Type Description RightAligned YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be right aligned. LeftScroll YesNoType Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the scroll bar to display on the left side of the Control. Transparent YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. NoPrefix YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. NoWrap YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. FormatSize YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. UserLanguage YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. Multiline YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Edit Controls. Password YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Edit Controls. ProgressBlocks YesNoType This attribute is only valid for ProgressBar Controls. Removable YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. Fixed YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. Remote YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. CDROM YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. RAMDisk YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. Floppy YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. ShowRollbackCost YesNoType This attribute is only valid for VolumeCostList Controls. Sorted YesNoType This attribute is only valid for Listbox, ListView, and ComboBox Controls. ComboList YesNoType This attribute is only valid for ComboBox Controls. Image YesNoType This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls. IconSize NMTOKEN (restriction) This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls. FixedSize YesNoType This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls. Icon YesNoType This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and PushButton Controls. Bitmap YesNoType This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and PushButton Controls. PushLike YesNoType This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and Checkbox Controls. HasBorder YesNoType This attribute is only valid for RadioButton Controls. ElevationShield YesNoType This attribute is only valid for PushButton controls.

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Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Text string (extension) An alternative to using the Text attribute when the value contains special XML characters like <, >, or &. ComboBox anyType (restriction) Set of items for a particular ComboBox control tied to an install Property ListBox anyType (restriction) Set of items for a particular ListBox control tied to an install Property ListView anyType (restriction) Set of items for a particular ListView control tied to an install Property RadioButtonGroup anyType (restriction) Set of radio buttons tied to the specified Property Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. Binary anyType (restriction) Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls. Condition string (extension) Conditions for components, controls, features, and products. Publish string (extension) Subscribe anyType (restriction) Sets attributes for events in the EventMapping table

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Element: CopyFile

Description

Copy or move an existing file on the target machine, or copy a file that is being installed, to another destination.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. FileId string This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element. SourceDirectory string This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. SourceProperty string This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. SourceName WildCardLongFileNameT This attribute cannot be specified if the element is ype nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. DestinationDirectory string Set this value to the destination directory where an existing file on the target machine should be moved or copied to. DestinationProperty string Set this value to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the destination directory. DestinationName LongFileNameType In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. DestinationLongName LongFileNameType DestinationShortName ShortFileNameType The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. Delete YesNoType This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

When this element is nested under a File element, the parent file will be installed, then copied to the specified destination if the parent component of the file is selected for installation or removal. When this element is nested under a Component element and no FileId attribute is specified, the file to copy or move must already be on the target machine. When this element is nested under a Component element and the FileId attribute is specified, the specified file is installed, then copied to the specified destination if the parent component is selected for installation or removal (use this option to control the copy of a file in a different component by the parent component's installation state). If the specified destination directory is the same as the directory containing the original file 64 WiX Database XML Schema

Remarks

and the name for the proposed source file is the same as the original, then no action takes place.

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Element: CostFinalize

Description

Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Any standard or custom actions that affect costing should be sequenced before the CostInitialize action. Call the FileCost action immediately following the CostInitialize action and then call the CostFinalize action to make all final cost calculations available to the installer through the Component table. The CostFinalize action must be executed before starting any user interface sequence which allows the user to view or modify Feature table selections or directories. The CostFinalize action queries the Condition table to determine which features are scheduled to be installed. Costing is done for each component in the Component table. The CostFinalize action also verifies that all the target directories are writable before allowing the installation to continue. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: CostInitialize

Description

Initiates the internal installation costing process.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Any standard or custom actions that affect costing should be sequenced before the CostInitialize action. Call the FileCost action immediately following the CostInitialize action. Then call the CostFinalize action following the CostInitialize action to make all final cost calculations available to the installer through the Component table. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: CreateFolder

Description

Create folder as part of parent Component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Directory string Identifier of Directory to create.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Permission anyType (restriction) Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder. Shortcut anyType (restriction) Shortcut, default target is parent File, CreateFolder, or Component's Directory

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Element: CreateFolders

Description

Creates empty folders for components that are set to be installed.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: CreateShortcuts

Description

Manages the creation of shortcuts.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Custom

Description

Use to sequence a custom action.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Action string The action to which the Custom element applies. OnExit NMTOKEN (restriction) Mutually exclusive with Before, After, and Sequence attributes Before string The name of the standard or custom action before which this action should be performed. Mutually exclusive with OnExit, After, and Sequence attributes After string The name of the standard or custom action after which this action should be performed. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer The sequence number for this action.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: CustomAction

Description

Specifies a custom action to be added to the MSI CustomAction table.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the custom action. BinaryKey string This attribute is a reference to a Binary element with matching Id attribute. FileKey string This attribute specifies a reference to a File element with matching Id attribute that will execute the custom action code in the file after the file is installed. Property string This attribute specifies a reference to a Property element with matching Id attribute that specifies the Property to be used or updated on execution of this custom action. Directory string This attribute specifies a reference to a Directory element with matching Id attribute containing a directory path. DllEntry string This attribute specifies the name of a function in a custom action to execute. ExeCommand string This attribute specifies the command line parameters to supply to an externally run executable. JScriptCall string This attribute specifies the name of the JScript function to execute in a script. VBScriptCall string This attribute specifies the name of the VBScript Subroutine to execute in a script. Script NMTOKEN (restriction) Creates a type 37 or 38 custom action. SuppressModularization YesNoType Use to suppress modularization of this custom action name in merge modules. Value string This attribute specifies a string value to use in the custom action. Error string This attribute specifies an index in the MSI Error table to use as an error message for a type 19 custom action that displays the error message and aborts a product's installation. Return NMTOKEN (restriction) Set this attribute to set the return behavior of the custom action. Execute NMTOKEN (restriction) This attribute indicates the scheduling of the custom action. Impersonate YesNoType This attribute specifies whether the Windows Installer, which executes as LocalSystem, should impersonate the user context of the installing user when executing this custom action.

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Attributes

Name Type Description PatchUninstall YesNoType This attribute specifies that the Windows Installer, execute the custom action only when a patch is being uninstalled. Win64 YesNoType Specifies that a script custom action targets a 64-bit platform. TerminalServerAware YesNoType This attribute specifies controls whether the custom action will impersonate the installing user during per-machine installs on Terminal Server machines. HideTarget YesNoType Ensures the installer does not log the CustomActionData for the deferred custom action.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Various combinations of the attributes for this element correspond to different custom action types. For more information about custom actions see the Custom Action Types topic on MSDN.

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Element: CustomActionRef

Description

This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced CustomAction to be included in the installer database.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the CustomAction to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: CustomProperty

Description

A custom property for the PatchMetadata table.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Company string The name of the company. Property string The name of the metadata property. Value string Value of the metadata property.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: CustomTable

Description

Defines a custom table for use from a custom action.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the custom table.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Column anyType (restriction) Column definition for a Custom Table Row anyType (restriction) Row data for a Custom Table

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Element: Data

Description

Used for a Custom Table. Specifies the data for the parent Row and specified Column.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Column string Specifies in which column to insert this data.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: DeleteServices

Description

Stops a service and removes its registration from the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Dependency

Description

Declares a dependency on another merge module.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description RequiredId string Identifier of the merge module required by the merge module. RequiredLanguage integer Numeric language ID of the merge module in RequiredID. RequiredVersion string Version of the merge module in RequiredID.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Dialog

Description

Defines a dialog box in the Dialog Table.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for the dialog. X integer Horizontal placement of the dialog box as a percentage of screen width. Y integer Vertical placement of the dialog box as a percentage of screen height. Width integer The width of the dialog box in dialog units. Height integer The height of the dialog box in dialog units. Title string The title of the dialog box. Hidden YesNoType Used to hide the dialog. Modeless YesNoType Used to set the dialog as modeless. NoMinimize YesNoType Used to specify if the dialog can be minimized. SystemModal YesNoType Used to set the dialog as system modal. KeepModeless YesNoType Keep modeless dialogs alive when this dialog is created through DoAction. TrackDiskSpace YesNoType Have the dialog periodically call the installer to check if available disk space has changed. CustomPalette YesNoType Used to specify if pictures in the dialog box are rendered with a custom palette. RightToLeft YesNoType Used to specify if the text in the dialog should be displayed in right to left reading order. RightAligned YesNoType Align text on the right. LeftScroll YesNoType Used to align the scroll bar on the left. ErrorDialog YesNoType Specifies this dialog as an error dialog.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Control anyType (restriction) Contains the controls that appear on each dialog.

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Element: DialogRef

Description

Reference to a Dialog.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the Dialog to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

This will cause the entire referenced section's contents to be included in the installer database.

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Element: DigitalCertificate

Description

Adds a digital certificate.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for a certificate file. SourceFile string The path to the certificate file.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: DigitalSignature

Description

Adds a digital signature.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description SourceFile string The path to signature's optional hash file.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DigitalCertificate anyType (restriction) Adds a digital certificate.

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Element: Directory

Description

Directory layout for the product.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string This value is the unique identifier of the directory entry. ComponentGuidGeneratio Guid The Component Guid Generation Seed is a guid that nSeed must be used when a Component with the generate guid directive ("*") is not rooted in a standard Windows Installer directory (for example, ProgramFilesFolder or CommonFilesFolder, etc). DiskId integer Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory. FileSource string Used to set the file system source for this directory's child elements. LongName LongFileNameType LongSource LongFileNameType Name LongFileNameType The name of the directory. ShortName ShortFileNameType The short name of the directory in 8.3 format. ShortSourceName ShortFileNameType The short name of the directory on the source media in 8.3 format. SourceName LongFileNameType The name of the directory on the source media. src string

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory Directory anyType (restriction) Directory layout for the product. Merge anyType (restriction) Merge directive to bring in a merge module that will be redirected to the parent directory. SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols.

Remarks

Also specifies the mappings between source and target directories.

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Element: DirectoryRef

Description

Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the Directory element to reference. DiskId integer Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory. FileSource string Used to set the file system source for this directory ref's child elements. src string

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory Directory anyType (restriction) Directory layout for the product. Merge anyType (restriction) Merge directive to bring in a merge module that will be redirected to the parent directory.

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Element: DirectorySearch

Description

Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for the directory search. Path string Path on the user's system. Either absolute, or relative to containing directories. Depth integer Depth below the path that the installer searches for the file or directory specified by the search. AssignToProperty YesNoType Set the result of this search to the value of the outer Property.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element. FileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property FileSearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing FileSearch element.

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Element: DirectorySearchRef

Description

References an existing DirectorySearch element.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Id of the search being referred to. Parent string This attribute is the signature of the parent directory of the file or directory in the Signature_ column. Path string Path on the user's system. Either absolute, or relative to containing directories. AssignToProperty YesNoType Set the result of this search to the value of the outer Property.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element. FileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property FileSearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing FileSearch element.

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Element: DisableRollback

Description

Disables rollback for the remainder of the installation.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: DuplicateFiles

Description

Duplicates files installed by the InstallFiles action.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: EmbeddedChainer

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for embedded chainer. CommandLine string Value to append to the transaction handle and passed to the chainer executable. BinarySource string Reference to the Binary element that contains the chainer executeable. FileSource string Reference to the File element that is the chainer executeable. PropertySource string Reference to a Property that resolves to the full path to the chainer executeable.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: EmbeddedChainerRef

Description

Reference to an EmbeddedChainer element.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database.

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Element: EmbeddedUI

Description

Element value is the condition.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for embedded UI. IgnoreFatalExit YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FATALEXIT messages. IgnoreError YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ERROR messages. IgnoreWarning YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_WARNING messages. IgnoreUser YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_USER messages. IgnoreInfo YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INFO messages. IgnoreFilesInUse YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FILESINUSE messages. IgnoreResolveSource YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_RESOLVESOURCE messages. IgnoreOutOfDiskSpace YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_OUTOFDISKSPACE messages. IgnoreActionStart YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONSTART messages. IgnoreActionData YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONDATA messages. IgnoreProgress YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_PROGRESS messages. IgnoreCommonData YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_COMMONDATA messages. IgnoreInitialize YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INITIALIZE messages. IgnoreTerminate YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_TERMINATE messages. IgnoreShowDialog YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_SHOWDIALOG messages. IgnoreRMFilesInUse YesNoType Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_RMFILESINUSE messages.

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Attributes

Name Type Description Name LongFileNameType The name for the embedded UI DLL when it is extracted from the Product and executed. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.) SourceFile string Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI. SupportBasicUI YesNoType Set yes to allow the Windows Installer to display the embedded UI during basic UI level installation.

Content Model

Can contain a mix of text and the elements defined in the following table.

Component Type Description EmbeddedUIResource anyType (restriction) Defines a resource for use by the embedded UI.

Remarks

Use CDATA if message contains delimiter characters.

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Element: EmbeddedUIResource

Description

Defines a resource for use by the embedded UI.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the embedded UI resource. Name LongFileNameType The name for the resource when it is extracted from the Product for use by the embedded UI DLL. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.) SourceFile string Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI resource.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: EnsureTable

Description

Use this element to ensure that a table appears in the installer database, even if its empty.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The name of the table.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Environment

Description

Environment variables added or removed for the parent component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for environment entry. Name string Name of the environment variable. Value string The value to set into the environment variable. Separator string Optional attribute to change the separator used between values. Action NMTOKEN (restriction) Specfies whether the environmental variable should be created, set or removed when the parent component is installed. Part NMTOKEN (restriction) Permanent YesNoType Specifies that the environment variable should not be removed on uninstall. System YesNoType Specifies that the environment variable should be added to the system environment space.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Error

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Id integer Number of the error for which a message is being provided.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: Exclusion

Description

Declares a merge module with which this merge module is incompatible.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description ExcludedId string Identifier of the merge module that is incompatible. ExcludeExceptLanguage integer Numeric language ID of the merge module in ExcludedID. ExcludeLanguage integer Numeric language ID of the merge module in ExcludedID. ExcludedMinVersion string Minimum version excluded from a range. ExcludedMaxVersion string Maximum version excluded from a range.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ExecuteAction

Description

Initiates the execution sequence.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Extension

Description

Extension for a Component

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string This is simply the file extension, like "doc" or "xml". Do not include the preceding period. ContentType string The MIME type that is to be written. Advertise YesNoType Whether this extension is to be advertised. The default is "no".

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description MIME anyType (restriction) MIME content-type for an Extension Verb anyType (restriction) Verb definition for an Extension.

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Element: ExternalFile

Description

Contains information about specific files that are not part of a regular target image.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description File string Foreign key into the File table. Source string Full path of the external file. src string Order int Specifies the order of the external files to use when creating the patch.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ProtectRange anyType (restriction) Specifies part of a file that cannot be overwritten during patching. SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. IgnoreRange anyType (restriction) Specifies part of a file that is to be ignored during patching.

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Element: Family

Description

Group of one or more upgraded images of a product.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description DiskId int Entered into the DiskId field of the new Media table record. DiskPrompt string Value to display in the "[1]" of the DiskPrompt Property. MediaSrcProp string Entered into the Source field of the new Media table entry of the upgraded image. Name string Identifier for the family. SequenceStart int Sequence number for the starting file. VolumeLabel string Entered into the VolumeLabel field of the new Media table record.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description UpgradeImage anyType (restriction) Contains information about the upgraded images of the product. ExternalFile anyType (restriction) Contains information about specific files that are not part of a regular target image. ProtectFile anyType (restriction) Specifies a file to be protected.

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Element: Feature

Description

A feature for the Feature table.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier of the feature. Absent NMTOKEN (restriction) This attribute determines if a user will have the option to set a feature to absent in the user interface. AllowAdvertise NMTOKEN (restriction) This attribute determins the possible advertise states for this feature. ConfigurableDirectory string Specify the Id of a Directory that can be configured by the user at installation time. Description string Longer string of text describing the feature. Display string Determines the initial display of this feature in the feature tree. InstallDefault NMTOKEN (restriction) This attribute determines the default install/run location of a feature. Level integer Sets the install level of this feature. Title string Short string of text identifying the feature. TypicalDefault NMTOKEN (restriction) This attribute determines the default advertise state of the feature.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment. ComponentRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. Condition string (extension) Conditions for components, controls, features, and products. Feature anyType (restriction) A feature for the Feature table. FeatureGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a FeatureGroup in another Fragment. FeatureRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment.

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Content Model

Component Type Description MergeRef anyType (restriction) Merge reference to connect a Merge Module to parent Feature

Remarks

Features are the smallest installable unit. See msi.chm for more detailed information on the myriad installation options for a feature.

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Element: FeatureGroup

Description

Groups together multiple components, features, and merges to be used in other locations.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the FeatureGroup.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment. ComponentRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. Feature anyType (restriction) A feature for the Feature table. FeatureGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a FeatureGroup in another Fragment. FeatureRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. MergeRef anyType (restriction) Merge reference to connect a Merge Module to parent Feature

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Element: FeatureGroupRef

Description

Create a reference to a FeatureGroup in another Fragment.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the FeatureGroup to reference. IgnoreParent YesNoType Normally feature group references that end up nested under a parent element create a connection to that parent. Primary YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this group the primary feature for any components and merges contained in the group.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: FeatureRef

Description

Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the Feature element to reference. IgnoreParent YesNoType Normally feature references that are nested under a parent element create a connection to that parent.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment. ComponentRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. Feature anyType (restriction) A feature for the Feature table. FeatureGroup anyType (restriction) Groups together multiple components, features, and merges to be used in other locations. FeatureGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a FeatureGroup in another Fragment. FeatureRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. MergeRef anyType (restriction) Merge reference to connect a Merge Module to parent Feature

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Element: File

Description

File specification for File table, must be child node of Component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The unique identifier for this File element. CompanionFile string Set this attribute to make this file a companion child of another file. Name LongFileNameType In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name. LongName LongFileNameType KeyPath YesNoType Set to yes in order to force this file to be the key path for the parent component. ShortName ShortFileNameType The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. ReadOnly YesNoType Set to yes in order to have the file's read-only attribute set when it is installed on the target machine. Hidden YesNoType Set to yes in order to have the file's hidden attribute set when it is installed on the target machine. System YesNoType Set to yes in order to have the file's system attribute set when it is installed on the target machine. Vital YesNoType If a file is vital, then installation cannot proceed unless the file is successfully installed. Checksum YesNoType This attribute should be set to "yes" for every executable file in the installation that has a valid checksum stored in the Portable Executable (PE) file header. Compressed YesNoDefaultType Sets the file's source type compression. BindPath string A list of paths, separated by semicolons, that represent the paths to be searched to find the imported DLLs. SelfRegCost integer The cost of registering the file in bytes. TrueType YesNoType Causes an entry to be generated for the file in the Font table with no FontTitle specified. FontTitle string Causes an entry to be generated for the file in the Font table with the specified FontTitle. DefaultLanguage string This is the default language of this file. DefaultSize integer This is the default size of this file. DefaultVersion string This is the default version of this file.

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Attributes

Name Type Description Assembly NMTOKEN (restriction) Specifies if this File is a Win32 Assembly or .NET Assembly that needs to be installed into the Global Assembly Cache. AssemblyManifest string Specifies the file identifier of the manifest file that describes this assembly. AssemblyApplication string Specifies the file identifier of the application file. ProcessorArchitecture NMTOKEN (restriction) Specifies the architecture for this assembly. DiskId integer Specifies the Media this File should be sourced on. Source string Specifies the path to the File in the build process. src string PatchGroup integer This attribute must be set for patch-added files. PatchIgnore YesNoType Prevents the updating of the file that is in fact changed in the upgraded image relative to the target images. PatchAllowIgnoreOnError YesNoType Set to indicate that the patch is non-vital. PatchWholeFile YesNoType Set if the entire file should be installed rather than creating a binary patch.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. AppId anyType (restriction) Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. AssemblyName anyType (restriction) The MsiAssemblyName table specifies the schema for the elements of a strong assembly cache name for a .NET Framework or Win32 assembly. Class anyType (restriction) COM Class registration for parent Component. CopyFile anyType (restriction) Copy or move an existing file on the target machine, or copy a file that is being installed, to another destination. ODBCDriver anyType (restriction) ODBCDriver for a Component ODBCTranslator anyType (restriction) ODBCTranslator for a Component Permission anyType (restriction) Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder. Shortcut anyType (restriction) Shortcut, default target is parent File, CreateFolder, or Component's Directory SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. TypeLib anyType (restriction) Register a type library (TypeLib).

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Element: FileCost

Description

Initiates dynamic costing of standard installation actions.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Any standard or custom actions that affect costing should sequenced before the CostInitialize action. Call the FileCost action immediately following the CostInitialize action. Then call the CostFinalize action following the FileCost action to make all final cost calculations available to the installer through the Component table. The CostInitialize action must be executed before the FileCost action. The installer then determines the disk-space cost of every file in the File table, on a per-component basis, taking both volume clustering and the presence of existing files that may need to be overwritten into account. All actions that consume or release disk space are also considered. If an existing file is found, a file version check is performed to determine whether the new file actually needs to be installed or not. If the existing file is of an equal or greater version number, the existing file is not overwritten and no disk-space cost is incurred. In all cases, the installer uses the results of version number checking to set the installation state of each file. The FileCost action initializes cost calculation with the installer. Actual dynamic costing does not occur until the CostFinalize action is executed. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: FileSearch

Description

Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for the file search and external key into the Signature table. Name LongFileNameType In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name. LongName LongFileNameType ShortName ShortFileNameType The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. MinSize int The minimum size of the file. MaxSize int The maximum size of the file. MinVersion string The minimum version of the file. MaxVersion string The maximum version of the file. MinDate dateTime The minimum modification date and time of the file. MaxDate dateTime The maximum modification date and time of the file. Languages string The languages supported by the file.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: FileSearchRef

Description

References an existing FileSearch element.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Specify the Id to the FileSearch to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: FileTypeMask

Description

FileType data for class Id registration.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Offset integer Offset into file. If positive, offset is from the beginning; if negative, offset is from the end. Mask HexType Hex value that is AND'd against the bytes in the file at Offset. Value HexType If the result of the AND'ing of Mask with the bytes in the file is Value, the file is a match for this File Type.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: FindRelatedProducts

Description

Runs through each record of the Upgrade table in sequence and compares the upgrade code, product version, and language in each row to products installed on the system.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

When FindRelatedProducts detects a correspondence between the upgrade information and an installed product, it appends the product code to the property specified in the ActionProperty column of the UpgradeTable. The FindRelatedProducts action only runs the first time the product is installed. The FindRelatedProducts action does not run during maintenance mode or uninstallation. FindRelatedProducts should be authored into the InstallUISequence table and InstallExecuteSequence tables. The installer prevents FindRelated Products from running in InstallExecuteSequence if the action has already run in InstallUISequence. The FindRelatedProducts action must come before the MigrateFeatureStates action and the RemoveExistingProducts action. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: ForceReboot

Description

Prompts the user for a restart of the system during the installation.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: Fragment

Description

The Fragment element is the building block of creating an installer database in WiX.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Optional identifier for a Fragment.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. AppId anyType (restriction) Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. Binary anyType (restriction) Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls. ComplianceCheck anyType (restriction) Adds a row to the CCPSearch table. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroup anyType (restriction) Groups together multiple components to be used in other locations. Condition string (extension) Conditions for components, controls, features, and products. CustomAction string (extension) Specifies a custom action to be added to the MSI CustomAction table. CustomActionRef anyType (restriction) This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced CustomAction to be included in the installer database. CustomTable anyType (restriction) Defines a custom table for use from a custom action. Directory anyType (restriction) Directory layout for the product. DirectoryRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment. EmbeddedChainer string (extension) EmbeddedChainerRef anyType (restriction) Reference to an EmbeddedChainer element. EnsureTable anyType (restriction) Use this element to ensure that a table appears in the installer database, even if its empty. Feature anyType (restriction) A feature for the Feature table. FeatureGroup anyType (restriction) Groups together multiple components, features, and merges to be used in other locations.

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Content Model

Component Type Description FeatureRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. Icon anyType (restriction) Icon used for Shortcut, ProgId, or Class elements (but not UI controls) IgnoreModularization anyType (restriction) This element has been deprecated. Media anyType (restriction) Media element describes a disk that makes up the source media for the installation. PatchCertificates anyType (restriction) Identifies the possible signer certificates used to digitally sign patches. PatchFamily anyType (restriction) Collection of items that should be kept from the differences between two products. Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. PropertyRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a Property value. InstallExecuteSequence anyType (restriction) InstallUISequence anyType (restriction) AdminExecuteSequence anyType (restriction) AdminUISequence anyType (restriction) AdvertiseExecuteSequen anyType (restriction) ce SetDirectory string (extension) Sets a Directory to a particular value. SetProperty string (extension) Sets a Property to a particular value. SFPCatalog anyType (restriction) Adds a system file protection update catalog file UI anyType (restriction) Enclosing element to compartmentalize UI specifications. UIRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database. Upgrade anyType (restriction) Upgrade info for a particular UpgradeCode WixVariable anyType (restriction) This element exposes advanced WiX functionality.

Remarks

Once defined, the Fragment becomes an immutable, atomic unit which can either be completely included or excluded from a product. The contents of a Fragment element can be linked into a product by utilizing one of the many *Ref elements. When linking in a Fragment, it will be necessary to link in all of its individual units. For instance, if a given Fragment contains two Component elements, you must link both under features using ComponentRef for each linked Component. Otherwise, you will get a linker warning and have a floating Component that does not appear under any Feature.

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Element: Icon

Description

Icon used for Shortcut, ProgId, or Class elements (but not UI controls)

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The Id cannot by longer than 55 characters. SourceFile string Path to the icon file. src string

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: IconRef

Description

Used only for PatchFamilies to include only a icon table entry in a patch.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the Icon element to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: IgnoreModularization

Description

This element has been deprecated.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Name string The name of the item to ignore modularization for. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) The type of the item to ignore modularization for.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

Use the Binary/@SuppressModularization, CustomAction/@SuppressModularization, or Property/@SuppressModularization attributes instead.

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Element: IgnoreRange

Description

Specifies part of a file that is to be ignored during patching.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Offset int Offset of the start of the range. Length int Length of the range.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: IgnoreTable

Description

Specifies a table from the merge module that is not merged into an .msi file.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The name of the table in the merge module that is not to be merged into the .msi file.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

If the table already exists in an .msi file, it is not modified by the merge. The specified table can therefore contain data that is unneeded after the merge. To minimize the size of the .msm file, it is recommended that developers remove unused tables from modules intended for redistribution rather than creating IgnoreTable elements for those tables.

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Element: Include

Description

This is the top-level container element for every wxi file.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##any namespace.

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Element: IniFile

Description

Adds or removes .ini file entries.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for ini file. Action NMTOKEN (restriction) The type of modification to be made. Directory string Name of a property, the value of which is the full path of the folder containing the .ini file. Key string The localizable .ini file key within the section. LongName LongFileNameType Name LongFileNameType In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name. Section string The localizable .ini file section. ShortName ShortFileNameType The short name of the in 8.3 format. Value string The localizable value to be written or deleted. This attribute must be set if the Action attribute's value is "addLine", "addTag", or "createLine".

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: IniFileSearch

Description

Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string External key into the Signature table. Field integer The field in the .ini line. If field is Null or 0, the entire line is read. Key string The key value within the section. LongName LongFileNameType Name LongFileNameType In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name. Section string The localizable .ini file section. ShortName ShortFileNameType The short name of the file in 8.3 format. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element. FileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property FileSearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing FileSearch element.

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Element: InstallAdminPackage

Description

Copies the product database to the administrative installation point. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: InstallExecute

Description

Runs a script containing all operations spooled since either the start of the installation or the last InstallExecute action, or InstallExecuteAgain action.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: InstallExecuteAgain

Description

Runs a script containing all operations spooled since either the start of the installation or the last InstallExecute action, or InstallExecuteAgain action.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Should only be used after InstallExecute. Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: InstallExecuteSequence

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description AllocateRegistrySpace ActionSequenceType Ensures the needed amount of space exists in the registry. AppSearch ActionModuleSequenceTy Uses file signatures to search for existing versions of pe products. BindImage ActionSequenceType Binds each executable or DLL that must be bound to the DLLs imported by it. CCPSearch ActionModuleSequenceTy Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying pe products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed. CostFinalize ActionSequenceType Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action. CostInitialize ActionSequenceType Initiates the internal installation costing process. CreateFolders ActionSequenceType Creates empty folders for components that are set to be installed. CreateShortcuts ActionSequenceType Manages the creation of shortcuts. Custom string (extension) Use to sequence a custom action. DeleteServices ActionSequenceType Stops a service and removes its registration from the system. DisableRollback ActionModuleSequenceTy Disables rollback for the remainder of the installation. pe DuplicateFiles ActionSequenceType Duplicates files installed by the InstallFiles action. FileCost ActionSequenceType Initiates dynamic costing of standard installation actions. FindRelatedProducts ActionModuleSequenceTy Runs through each record of the Upgrade table in pe sequence and compares the upgrade code, product version, and language in each row to products installed on the system. ForceReboot ActionModuleSequenceTy Prompts the user for a restart of the system during the pe installation. InstallExecute ActionModuleSequenceTy Runs a script containing all operations spooled since pe either the start of the installation or the last InstallExecute action, or InstallExecuteAgain action. InstallExecuteAgain ActionModuleSequenceTy Runs a script containing all operations spooled since pe either the start of the installation or the last InstallExecute action, or InstallExecuteAgain action. InstallFiles ActionSequenceType Copies files specified in the File table from the source directory to the destination directory. InstallFinalize ActionSequenceType Marks the end of a sequence of actions that change the system.

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Component Type Description InstallInitialize ActionSequenceType Marks the beginning of a sequence of actions that change the system. InstallODBC ActionSequenceType Installs the drivers, translators, and data sources in the ODBCDriver table, ODBCTranslator table, and ODBCDataSource table. InstallServices ActionSequenceType Registers a service for the system. InstallValidate ActionSequenceType Verifies that all costed volumes have enough space for the installation. IsolateComponents ActionSequenceType Installs a copy of a component (commonly a shared DLL) into a private location for use by a specific application (typically an .exe). LaunchConditions ActionModuleSequenceTy Queries the LaunchCondition table and evaluates pe each conditional statement recorded there. MigrateFeatureStates ActionSequenceType Used for upgrading or installing over an existing application. MoveFiles ActionSequenceType Locates existing files on the system and moves or copies those files to a new location. MsiPublishAssemblies ActionSequenceType Manages the advertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies. MsiUnpublishAssemblies ActionSequenceType Manages the unadvertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies that are being removed. PatchFiles ActionSequenceType Queries the Patch table to determine which patches are to be applied. ProcessComponents ActionSequenceType Registers and unregisters components, their key paths, and the component clients. PublishComponents ActionSequenceType Manages the advertisement of the components from the PublishComponent table. PublishFeatures ActionSequenceType Writes each feature's state into the system registry. PublishProduct ActionSequenceType Manages the advertisement of the product information with the system. RegisterClassInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the registration of COM class information with the system. RegisterComPlus ActionSequenceType Registers COM+ applications. RegisterExtensionInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the registration of extension related information with the system. RegisterFonts ActionSequenceType Registers installed fonts with the system. RegisterMIMEInfo ActionSequenceType Registers MIME-related registry information with the system. RegisterProduct ActionSequenceType Registers the product information with the installer. RegisterProgIdInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the registration of OLE ProgId information with the system. RegisterTypeLibraries ActionSequenceType Registers type libraries with the system. RegisterUser ActionSequenceType Registers the user information with the installer to identify the user of a product.

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Component Type Description RemoveDuplicateFiles ActionSequenceType Deletes files installed by the DuplicateFiles action. RemoveEnvironmentStrin ActionSequenceType Modifies the values of environment variables. gs RemoveExistingProducts ActionModuleSequenceTy Goes through the product codes listed in the pe ActionProperty column of the Upgrade table and removes the products in sequence. RemoveFiles ActionSequenceType Removes files previously installed by the InstallFiles action. RemoveFolders ActionSequenceType Removes any folders linked to components set to be removed or run from source. RemoveIniValues ActionSequenceType Removes .ini file information specified for removal in the RemoveIniFile table if the component is set to be installed locally or run from source. RemoveODBC ActionSequenceType Removes the data sources, translators, and drivers listed for removal during the installation. RemoveRegistryValues ActionSequenceType Removes a registry value that has been authored into the registry table if the associated component was installed locally or as run from source, and is now set to be uninstalled. RemoveShortcuts ActionSequenceType Manages the removal of an advertised shortcut whose feature is selected for uninstallation or a nonadvertised shortcut whose component is selected for uninstallation. ResolveSource ActionModuleSequenceTy Determines the location of the source and sets the pe SourceDir property if the source has not been resolved yet. RMCCPSearch ActionModuleSequenceTy Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying pe products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed. ScheduleReboot ActionModuleSequenceTy Prompts the user to restart the system at the end of pe installation. SelfRegModules ActionSequenceType Processes all modules listed in the SelfReg table and registers all installed modules with the system. SelfUnregModules ActionSequenceType Unregisters all modules listed in the SelfReg table that are scheduled to be uninstalled. SetODBCFolders ActionSequenceType Checks for existing ODBC drivers and sets the target directory for each new driver to the location of an existing driver. StartServices ActionSequenceType Starts system services. StopServices ActionSequenceType Stops system services. UnpublishComponents ActionSequenceType Manages the unadvertisement of components listed in the PublishComponent table. UnpublishFeatures ActionSequenceType Removes selection-state and feature-component mapping information from the registry. UnregisterClassInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the removal of COM class information from the system registry.

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Component Type Description UnregisterComPlus ActionSequenceType Removes COM+ applications from the registry. UnregisterExtensionInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the removal of extension-related information from the system registry. UnregisterFonts ActionSequenceType Removes registration information about installed fonts from the system. UnregisterMIMEInfo ActionSequenceType Unregisters MIME-related registry information from the system. UnregisterProgIdInfo ActionSequenceType Manages the unregistration of OLE ProgId information with the system. UnregisterTypeLibraries ActionSequenceType Unregisters type libraries from the system. ValidateProductID ActionSequenceType Sets the ProductID property to the full product identifier. WriteEnvironmentStrings ActionSequenceType Modifies the values of environment variables. WriteIniValues ActionSequenceType Writes the .ini file information that the application needs written to its .ini files. WriteRegistryValues ActionSequenceType Sets up an application's registry information.

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Element: InstallFiles

Description

Copies files specified in the File table from the source directory to the destination directory.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: InstallFinalize

Description

Marks the end of a sequence of actions that change the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: InstallInitialize

Description

Marks the beginning of a sequence of actions that change the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: InstallODBC

Description

Installs the drivers, translators, and data sources in the ODBCDriver table, ODBCTranslator table, and ODBCDataSource table.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: InstallServices

Description

Registers a service for the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: InstallUISequence

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description AppSearch ActionModuleSequenceTy Uses file signatures to search for existing versions of pe products. CCPSearch ActionModuleSequenceTy Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying pe products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed. CostFinalize ActionSequenceType Ends the internal installation costing process begun by the CostInitialize action. CostInitialize ActionSequenceType Initiates the internal installation costing process. Custom string (extension) Use to sequence a custom action. ExecuteAction ActionSequenceType Initiates the execution sequence. FileCost ActionSequenceType Initiates dynamic costing of standard installation actions. FindRelatedProducts ActionModuleSequenceTy Runs through each record of the Upgrade table in pe sequence and compares the upgrade code, product version, and language in each row to products installed on the system. IsolateComponents ActionSequenceType Installs a copy of a component (commonly a shared DLL) into a private location for use by a specific application (typically an .exe). LaunchConditions ActionModuleSequenceTy Queries the LaunchCondition table and evaluates pe each conditional statement recorded there. MigrateFeatureStates ActionSequenceType Used for upgrading or installing over an existing application. ResolveSource ActionModuleSequenceTy Determines the location of the source and sets the pe SourceDir property if the source has not been resolved yet. RMCCPSearch ActionModuleSequenceTy Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying pe products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed. ScheduleReboot ActionModuleSequenceTy Prompts the user to restart the system at the end of pe installation. Show string (extension) ValidateProductID ActionSequenceType Sets the ProductID property to the full product identifier.

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Element: InstallValidate

Description

Verifies that all costed volumes have enough space for the installation.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Instance

Description

Defines an instance transform for your product.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identity of the instance transform. ProductCode string The ProductCode for this instance. ProductName string The ProductName for this instance.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: InstanceTransforms

Description

Use this element to contain definitions for instance transforms.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Property string The Id of the Property who's value should change for each instance.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Instance anyType (restriction) Defines an instance transform for your product.

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Element: Interface

Description

COM Interface registration for parent Typelib.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid GUID identifier for COM Interface. Name string Name for COM Interface. ProxyStubClassId Guid GUID CLSID for proxy stub to COM Interface. ProxyStubClassId32 Guid GUID CLSID for 32-bit proxy stub to COM Interface. NumMethods integer Number of methods implemented on COM Interface. Versioned YesNoType Determines whether a Typelib version entry should be created with the other COM Interface registry keys.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: IsolateComponent

Description

Shared Component to be privately replicated in folder of parent Component

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Shared string Shared Component for this application Component.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: IsolateComponents

Description

Installs a copy of a component (commonly a shared DLL) into a private location for use by a specific application (typically an .exe).

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

This isolates the application from other copies of the component that may be installed to a shared location on the computer. The action refers to each record of the IsolatedComponent table and associates the files of the component listed in the Component_Shared field with the component listed in the Component_Application field. The installer installs the files of Component_Shared into the same directory as Component_Application. The installer generates a file in this directory, zero bytes in length, having the short filename name of the key file for Component_Application (typically this is the same file name as the .exe) appended with .local. The IsolatedComponent action does not affect the installation of Component_Application. Uninstalling Component_Application also removes the Component_Shared files and the .local file from the directory. The IsolateComponents action can be used only in the InstallUISequence table and the InstallExecuteSequence table. This action must come after the CostInitialize action and before the CostFinalize action. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: LaunchConditions

Description

Queries the LaunchCondition table and evaluates each conditional statement recorded there.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

If any of these conditional statements fail, an error message is displayed to the user and the installation is terminated. The LaunchConditions action is optional. This action is normally the first in the sequence, but the AppSearch Action may be sequenced before the LaunchConditions action. If there are launch conditions that do not apply to all installation modes, the appropriate installation mode property should be used in a conditional expression in the appropriate sequence table. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: ListBox

Description

Set of items for a particular ListBox control tied to an install Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Property string Property tied to this group

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ListItem anyType (restriction) The value (and optional text) associated with an item in a ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView.

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Element: ListItem

Description

The value (and optional text) associated with an item in a ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Value string The value assigned to the associated ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView property if this item is selected. Text string The localizable, visible text to be assigned to the item. Icon string The identifier of the Binary (not Icon) element containing the icon to associate with this item.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ListView

Description

Set of items for a particular ListView control tied to an install Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Property string Property tied to this group

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ListItem anyType (restriction) The value (and optional text) associated with an item in a ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView.

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Element: Media

Description

Media element describes a disk that makes up the source media for the installation.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id integer Disk identifier for Media table. Cabinet string The name of the cabinet if some or all of the files stored on the media are in a cabinet file. CompressionLevel NMTOKEN (restriction) Indicates the compression level for the Media's cabinet. DiskPrompt string The disk name, which is usually the visible text printed on the disk. EmbedCab YesNoType Instructs the binder to embed the cabinet in the product if 'yes'. Layout string This attribute specifies the root directory for the uncompressed files that are a part of this Media element. src string VolumeLabel string The label attributed to the volume. Source string Optional property that identifies the source of the embedded cabinet.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DigitalSignature anyType (restriction) Adds a digital signature. PatchBaseline anyType (restriction) Identifies a set of product versions. SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols.

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Element: Merge

Description

Merge directive to bring in a merge module that will be redirected to the parent directory.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The unique identifier for the Merge element in the source code. DiskId string The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Media element authored elsewhere. FileCompression YesNoType Specifies if the files in the merge module should be compressed. Language LocalizableInteger Specifies the decimal LCID or localization token for the language to merge the Module in as. SourceFile string Path to the source location of the merge module. src string

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ConfigurationData anyType (restriction) Data to use as input to a configurable merge module.

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Element: MergeRef

Description

Merge reference to connect a Merge Module to parent Feature

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The unique identifier for the Merge element to be referenced. Primary YesNoType Specifies whether the feature containing this MergeRef is the primary feature for advertising the merge module's components.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: MigrateFeatureStates

Description

Used for upgrading or installing over an existing application.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Reads feature states from existing application and sets these feature states for the pending installation. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: MIME

Description

MIME content-type for an Extension

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Advertise YesNoType Whether this MIME is to be advertised. ContentType string This is the identifier for the MIME content. Class Guid Class ID for the COM server that is to be associated with the MIME content. Default YesNoType If 'yes', become the content type for the parent Extension.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Module

Description

The Module element is analogous to the main function in a C program.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The name of the merge module (not the file name). Codepage string The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSM. Guid Guid This attribute is deprecated. Use the Package/@Id instead. Language LocalizableInteger The decimal language ID (LCID) of the merge module. Version string The major and minor versions of the merge module.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Package anyType (restriction) Properties about the package to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. AppId anyType (restriction) Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. Binary anyType (restriction) Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a ComponentGroup in another Fragment. ComponentRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. Configuration anyType (restriction) Defines the configurable attributes of merge module. CustomAction string (extension) Specifies a custom action to be added to the MSI CustomAction table. CustomActionRef anyType (restriction) This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced CustomAction to be included in the installer database. CustomTable anyType (restriction) Defines a custom table for use from a custom action. Dependency anyType (restriction) Declares a dependency on another merge module. Directory anyType (restriction) Directory layout for the product.

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Component Type Description DirectoryRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment. EmbeddedChainer string (extension) EmbeddedChainerRef anyType (restriction) Reference to an EmbeddedChainer element. EnsureTable anyType (restriction) Use this element to ensure that a table appears in the installer database, even if its empty. Exclusion anyType (restriction) Declares a merge module with which this merge module is incompatible. Icon anyType (restriction) Icon used for Shortcut, ProgId, or Class elements (but not UI controls) IgnoreModularization anyType (restriction) This element has been deprecated. IgnoreTable anyType (restriction) Specifies a table from the merge module that is not merged into an .msi file. Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. PropertyRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a Property value. InstallExecuteSequence anyType (restriction) InstallUISequence anyType (restriction) AdminExecuteSequence anyType (restriction) AdminUISequence anyType (restriction) AdvertiseExecuteSequen anyType (restriction) ce SetDirectory string (extension) Sets a Directory to a particular value. SetProperty string (extension) Sets a Property to a particular value. SFPCatalog anyType (restriction) Adds a system file protection update catalog file Substitution anyType (restriction) Specifies the configurable fields of a module database and provides a template for the configuration of each field. UI anyType (restriction) Enclosing element to compartmentalize UI specifications. UIRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database. WixVariable anyType (restriction) This element exposes advanced WiX functionality.

Remarks

When linking, only one Module section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates an msm file.

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Element: MoveFiles

Description

Locates existing files on the system and moves or copies those files to a new location.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: MsiPublishAssemblies

Description

Manages the advertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: MsiUnpublishAssemblies

Description

Manages the unadvertisement of CLR and Win32 assemblies that are being removed.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: MultiStringValue

Description

Use several of these elements to specify each registry value in a multiString registry value.

Derived By

Type anyType

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

This element cannot be used if the Value attribute is specified unless the Type attribute is set to 'multiString'. The values should go in the text area of the MultiStringValue element.

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Element: ODBCDataSource

Description

ODBCDataSource for a Component

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier of the data source. Name string Name for the data source. DriverName string Required if not found as child of ODBCDriver element Registration NMTOKEN (restriction) Scope for which the data source should be registered. KeyPath YesNoType Set 'yes' to force this file to be key path for parent Component

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module.

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Element: ODBCDriver

Description

ODBCDriver for a Component

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the driver. Name string Name for the driver. File string Required if not found as child of File element SetupFile string Required if not found as child of File element or different from File attribute above

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. ODBCDataSource anyType (restriction) ODBCDataSource for a Component

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Element: ODBCTranslator

Description

ODBCTranslator for a Component

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the translator. Name string Name for the translator. File string Required if not found as child of File element SetupFile string Required if not found as child of File element or different from File attribute above

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: OptimizeCustomActions

Description

Indicates whether custom actions can be skipped when applying the patch.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description SkipAssignment YesNoType Skip property (type 51) and directory (type 35) assignment custom actions. SkipImmediate YesNoType Skip immediate custom actions that are not property or directory assignment custom actions. SkipDeferred YesNoType Skip custom actions that run within the script.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Package

Description

Properties about the package to be placed in the Summary Information Stream.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id AutogenGuid The package code GUID for a product or merge module. AdminImage YesNoType Set to 'yes' if the source is an admin image. Comments string Optional comments for browsing. Compressed YesNoType Set to 'yes' to have compressed files in the source. Description string The product full name or description. InstallPrivileges NMTOKEN (restriction) Use this attribute to specify the priviliges required to install the package on Windows Vista and above. InstallScope NMTOKEN (restriction) Use this attribute to specify the installation scope of this package: per-machine or per-user. InstallerVersion integer The minimum version of the Windows Installer required to install this package. Keywords string Optional keywords for browsing. Languages string The list of language IDs (LCIDs) supported in the package. Manufacturer string The vendor releasing the package. Platforms string Platform NMTOKEN (restriction) The platform supported by the package. ReadOnly YesNoDefaultType The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only. ShortNames YesNoType Set to 'yes' to have short filenames in the source. SummaryCodepage string The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

These are visible from COM through the IStream interface, and these properties can be seen on the package in Explorer.

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Element: Patch

Description

The Patch element is analogous to the main function in a C program.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id AutogenGuid Patch code for this patch. Codepage string The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSP. AllowRemoval YesNoType Whether this is an uninstallable patch. Classification PatchClassificationType Category of updates. ClientPatchId string An easily referenced identity unique to a patch that can be used in product authoring. ApiPatchingSymbolNoIma YesNoType Flag used when creating a binary file patch. gehlpFlag ApiPatchingSymbolNoFail YesNoType Flag used when creating a binary file patch. uresFlag ApiPatchingSymbolUndec YesNoType Flag used when creating a binary file patch. oratedTooFlag Description string Description of the patch. DisplayName string A title for the patch that is suitable for public display. Manufacturer string Vendor releasing the package MinorUpdateTargetRTM YesNoType Indicates that the patch targets the RTM version of the product or the most recent major upgrade patch. MoreInfoURL string A URL that provides information specific to this patch. OptimizedInstallMode YesNoType If this attribute is set to 'yes' in all the patches to be applied in a transaction, the application of the patch is optimized if possible. TargetProductName string Name of the application or target product suite. OptimizePatchSizeForLar YesNoType When this attribute is set, patches for files greater geFiles than approximately 4 MB in size may be made smaller.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Media anyType (restriction) Media element describes a disk that makes up the source media for the installation.

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Content Model

Component Type Description OptimizeCustomActions anyType (restriction) Indicates whether custom actions can be skipped when applying the patch. PatchFamily anyType (restriction) Collection of items that should be kept from the differences between two products. PatchFamilyRef anyType (restriction) This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced PatchFamily to be used in the process of creating a patch. PatchProperty anyType (restriction) A property for this patch database.

Remarks

When linking, only one Patch section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates an MSP file.

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Element: PatchBaseline

Description

Identifies a set of product versions.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for a set of product versions.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Validate anyType (restriction) Sets information on the patch transform that determines to which product the transform applies and what errors should be ignored when applying the patch transform.

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Element: PatchCertificates

Description

Identifies the possible signer certificates used to digitally sign patches.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DigitalCertificate anyType (restriction) Adds a digital certificate.

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Element: PatchCreation

Description

The PatchCreation element is analogous to the main function in a C program.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid PatchCreation identifier; this is the primary key for identifying patches. AllowMajorVersionMismat YesNoType Use this to set whether the major versions between ches the upgrade and target images match. AllowProductCodeMismat YesNoType Use this to set whether the product code between the ches upgrade and target images match. CleanWorkingFolder YesNoType Use this to set whether Patchwiz should clean the temp folder when finished. Codepage string The code page integer value or web name for the resulting PCP. OutputPath string The full path, including file name, of the patch package file that is to be generated. SourceList string Used to locate the .msp file for the patch if the cached copy is unavailable. SymbolFlags int An 8-digit hex integer representing the combination of patch symbol usage flags to use when creating a binary file patch. WholeFilesOnly YesNoType Use this to set whether changing files should be included in their entirety.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description PatchInformation anyType (restriction) Properties about the patch to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. PatchMetadata anyType (restriction) Properties about the patch to be placed in the PatchMetadata table. Family anyType (restriction) Group of one or more upgraded images of a product. PatchProperty anyType (restriction) A property for this patch database. PatchSequence anyType (restriction) Sequence information for this patch database. ReplacePatch anyType (restriction) A patch that is deprecated by this patch. TargetProductCode anyType (restriction) A product code for a product that may receive this patch (or '*' for all products).

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Remarks

When linking, only one PatchCreation section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates a pcp file.

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Element: PatchFamily

Description

Collection of items that should be kept from the differences between two products.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch belongs. ProductCode Guid Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to. Version string Used to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file. Supersede YesNoType Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. BinaryRef anyType (restriction) Used only for PatchFamilies to include only a binary table entry in a patch. ComponentRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. CustomActionRef anyType (restriction) This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced CustomAction to be included in the installer database. DirectoryRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment. FeatureRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. IconRef anyType (restriction) Used only for PatchFamilies to include only a icon table entry in a patch. PropertyRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a Property value. UIRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database.

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Element: PatchFamilyRef

Description

This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced PatchFamily to be used in the process of creating a patch.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The identifier of the CustomAction to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: PatchFiles

Description

Queries the Patch table to determine which patches are to be applied.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: PatchInformation

Description

Properties about the patch to be placed in the Summary Information Stream.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Description string Product full name or description Platforms string List of platforms supported in package Languages string List of language IDs supported in package Manufacturer string Vendor releasing the package Keywords string Optional keywords for browsing Comments string Optional comments for browsing ReadOnly YesNoDefaultType The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only. SummaryCodepage string The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only. ShortNames YesNoType Short filenames on source Compressed YesNoType Compressed files on source AdminImage YesNoType Source is an admin image

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

These are visible from COM through the IStream interface, and these properties can be seen on the package in Explorer.

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Element: PatchMetadata

Description

Properties about the patch to be placed in the PatchMetadata table.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description AllowRemoval YesNoType Whether this is an uninstallable patch. Classification PatchClassificationType Category of update. CreationTimeUTC string Creation time of the .msp file in the form mm-dd-yy HH:MM (month-day-year hour:minute). Description string Description of the patch. DisplayName string A title for the patch that is suitable for public display. ManufacturerName string Name of the manufacturer. MinorUpdateTargetRTM string Indicates that the patch targets the RTM version of the product or the most recent major upgrade patch. MoreInfoURL string A URL that provides information specific to this patch. OptimizedInstallMode YesNoType If this attribute is set to 'yes' in all the patches to be applied in a transaction, the application of the patch is optimized if possible. TargetProductName string Name of the application or target product suite.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description CustomProperty anyType (restriction) A custom property for the PatchMetadata table. OptimizeCustomActions anyType (restriction) Indicates whether custom actions can be skipped when applying the patch.

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Element: PatchProperty

Description

A property for this patch database.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Company string Name of the company for a custom metadata property. Name string Name of the patch property. Value string Value of the patch property.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: PatchSequence

Description

Sequence information for this patch database.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description PatchFamily string Identifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch belongs. ProductCode Guid Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to. Sequence string Used to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file. Supersede YesNoType Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family. Target string TargetImage string Specifies the TargetImage that this family applies to.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

Sequence information is generated automatically in most cases, and rarely needs to be set explicitly.

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Element: Permission

Description

Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Domain string User string Read YesNoType Delete YesNoType ReadPermission YesNoType ChangePermission YesNoType TakeOwnership YesNoType ReadAttributes YesNoType WriteAttributes YesNoType ReadExtendedAttributes YesNoType WriteExtendedAttributes YesNoType Synchronize YesNoType CreateFile YesNoType For a directory, the right to create a file in the directory. CreateChild YesNoType For a directory, the right to create a subdirectory. DeleteChild YesNoType For a directory, the right to delete a directory and all the files it contains, including read-only files. Traverse YesNoType For a directory, the right to traverse the directory. Append YesNoType Execute YesNoType Write YesNoType CreateSubkeys YesNoType EnumerateSubkeys YesNoType Notify YesNoType CreateLink YesNoType GenericAll YesNoType GenericExecute YesNoType GenericWrite YesNoType GenericRead YesNoType specifying this will fail to grant read access

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Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

When under a Registry element, this cannot be used if the Action attribute's value is remove or removeKeyOnInstall. This element has no Id attribute. The table and key are taken from the parent element.

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Element: ProcessComponents

Description

Registers and unregisters components, their key paths, and the component clients.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Product

Description

The Product element is analogous to the main function in a C program.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id AutogenGuid The product code GUID for the product. Codepage string The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSI. See remarks for more information. Language LocalizableInteger The decimal language ID (LCID) for the product. Manufacturer string The manufacturer of the product. Name string The descriptive name of the product. UpgradeCode Guid The upgrade code GUID for the product. Version string The product's version string.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Package anyType (restriction) Properties about the package to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. AppId anyType (restriction) Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. Binary anyType (restriction) Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls. ComplianceCheck anyType (restriction) Adds a row to the CCPSearch table. Component anyType (restriction) Component for parent Directory ComponentGroup anyType (restriction) Groups together multiple components to be used in other locations. Condition string (extension) Conditions for components, controls, features, and products. CustomAction string (extension) Specifies a custom action to be added to the MSI CustomAction table. CustomActionRef anyType (restriction) This will cause the entire contents of the Fragment containing the referenced CustomAction to be included in the installer database. CustomTable anyType (restriction) Defines a custom table for use from a custom action. Directory anyType (restriction) Directory layout for the product.

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Content Model

Component Type Description DirectoryRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment. EmbeddedChainer string (extension) EmbeddedChainerRef anyType (restriction) Reference to an EmbeddedChainer element. EnsureTable anyType (restriction) Use this element to ensure that a table appears in the installer database, even if its empty. Feature anyType (restriction) A feature for the Feature table. FeatureGroupRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a FeatureGroup in another Fragment. FeatureRef anyType (restriction) Create a reference to a Feature element in another Fragment. Icon anyType (restriction) Icon used for Shortcut, ProgId, or Class elements (but not UI controls) InstanceTransforms anyType (restriction) Use this element to contain definitions for instance transforms. Media anyType (restriction) Media element describes a disk that makes up the source media for the installation. PatchCertificates anyType (restriction) Identifies the possible signer certificates used to digitally sign patches. Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. PropertyRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a Property value. InstallExecuteSequence anyType (restriction) InstallUISequence anyType (restriction) AdminExecuteSequence anyType (restriction) AdminUISequence anyType (restriction) AdvertiseExecuteSequen anyType (restriction) ce SetDirectory string (extension) Sets a Directory to a particular value. SetProperty string (extension) Sets a Property to a particular value. SFPCatalog anyType (restriction) Adds a system file protection update catalog file SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. UI anyType (restriction) Enclosing element to compartmentalize UI specifications. UIRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database. Upgrade anyType (restriction) Upgrade info for a particular UpgradeCode WixVariable anyType (restriction) This element exposes advanced WiX functionality.

Remarks

When linking, only one Product section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates an msi file.

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Element: ProgId

Description

ProgId registration for parent Component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Description string Icon string For an advertised ProgId, the Id of an Icon element. IconIndex integer Advertise YesNoType NoOpen string Specifies that the associated ProgId should not be opened by users.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ProgId anyType (restriction) ProgId registration for parent Component. Extension anyType (restriction) Extension for a Component

Remarks

If ProgId has an associated Class, it must be a child of that element.

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Element: ProgressText

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Action string Template string used to format ActionData messages from action processing

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: Property

Description

Property value for a Product or Module.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for Property. Value string Sets a default value for the property. The value will be overwritten if the Property is used for a search. ComplianceCheck YesNoType Adds a row to the CCPSearch table. This attribute is only valid when this Property contains a search element. Admin YesNoType Denotes that the Property is saved during Secure YesNoType Denotes that the Property can be passed to the server side when doing a managed installation with elevated privileges. Hidden YesNoType Denotes that the Property is not logged during installation. SuppressModularization YesNoType Use to suppress modularization of this property identifier in merge modules.

Content Model

Can contain a mix of text and the elements defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. ComplianceDrive anyType (restriction) Sets the parent of a nested DirectorySearch element to CCP_DRIVE. ComponentSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file or directory and assigns to value of parent Property. RegistrySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property RegistrySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing RegistrySearch element. IniFileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element.

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Element: PropertyRef

Description

Reference to a Property value.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier of Property to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ProtectFile

Description

Specifies a file to be protected.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description File string Foreign key into the File table.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ProtectRange anyType (restriction) Specifies part of a file that cannot be overwritten during patching.

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Element: ProtectRange

Description

Specifies part of a file that cannot be overwritten during patching.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Offset int Offset of the start of the range. Length int Length of the range.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Publish

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Control string The parent Control for this Publish element, should only be specified when this element is a child of the UI element. Dialog string The parent Dialog for this Publish element, should only be specified when this element is a child of the UI element. Event string Set this attribute's value to one of the standard control events to trigger that event. Order string This attribute should only need to be set if this element is nested under a UI element in order to control the order in which this publish event will be started. Property string Set this attribute's value to a property name to set that property. Value string If the Property attribute is specified, set the value of this attribute to the new value for the property.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: PublishComponents

Description

Manages the advertisement of the components from the PublishComponent table.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: PublishFeatures

Description

Writes each feature's state into the system registry.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: PublishProduct

Description

Manages the advertisement of the product information with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RadioButton

Description

Text or Icon plus Value that is assigned to the Property of the parent Control (RadioButtonGroup).

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Bitmap string This attribute defines the bitmap displayed with the radio button. Height LocalizableInteger Help string Icon string This attribute defines the icon displayed with the radio button. Text string Text displayed with the radio button. ToolTip string Value string Value assigned to the associated control Property when this radio button is selected. Width LocalizableInteger X LocalizableInteger Y LocalizableInteger

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: RadioButtonGroup

Description

Set of radio buttons tied to the specified Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Property string Property tied to this group.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description RadioButton anyType (restriction) Text or Icon plus Value that is assigned to the Property of the parent Control (RadioButtonGroup).

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Element: RegisterClassInfo

Description

Manages the registration of COM class information with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterComPlus

Description

Registers COM+ applications.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterExtensionInfo

Description

Manages the registration of extension related information with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterFonts

Description

Registers installed fonts with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterMIMEInfo

Description

Registers MIME-related registry information with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterProduct

Description

Registers the product information with the installer.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterProgIdInfo

Description

Manages the registration of OLE ProgId information with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterTypeLibraries

Description

Registers type libraries with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RegisterUser

Description

Registers the user information with the installer to identify the user of a product.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Registry

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Action NMTOKEN (restriction) This is the action that will be taken for this registry key. Key string The localizable key for the registry value. KeyPath YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component. Name string The localizable registry value name. Root RegistryRootType The predefined root key for the registry value. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) Set this attribute to the type of the desired registry key. Value string Set this attribute to the localizable registry value. This value is formatted.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Permission anyType (restriction) Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder. Registry anyType (restriction) RegistryValue anyType (restriction) Used to create a registry value. For multi-string values, this can be used to prepend or append values.

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Element: RegistryKey

Description

Used for organization of child RegistryValue elements or to create a registry key (and optionally remove it during uninstallation).

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Action NMTOKEN (restriction) This is the action that will be taken for this registry value. Key string The localizable key for the registry value. Root RegistryRootType The predefined root key for the registry value.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. Permission anyType (restriction) Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder. RegistryKey anyType (restriction) Used for organization of child RegistryValue elements or to create a registry key (and optionally remove it during uninstallation). RegistryValue anyType (restriction) Used to create a registry value. For multi-string values, this can be used to prepend or append values.

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Element: RegistrySearch

Description

Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Signature to be used for the file, directory or registry key being searched for. Root NMTOKEN (restriction) Root key for the registry value. Key string Key for the registry value. Name string Registry value name. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) The value must be 'file' if the last child is a FileSearch element and must be 'directory' if last child is a DirectorySearch element. Win64 YesNoType Instructs the search to look in the 64-bit registry when the value is 'yes'.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description DirectorySearch anyType (restriction) Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property. DirectorySearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing DirectorySearch element. FileSearch anyType (restriction) Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property FileSearchRef anyType (restriction) References an existing FileSearch element.

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Element: RegistrySearchRef

Description

References an existing RegistrySearch element.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Specify the Id of the RegistrySearch to reference.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: RegistryValue

Description

Used to create a registry value. For multi-string values, this can be used to prepend or append values.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Root RegistryRootType The predefined root key for the registry value. Key string The localizable key for the registry value. Name string The localizable registry value name. Value string Set this attribute to the localizable registry value. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) Set this attribute to the type of the desired registry key. Action NMTOKEN (restriction) This is the action that will be taken for this registry value. KeyPath YesNoType Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component.

Content Model

Can contain a mix of text and the elements defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. MultiStringValue anyType Use several of these elements to specify each registry value in a multiString registry value. Permission anyType (restriction) Sets ACLs on File, Registry, or CreateFolder.

Remarks

For legacy authoring: Use several of these elements to specify each registry value in a multiString registry value. This element cannot be used if the Value attribute is specified unless the Type attribute is set to 'multiString'. The values should go in the text area of the RegistryValue element.

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Element: RemoveDuplicateFiles

Description

Deletes files installed by the DuplicateFiles action.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveEnvironmentStrings

Description

Modifies the values of environment variables.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveExistingProducts

Description

Goes through the product codes listed in the ActionProperty column of the Upgrade table and removes the products in sequence.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: RemoveFile

Description

Remove a file(s) if the parent component is selected for installation or removal.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Directory string Overrides the directory of the parent component with a specific Directory. Property string Overrides the directory of the parent component with the value of the specified property. Name WildCardLongFileNameT This value should be set to the localizable name of ype the file(s) to be removed. LongName WildCardLongFileNameT ype ShortName WildCardShortFileNameT The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. ype On NMTOKEN (restriction) This value determines the time at which the file(s) may be removed.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

Multiple files can be removed by specifying a wildcard for the value of the Name attribute. By default, the source directory of the file is the directory of the parent component. This can be overridden by specifying the Directory attribute with a value corresponding to the Id of the source directory, or by specifying the Property attribute with a value corresponding to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path to the source directory.

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Element: RemoveFiles

Description

Removes files previously installed by the InstallFiles action.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveFolder

Description

Remove an empty folder if the parent component is selected for installation or removal.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Directory string Overrides the directory of the parent component with a specific Directory. Property string Overrides the directory of the parent component with the value of the specified property. On NMTOKEN (restriction) This value determines the time at which the folder may be removed.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

By default, the folder is the directory of the parent component. This can be overridden by specifying the Directory attribute with a value corresponding to the Id of the directory, or by specifying the Property attribute with a value corresponding to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the folder.

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Element: RemoveFolders

Description

Removes any folders linked to components set to be removed or run from source.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveIniValues

Description

Removes .ini file information specified for removal in the RemoveIniFile table if the component is set to be installed locally or run from source.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveODBC

Description

Removes the data sources, translators, and drivers listed for removal during the installation.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveRegistryKey

Description

Used for removing registry keys and all child keys either during install or uninstall.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Action NMTOKEN (restriction) This is the action that will be taken for this registry value. Key string The localizable key for the registry value. Root RegistryRootType The predefined root key for the registry value.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: RemoveRegistryValue

Description

Used to remove a registry value during installation.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Key string The localizable key for the registry value. Name string The localizable registry value name. Root RegistryRootType The predefined root key for the registry value.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

There is no standard way to remove a single registry value during uninstall (but you can remove an entire key with RemoveRegistryKey).

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Element: RemoveRegistryValues

Description

Removes a registry value that has been authored into the registry table if the associated component was installed locally or as run from source, and is now set to be uninstalled.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: RemoveShortcuts

Description

Manages the removal of an advertised shortcut whose feature is selected for uninstallation or a nonadvertised shortcut whose component is selected for uninstallation.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: ReplacePatch

Description

A patch that is deprecated by this patch.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid Patch GUID to be unregistered if it exists on the machine targeted by this patch.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ReserveCost

Description

Disk cost to reserve in a folder for running locally and/or from source.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string A primary key that uniquely identifies this ReserveCost entry. Directory string Adds the amount of disk space specified in RunFromSource or RunLocal to the volume cost of the device containing the directory. RunFromSource integer The number of bytes of disk space to reserve if the component is installed to run from source. RunLocal integer The number of bytes of disk space to reserve if the component is installed to run locally.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ResolveSource

Description

Determines the location of the source and sets the SourceDir property if the source has not been resolved yet.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: RMCCPSearch

Description

Uses file signatures to validate that qualifying products are installed on a system before an upgrade installation is performed.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The RMCCPSearch action should be authored into the InstallUISequence table and InstallExecuteSequence table. The installer prevents RMCCPSearch from running in the InstallExecuteSequence sequence if the action has already run in InstallUISequence sequence. The RMCCPSearch action requires the CCP_DRIVE property to be set to the root path on the removable volume that has the installation for any of the qualifying products. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Row

Description

Row data for a Custom Table

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Data string (extension) Used for a Custom Table. Specifies the data for the parent Row and specified Column.

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Element: ScheduleReboot

Description

Prompts the user to restart the system at the end of installation.

Derived By

Type ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

Special actions don't have a built-in sequence number and thus must appear relative to another action. The suggested way to do this is by using the Before or After attribute. InstallExecute and InstallExecuteAgain can optionally appear anywhere between InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize.

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Element: SelfRegModules

Description

Processes all modules listed in the SelfReg table and registers all installed modules with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: SelfUnregModules

Description

Unregisters all modules listed in the SelfReg table that are scheduled to be uninstalled.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: ServiceArgument

Description

Argument used in ServiceControl parent

Derived By

Type string

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Element: ServiceControl

Description

Starts, stops, and removes services for parent Component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Name string Name of the service. Start NMTOKEN (restriction) Specifies whether the service should be started on install, uninstall or both. Stop NMTOKEN (restriction) Specifies whether the service should be stopped on install, uninstall or both. Remove NMTOKEN (restriction) Specifies whether the service should be removed on install, uninstall or both. Wait YesNoType Specifies whether or not to wait for the service to complete before continuing.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description ServiceArgument string Argument used in ServiceControl parent

Remarks

This element is used to control the state of a service installed by the MSI or MSM file by using the start, stop and remove attributes. For example, Start='install' Stop='both' Remove='uninstall' would mean: start the service on install, remove the service when the product is uninstalled, and stop the service both on install and uninstall.

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Element: ServiceDependency

Description

Service or group of services that must start before the parent service.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Group YesNoType Set to 'yes' to indicate that the value in the Id attribute is the name of a group of services.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ServiceInstall

Description

Adds and removes services for parent Component.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for this service. Name string This column is the string that gives the service name to install. DisplayName string This column is the localizable string that user interface programs use to identify the service. Type NMTOKEN (restriction) The Windows Installer does not currently support kernelDriver or systemDriver Interactive YesNoType Whether or not the service interacts with the desktop. Start NMTOKEN (restriction) Determines when the service should be started. ErrorControl NMTOKEN (restriction) Determines what action should be taken on an error. Vital YesNoType The overall install should fail if this service fails to install. LoadOrderGroup string The load ordering group that this service should be a part of. Account string The acount under which to start the service. Valid only when ServiceType is ownProcess. Password string The password for the account. Valid only when the account has a password. Arguments string Contains any command line arguments or properties required to run the service. Description string Sets the description of the service. EraseDescription YesNoType Determines whether the existing service description will be ignored.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description any Allow any element from the ##other namespace. ServiceDependency anyType (restriction) Service or group of services that must start before the parent service.

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Element: SetDirectory

Description

Sets a Directory to a particular value.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string This attribute specifies a reference to a Directory element with matching Id attribute. Sequence NMTOKEN (restriction) Controls which sequences the Directory assignment is sequenced in. Value string This attribute specifies a string value to assign to the Directory.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

This is accomplished by creating a Type 51 custom action that is appropriately scheduled in the InstallUISequence and InstallExecuteSequence.

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Element: SetODBCFolders

Description

Checks for existing ODBC drivers and sets the target directory for each new driver to the location of an existing driver.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: SetProperty

Description

Sets a Property to a particular value.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of the standard or custom action after which this action should be performed. Before string The name of the standard or custom action before which this action should be performed. Id string This attribute specifies the Property to set to the Value. Sequence NMTOKEN (restriction) Controls which sequences the Property assignment is sequenced in. Value string This attribute specifies a string value to assign to the Property.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

This is accomplished by creating a Type 51 custom action that is appropriately scheduled in the InstallUISequence and InstallExecuteSequence.

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Element: SFPCatalog

Description

Adds a system file protection update catalog file

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Name string Filename for catalog file when installed. Dependency string Used to define dependency outside of the package. SourceFile string Path to catalog file in binary.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description SFPCatalog anyType (restriction) Adds a system file protection update catalog file SFPFile anyType (restriction) Provides a many-to-many mapping from the SFPCatalog table to the File table

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Element: SFPFile

Description

Provides a many-to-many mapping from the SFPCatalog table to the File table

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Primary Key to File Table.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Shortcut

Description

Shortcut, default target is parent File, CreateFolder, or Component's Directory

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Unique identifier for the shortcut. Directory string Identifier reference to Directory element where shortcut is to be created. Name LongFileNameType In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name. LongName LongFileNameType ShortName ShortFileNameType The short name of the shortcut in 8.3 format. Target string This attribute can only be set if this Shortcut element is nested under a Component element. Description string The localizable description for the shortcut. Arguments string The command-line arguments for the shortcut. Hotkey integer The hotkey for the shortcut. Icon string Identifier reference to Icon element. IconIndex integer Identifier reference to Icon element. Show NMTOKEN (restriction) WorkingDirectory string Directory identifier (or Property identifier that resolves to a directory) that resolves to the path of the working directory for the shortcut. Advertise YesNoType Specifies if the shortcut should be advertised or not. DisplayResourceDll string The Formatted string providing the full path to the language neutral file containing the MUI Manifest. DisplayResourceId integer The display name index for the shortcut. DescriptionResourceDll string The Formatted string providing the full path to the language neutral file containing the MUI Manifest. DescriptionResourceId integer The description name index for the shortcut.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Icon anyType (restriction) Icon used for Shortcut, ProgId, or Class elements (but not UI controls)

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Element: Show

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Dialog string OnExit NMTOKEN (restriction) mutually exclusive with Before, After, and Sequence attributes Before string After string Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this dialog may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: StartServices

Description

Starts system services.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: StopServices

Description

Stops system services.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Subscribe

Description

Sets attributes for events in the EventMapping table

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Event string must be one of the standard control events' Attribute string if not present can only handle enable, disable, hide, unhide events

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Substitution

Description

Specifies the configurable fields of a module database and provides a template for the configuration of each field.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Table string Specifies the name of the table being modified in the module database. Row string Specifies the primary keys of the target row in the table named in the Table column. Column string Specifies the target column in the row named in the Row column. Value string Provides a formatting template for the data being substituted into the target field specified by Table, Row, and Column.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: SymbolPath

Description

A path to symbols.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Path string The path.

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: TargetFile

Description

Information about specific files in a target image.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Foreign key into the File table.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. IgnoreRange anyType (restriction) Specifies part of a file that is to be ignored during patching. ProtectRange anyType (restriction) Specifies part of a file that cannot be overwritten during patching.

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Element: TargetImage

Description

Contains information about the target images of the product.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier for the target image. SourceFile string Full path to the location of the msi file for the target image. src string Order int Relative order of the target image. Validation string Product checking to avoid applying irrelevant transforms. IgnoreMissingFiles YesNoType Files missing from the target image are ignored by the installer.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. TargetFile anyType (restriction) Information about specific files in a target image.

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Element: TargetProductCode

Description

A product code for a product that may receive this patch (or '*' for all products).

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The product code for a product that can receive this patch (or '*' for all products).

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: Text

Description

An alternative to using the Text attribute when the value contains special XML characters like <, >, or &.

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description SourceFile string Instructs the text to be imported from a file instead of the element value during the binding process. src string

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: TextStyle

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string FaceName string Size string Red integer 0 to 255 Green integer 0 to 255 Blue integer 0 to 255 Bold YesNoType Italic YesNoType Underline YesNoType Strike YesNoType

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: TypeLib

Description

Register a type library (TypeLib).

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid The GUID that identifes the type library. Advertise YesNoType Value of 'yes' will create a row in the TypeLib table. Value of 'no' will create rows in the Registry table. Control YesNoType Value of 'yes' means the type library describes controls, and should not be displayed in type browsers intended for nonvisual objects. Cost int The cost associated with the registration of the type library in bytes. Description string The localizable description of the type library. HasDiskImage YesNoType Value of 'yes' means the type library exists in a persisted form on disk. HelpDirectory string The identifier of the Directory element for the help directory. Hidden YesNoType Value of 'yes' means the type library should not be displayed to users, although its use is not restricted. Language integer The language of the type library. MajorVersion integer The major version of the type library. MinorVersion integer The minor version of the type library. ResourceId integer The resource id of a typelib. Restricted YesNoType Value of 'yes' means the type library is restricted, and should not be displayed to users.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description AppId anyType (restriction) Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. Class anyType (restriction) COM Class registration for parent Component. Interface anyType (restriction) COM Interface registration for parent Typelib.

Remarks

Please note that in order to properly use this non-advertised, you will need use this element with Advertise='no' and also author the appropriate child Interface elements by extracting them from the type library itself.

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Element: UI

Description

Enclosing element to compartmentalize UI specifications.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description BillboardAction anyType (restriction) Billboard action during which child Billboards are displayed Binary anyType (restriction) Binary data used for CustomAction elements and UI controls. ComboBox anyType (restriction) Set of items for a particular ComboBox control tied to an install Property Dialog anyType (restriction) Defines a dialog box in the Dialog Table. DialogRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a Dialog. EmbeddedUI anyType (restriction) Element value is the condition. Error string (extension) ListBox anyType (restriction) Set of items for a particular ListBox control tied to an install Property ListView anyType (restriction) Set of items for a particular ListView control tied to an install Property ProgressText string (extension) Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. PropertyRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a Property value. Publish string (extension) RadioButtonGroup anyType (restriction) Set of radio buttons tied to the specified Property AdminUISequence anyType (restriction) InstallUISequence anyType (restriction) TextStyle anyType (restriction) UIRef anyType (restriction) Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database. UIText string (extension) Text associated with certain controls

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Element: UIRef

Description

Reference to a UI element. This will force the entire referenced Fragment's contents to be included in the installer database.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: UIText

Description

Text associated with certain controls

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: UnpublishComponents

Description

Manages the unadvertisement of components listed in the PublishComponent table.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnpublishFeatures

Description

Removes selection-state and feature-component mapping information from the registry.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterClassInfo

Description

Manages the removal of COM class information from the system registry.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterComPlus

Description

Removes COM+ applications from the registry.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterExtensionInfo

Description

Manages the removal of extension-related information from the system registry.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterFonts

Description

Removes registration information about installed fonts from the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterMIMEInfo

Description

Unregisters MIME-related registry information from the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterProgIdInfo

Description

Manages the unregistration of OLE ProgId information with the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: UnregisterTypeLibraries

Description

Unregisters type libraries from the system.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Upgrade

Description

Upgrade info for a particular UpgradeCode

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id Guid This value specifies the upgrade code for the products that are to be detected by the FindRelatedProducts action.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description Property anyType (restriction) Property value for a Product or Module. UpgradeVersion string (extension)

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Element: UpgradeFile

Description

Specifies files to either ignore or to specify optional data about a file.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description File string Foreign key into the File table. Ignore YesNoType If yes, the file is ignored during patching, and the next two attributes are ignored. AllowIgnoreOnError YesNoType Specifies whether patching this file is vital. WholeFile YesNoType Whether the whole file should be installed, rather than creating a binary patch.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols.

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Element: UpgradeImage

Description

Contains information about the upgraded images of the product.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string Identifier to connect target images with upgraded image. SourceFile string Full path to location of msi file for upgraded image. src string SourcePatch string Modified copy of the upgraded installation database that contains additional authoring specific to patching. srcPatch string

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description TargetImage anyType (restriction) Contains information about the target images of the product. SymbolPath anyType (restriction) A path to symbols. UpgradeFile anyType (restriction) Specifies files to either ignore or to specify optional data about a file.

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Element: UpgradeVersion

Derived By

Extending string

Attributes

Name Type Description Minimum string Specifies the lower bound on the range of product versions to be detected by FindRelatedProducts. Maximum string Specifies the upper boundary of the range of product versions detected by FindRelatedProducts. Language string Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. RemoveFeatures string The installer sets the REMOVE property to features specified in this column. Property string When the FindRelatedProducts action detects a related product installed on the system, it appends the product code to the property specified in this field. MigrateFeatures YesNoType Set to "yes" to migrate feature states from upgraded products by enabling the logic in the MigrateFeatureStates action. OnlyDetect YesNoType Set to "yes" to detect products and applications but do not uninstall. IgnoreRemoveFailure YesNoType Set to "yes" to continue installation upon failure to remove a product or application. IncludeMinimum YesNoType Set to "no" to make the range of versions detected exclude the value specified in Minimum. IncludeMaximum YesNoType Set to "yes" to make the range of versions detected include the value specified in Maximum. ExcludeLanguages YesNoType Set to "yes" to detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in the Language attribute.

Content Model

Contains text only.

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Element: Validate

Description

Sets information on the patch transform that determines to which product the transform applies and what errors should be ignored when applying the patch transform.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description ProductId YesNoType Requires that the upgrade ProductCode match the target ProductCode. ProductLanguage YesNoType Requires that the upgrade ProductLanguage match the target ProductLanguage. ProductVersion NMTOKEN (restriction) Determines how many fields in the ProductVersion to check. ProductVersionOperator NMTOKEN (restriction) Determines how the target and upgrade ProductVersions are compared. UpgradeCode YesNoType Requires that the upgrade UpgradeCode match the target UpgradeCode. IgnoreAddExistingRow YesNoType Ignore errors when adding existing rows. IgnoreAddExistingTable YesNoType Ignore errors when adding existing tables. IgnoreDeleteMissingRow YesNoType Ignore errors when deleting missing rows. IgnoreDeleteMissingTable YesNoType Ignore errors when deleting missing tables. IgnoreUpdateMissingRow YesNoType Ignore errors when updating missing rows. IgnoreChangingCodePag YesNoType Ignore errors when changing the database code page. e

Content Model

Always empty.

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Element: ValidateProductID

Description

Sets the ProductID property to the full product identifier.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

This action must be sequenced before the user interface wizard in the InstallUISequence table and before the RegisterUser action in the InstallExecuteSequence table. If the product identifier has already been validated successfully, the ValidateProductID action does nothing. The ValidateProductID action always returns a success, whether or not the product identifier is valid, so that the product identifier can be entered on the command line the first time the product is run. The product identifier can be validated without having the user reenter this information by setting the PIDKEY property on the command line or by using a transform. The display of the dialog box requesting the user to enter the product identifier can then be made conditional upon the presence of the ProductID property, which is set when the PIDKEY property is validated. The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: Verb

Description

Verb definition for an Extension.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The verb for the command. Command string The localized text displayed on the context menu. Argument string Value for the command arguments. Sequence integer The sequence of the commands. Target string TargetFile string Either this attribute or the TargetProperty attribute must be specified for a non-advertised verb. TargetProperty string Either this attribute or the TargetFile attribute must be specified for a non-advertised verb.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

When advertised, this element creates a row in the Verb table. When not advertised, this element creates the appropriate rows in Registry table.

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Element: Wix

Description

This is the top-level container element for every wxs file.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description RequiredVersion VersionType Required version of the WiX toolset to compile this input file.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component Type Description PatchCreation anyType (restriction) The PatchCreation element is analogous to the main function in a C program. Module anyType (restriction) The Module element is analogous to the main function in a C program. Patch anyType (restriction) The Patch element is analogous to the main function in a C program. Product anyType (restriction) The Product element is analogous to the main function in a C program. Fragment anyType (restriction) The Fragment element is the building block of creating an installer database in WiX.

Remarks

Among the possible children, the Product, Module, Patch, and PatchCreation elements are analogous to the main function in a C program. There can only be one of these present when linking occurs. Product compiles into an msi file, Module compiles into an msm file, PatchCreation compiles into a pcp file. The Fragment element is an atomic unit which ultimately links into either a Product, Module, or PatchCreation. The Fragment can either be completely included or excluded during linking.

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Element: WixVariable

Description

This element exposes advanced WiX functionality.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name Type Description Id string The name of the variable. Overridable YesNoType Set this value to 'yes' in order to make the variable's value overridable either by another WixVariable entry or via the command-line option -d= for light.exe. Value string The value of the variable.

Content Model

Always empty.

Remarks

Use this element to declare WiX variables from directly within your authoring. WiX variables are not resolved until the final msi/msm/pcp file is actually generated. WiX variables do not persist into the msi/msm/pcp file, so they cannot be used when an MSI file is being installed; its a WiX-only concept.

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Element: WriteEnvironmentStrings

Description

Modifies the values of environment variables.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: WriteIniValues

Description

Writes the .ini file information that the application needs written to its .ini files.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Element: WriteRegistryValues

Description

Sets up an application's registry information.

Derived By

Type ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

Content Model

Contains text only.

Remarks

The condition for this action may be specified in the element's inner text.

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Name Description Absent [element Feature] This attribute determines if a user will have the option to set a feature to absent in the user interface. Account [element ServiceInstall] The acount under which to start the service. Valid only when ServiceType is ownProcess. Action [element Condition] Used only under Control elements and is required. Allows specific actions to be applied to a control based on the result of this condition. Action [element Custom] The action to which the Custom element applies. Action [element Environment] Specfies whether the environmental variable should be created, set or removed when the parent component is installed. Action [element IniFile] The type of modification to be made. Action [element ProgressText] Action [element Registry] This is the action that will be taken for this registry key. Action [element RegistryKey] This is the action that will be taken for this registry value. Action [element RegistryValue] This is the action that will be taken for this registry value. Action [element RemoveRegistryKey] This is the action that will be taken for this registry value. ActivateAtStorage [element AppId] Set this value to 'yes' to configure the client to activate on the same system as persistent storage. Admin [element Property] Denotes that the Property is saved during AdminImage [element Package] Set to 'yes' if the source is an admin image. AdminImage [element Source is an admin image PatchInformation] Advertise [element AppId] Set this value to 'yes' in order to create a normal AppId table row. Set this value to 'no' in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior). Advertise [element Class] Set this value to "yes" in order to create a normal Class table row. Set this value to "no" in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior). Advertise [element Extension] Whether this extension is to be advertised. The default is "no". Advertise [element MIME] Whether this MIME is to be advertised. Advertise [element ProgId] Advertise [element Shortcut] Specifies if the shortcut should be advertised or not. Advertise [element TypeLib] Value of 'yes' will create a row in the TypeLib table. Value of 'no' will create rows in the Registry table. After [element Custom] The name of the standard or custom action after which this action should be performed. After [element SetProperty] The name of the standard or custom action after which this action should be performed. After [element Show]

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Name Description After [type The name of an action that this action should come after. ActionModuleSequenceType] AllowAdvertise [element Feature] This attribute determins the possible advertise states for this feature. AllowIgnoreOnError [element Specifies whether patching this file is vital. UpgradeFile] AllowMajorVersionMismatches Use this to set whether the major versions between the upgrade and [element PatchCreation] target images match. AllowProductCodeMismatches Use this to set whether the product code between the upgrade and [element PatchCreation] target images match. AllowRemoval [element Patch] Whether this is an uninstallable patch. AllowRemoval [element Whether this is an uninstallable patch. PatchMetadata] ApiPatchingSymbolNoFailuresFlag Flag used when creating a binary file patch. [element Patch] ApiPatchingSymbolNoImagehlpFlag Flag used when creating a binary file patch. [element Patch] ApiPatchingSymbolUndecoratedToo Flag used when creating a binary file patch. Flag [element Patch] AppData [element Category] An optional localizable text describing the category. Append [element Permission] AppId [element Class] This attribute is only allowed when a Class is advertised. Argument [element Class] This column is optional only when the Context column is set to "LocalServer" or "LocalServer32" server context. Argument [element Verb] Value for the command arguments. Arguments [element ServiceInstall] Contains any command line arguments or properties required to run the service. Arguments [element Shortcut] The command-line arguments for the shortcut. Assembly [element File] Specifies if this File is a Win32 Assembly or .NET Assembly that needs to be installed into the Global Assembly Cache. AssemblyApplication [element File] Specifies the file identifier of the application file. AssemblyManifest [element File] Specifies the file identifier of the manifest file that describes this assembly. AssignToProperty [element Set the result of this search to the value of the outer Property. DirectorySearch] AssignToProperty [element Set the result of this search to the value of the outer Property. DirectorySearchRef] Attribute [element Subscribe] if not present can only handle enable, disable, hide, unhide events Before [element Custom] The name of the standard or custom action before which this action should be performed. Mutually exclusive with OnExit, After, and Sequence attributes Before [element SetProperty] The name of the standard or custom action before which this action should be performed. Before [element Show]

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Name Description Before [type The name of an action that this action should come before. ActionModuleSequenceType] BinaryKey [element CustomAction] This attribute is a reference to a Binary element with matching Id attribute. BinarySource [element Reference to the Binary element that contains the chainer executeable. EmbeddedChainer] BindPath [element File] A list of paths, separated by semicolons, that represent the paths to be searched to find the imported DLLs. Bitmap [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and PushButton Controls. Bitmap [element RadioButton] This attribute defines the bitmap displayed with the radio button. Blue [element TextStyle] 0 to 255 Bold [element TextStyle] Cabinet [element Media] The name of the cabinet if some or all of the files stored on the media are in a cabinet file. Cancel [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be invoked by the escape key. Category [element Column] Category of this column. CDROM [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. ChangePermission [element Permission] CheckBoxValue [element Control] This attribute is only valid for CheckBox Controls. Checksum [element File] This attribute should be set to "yes" for every executable file in the installation that has a valid checksum stored in the Portable Executable (PE) file header. Class [element MIME] Class ID for the COM server that is to be associated with the MIME content. Classification [element Patch] Category of updates. Classification [element Category of update. PatchMetadata] CleanWorkingFolder [element Use this to set whether Patchwiz should clean the temp folder when PatchCreation] finished. ClientPatchId [element Patch] An easily referenced identity unique to a patch that can be used in product authoring. Codepage [element Module] The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSM. Codepage [element Patch] The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSP. Codepage [element PatchCreation] The code page integer value or web name for the resulting PCP. Codepage [element Product] The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSI. See remarks for more information. Column [element Data] Specifies in which column to insert this data. Column [element Substitution] Specifies the target column in the row named in the Row column. ComboList [element Control] This attribute is only valid for ComboBox Controls. Command [element Verb] The localized text displayed on the context menu.

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Name Description CommandLine [element Value to append to the transaction handle and passed to the chainer EmbeddedChainer] executable. Comments [element Package] Optional comments for browsing. Comments [element Optional comments for browsing PatchInformation] CompanionFile [element File] Set this attribute to make this file a companion child of another file. Company [element CustomProperty] The name of the company. Company [element PatchProperty] Name of the company for a custom metadata property. ComplianceCheck [element Property] Adds a row to the CCPSearch table. This attribute is only valid when this Property contains a search element. ComPlusFlags [element Component] Set this attribute to create a ComPlus entry. ComponentGuidGenerationSeed The Component Guid Generation Seed is a guid that must be used [element Directory] when a Component with the generate guid directive ("*") is not rooted in a standard Windows Installer directory (for example, ProgramFilesFolder or CommonFilesFolder, etc). Compressed [element File] Sets the file's source type compression. Compressed [element Package] Set to 'yes' to have compressed files in the source. Compressed [element Compressed files on source PatchInformation] CompressionLevel [element Media] Indicates the compression level for the Media's cabinet. ConfigurableDirectory [element Specify the Id of a Directory that can be configured by the user at Feature] installation time. ContentType [element Extension] The MIME type that is to be written. ContentType [element MIME] This is the identifier for the MIME content. Context [element Class] The server context(s) for this server. ContextData [element Configuration] Specifies a semantic context for the requested data. Control [element Class] Set this attribute's value to 'yes' to identify an object as an ActiveX Control. Control [element Publish] The parent Control for this Publish element, should only be specified when this element is a child of the UI element. Control [element TypeLib] Value of 'yes' means the type library describes controls, and should not be displayed in type browsers intended for nonvisual objects. Cost [element TypeLib] The cost associated with the registration of the type library in bytes. CreateChild [element Permission] For a directory, the right to create a subdirectory. CreateFile [element Permission] For a directory, the right to create a file in the directory. CreateLink [element Permission] CreateSubkeys [element Permission] CreationTimeUTC [element Creation time of the .msp file in the form mm-dd-yy HH:MM PatchMetadata] (month-day-year hour:minute). CustomPalette [element Dialog] Used to specify if pictures in the dialog box are rendered with a custom palette.

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Name Description Default [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be invoked by the return key. Default [element MIME] If 'yes', become the content type for the parent Extension. DefaultLanguage [element File] This is the default language of this file. DefaultSize [element File] This is the default size of this file. DefaultValue [element Configuration] Specifies a default value for the item in this record if the merge tool declines to provide a value. DefaultVersion [element File] This is the default version of this file. Delete [element CopyFile] This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. Delete [element Permission] DeleteChild [element Permission] For a directory, the right to delete a directory and all the files it contains, including read-only files. Dependency [element SFPCatalog] Used to define dependency outside of the package. Depth [element DirectorySearch] Depth below the path that the installer searches for the file or directory specified by the search. Description [element AppId] Set this value to the description of the AppId. Description [element Class] Localized description associated with the Class ID and Program ID. Description [element Column] Description of this column. Description [element Configuration] Description for authoring. Description [element Feature] Longer string of text describing the feature. Description [element Package] The product full name or description. Description [element Patch] Description of the patch. Description [element Product full name or description PatchInformation] Description [element PatchMetadata] Description of the patch. Description [element ProgId] Description [element ServiceInstall] Sets the description of the service. Description [element Shortcut] The localizable description for the shortcut. Description [element TypeLib] The localizable description of the type library. DescriptionResourceDll [element The Formatted string providing the full path to the language neutral file Shortcut] containing the MUI Manifest. DescriptionResourceId [element The description name index for the shortcut. Shortcut] DestinationDirectory [element Set this value to the destination directory where an existing file on the CopyFile] target machine should be moved or copied to. DestinationLongName [element CopyFile] DestinationName [element CopyFile] In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name.

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Name Description DestinationProperty [element Set this value to a property that will have a value that resolves to the CopyFile] full path of the destination directory. DestinationShortName [element The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. CopyFile] Dialog [element Publish] The parent Dialog for this Publish element, should only be specified when this element is a child of the UI element. Dialog [element Show] Directory [element Component] Sets the Directory of the Component. Directory [element CreateFolder] Identifier of Directory to create. Directory [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies a reference to a Directory element with matching Id attribute containing a directory path. Directory [element IniFile] Name of a property, the value of which is the full path of the folder containing the .ini file. Directory [element RemoveFile] Overrides the directory of the parent component with a specific Directory. Directory [element RemoveFolder] Overrides the directory of the parent component with a specific Directory. Directory [element ReserveCost] Adds the amount of disk space specified in RunFromSource or RunLocal to the volume cost of the device containing the directory. Directory [element Shortcut] Identifier reference to Directory element where shortcut is to be created. Disabled [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be disabled. DisableRegistryReflection [element Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to disable registry reflection on all Component] existing and new registry keys affected by this component. DiskId [element Component] This attribute must be set either on a Component element or all of its children File elements. DiskId [element Directory] Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory. DiskId [element DirectoryRef] Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory. DiskId [element Family] Entered into the DiskId field of the new Media table record. DiskId [element File] Specifies the Media this File should be sourced on. DiskId [element Merge] The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Media element authored elsewhere. DiskPrompt [element Family] Value to display in the "[1]" of the DiskPrompt Property. DiskPrompt [element Media] The disk name, which is usually the visible text printed on the disk. Display [element Feature] Determines the initial display of this feature in the feature tree. DisplayName [element Configuration] Display name for authoring. DisplayName [element Patch] A title for the patch that is suitable for public display. DisplayName [element A title for the patch that is suitable for public display. PatchMetadata] DisplayName [element ServiceInstall] This column is the localizable string that user interface programs use to identify the service.

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Name Description DisplayResourceDll [element The Formatted string providing the full path to the language neutral file Shortcut] containing the MUI Manifest. DisplayResourceId [element The display name index for the shortcut. Shortcut] DllEntry [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies the name of a function in a custom action to execute. DllSurrogate [element AppId] Set this value to specify that the class is a DLL that is to be activated in a surrogate EXE process, and the surrogate process to be used is the path of a surrogate EXE file specified by the value. Domain [element Permission] DriverName [element Required if not found as child of ODBCDriver element ODBCDataSource] ElevationShield [element Control] This attribute is only valid for PushButton controls. EmbedCab [element Media] Instructs the binder to embed the cabinet in the product if 'yes'. EnumerateSubkeys [element Permission] EraseDescription [element Determines whether the existing service description will be ignored. ServiceInstall] Error [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies an index in the MSI Error table to use as an error message for a type 19 custom action that displays the error message and aborts a product's installation. ErrorControl [element ServiceInstall] Determines what action should be taken on an error. ErrorDialog [element Dialog] Specifies this dialog as an error dialog. Event [element Publish] Set this attribute's value to one of the standard control events to trigger that event. Event [element Subscribe] must be one of the standard control events' ExcludedId [element Exclusion] Identifier of the merge module that is incompatible. ExcludedMaxVersion [element Maximum version excluded from a range. Exclusion] ExcludedMinVersion [element Minimum version excluded from a range. Exclusion] ExcludeExceptLanguage [element Numeric language ID of the merge module in ExcludedID. Exclusion] ExcludeLanguage [element Numeric language ID of the merge module in ExcludedID. Exclusion] ExcludeLanguages [element Set to "yes" to detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in UpgradeVersion] the Language attribute. ExeCommand [element This attribute specifies the command line parameters to supply to an CustomAction] externally run executable. Execute [element CustomAction] This attribute indicates the scheduling of the custom action. Execute [element Permission] FaceName [element TextStyle] Feature [element Billboard] Feature whose state determines if the Billboard is shown.

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Name Description Feature [element Category] Feature that controls the advertisement of the category. Feature [element Component] Identifies a feature to which this component belongs, as a shorthand for a child ComponentRef element of the Feature element. Field [element IniFileSearch] The field in the .ini line. If field is Null or 0, the entire line is read. File [element ExternalFile] Foreign key into the File table. File [element ODBCDriver] Required if not found as child of File element File [element ODBCTranslator] Required if not found as child of File element File [element ProtectFile] Foreign key into the File table. File [element UpgradeFile] Foreign key into the File table. FileCompression [element Merge] Specifies if the files in the merge module should be compressed. FileId [element CopyFile] This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element. FileKey [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies a reference to a File element with matching Id attribute that will execute the custom action code in the file after the file is installed. FileSource [element Directory] Used to set the file system source for this directory's child elements. FileSource [element DirectoryRef] Used to set the file system source for this directory ref's child elements. FileSource [element Reference to the File element that is the chainer executeable. EmbeddedChainer] Fixed [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. FixedSize [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls. Floppy [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. FontTitle [element File] Causes an entry to be generated for the file in the Font table with the specified FontTitle. Format [element Configuration] Specifies the format of the data being changed. FormatSize [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. GenericAll [element Permission] GenericExecute [element Permission] GenericRead [element Permission] specifying this will fail to grant read access GenericWrite [element Permission] Green [element TextStyle] 0 to 255 Group [element ServiceDependency] Set to 'yes' to indicate that the value in the Id attribute is the name of a group of services. Guid [element Component] This value should be a guid that uniquely identifies this component's contents, language, platform, and version. Guid [element ComponentSearch] The component ID of the component whose key path is to be used for the search. Guid [element Module] This attribute is deprecated. Use the Package/@Id instead.

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Name Description Handler [element Class] The default inproc handler. HasBorder [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton Controls. HasDiskImage [element TypeLib] Value of 'yes' means the type library exists in a persisted form on disk. Height [element Control] Height of the rectangular boundary of the control. Height [element Dialog] The height of the dialog box in dialog units. Height [element RadioButton] Help [element Control] This attribute is reserved for future use. Help [element RadioButton] HelpDirectory [element TypeLib] The identifier of the Directory element for the help directory. HelpKeyword [element Configuration] Keyword into chm file for authoring. HelpLocation [element Configuration] Location of chm file for authoring. Hidden [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be hidden. Hidden [element Dialog] Used to hide the dialog. Hidden [element File] Set to yes in order to have the file's hidden attribute set when it is installed on the target machine. Hidden [element Property] Denotes that the Property is not logged during installation. Hidden [element TypeLib] Value of 'yes' means the type library should not be displayed to users, although its use is not restricted. HideTarget [element CustomAction] Ensures the installer does not log the CustomActionData for the deferred custom action. Hotkey [element Shortcut] The hotkey for the shortcut. Icon [element Class] The file providing the icon associated with this CLSID. Icon [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and PushButton Controls. Icon [element ListItem] The identifier of the Binary (not Icon) element containing the icon to associate with this item. Icon [element ProgId] For an advertised ProgId, the Id of an Icon element. Icon [element RadioButton] This attribute defines the icon displayed with the radio button. Icon [element Shortcut] Identifier reference to Icon element. IconIndex [element Class] Icon index into the icon file. IconIndex [element ProgId] IconIndex [element Shortcut] Identifier reference to Icon element. IconSize [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls. Id [element AppId] Set this value to the AppID GUID that corresponds to the named executable. Id [element AssemblyName] Name of the attribute associated with the value specified in the Value column. Id [element Billboard] Unique identifier for the Billboard. Id [element BillboardAction] Action name that determines when the Billboard should be shown.

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Name Description Id [element Binary] The Id cannot by longer than 55 characters. Id [element BinaryRef] The identifier of the Binary element to reference. Id [element Category] A string GUID that represents the category of components being grouped together. Id [element Class] The Class identifier (CLSID) of a COM server. Id [element Column] Identifier for the column. Id [element Component] Component identifier; this is the primary key for identifying components. Id [element ComponentGroup] Identifier for the ComponentGroup. Id [element ComponentGroupRef] The identifier of the ComponentGroup to reference. Id [element ComponentRef] The identifier of the Component element to reference. Id [element ComponentSearch] Id [element Control] Combined with the Dialog Id to make up the primary key of the Control table. Id [element CopyFile] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element CustomAction] The identifier of the custom action. Id [element CustomActionRef] The identifier of the CustomAction to reference. Id [element CustomTable] Identifier for the custom table. Id [element Dialog] Unique identifier for the dialog. Id [element DialogRef] The identifier of the Dialog to reference. Id [element DigitalCertificate] Identifier for a certificate file. Id [element Directory] This value is the unique identifier of the directory entry. Id [element DirectoryRef] The identifier of the Directory element to reference. Id [element DirectorySearch] Unique identifier for the directory search. Id [element DirectorySearchRef] Id of the search being referred to. Id [element EmbeddedChainer] Unique identifier for embedded chainer. Id [element EmbeddedChainerRef] Id [element EmbeddedUI] Unique identifier for embedded UI. Id [element EmbeddedUIResource] Identifier for the embedded UI resource. Id [element EnsureTable] The name of the table. Id [element Environment] Unique identifier for environment entry. Id [element Error] Number of the error for which a message is being provided. Id [element Extension] This is simply the file extension, like "doc" or "xml". Do not include the preceding period. Id [element Feature] Unique identifier of the feature. Id [element FeatureGroup] Identifier for the FeatureGroup. Id [element FeatureGroupRef] The identifier of the FeatureGroup to reference. Id [element FeatureRef] The identifier of the Feature element to reference.

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Name Description Id [element File] The unique identifier for this File element. Id [element FileSearch] Unique identifier for the file search and external key into the Signature table. Id [element FileSearchRef] Specify the Id to the FileSearch to reference. Id [element Fragment] Optional identifier for a Fragment. Id [element Icon] The Id cannot by longer than 55 characters. Id [element IconRef] The identifier of the Icon element to reference. Id [element IgnoreTable] The name of the table in the merge module that is not to be merged into the .msi file. Id [element IniFile] Identifier for ini file. Id [element IniFileSearch] External key into the Signature table. Id [element Instance] The identity of the instance transform. Id [element Interface] GUID identifier for COM Interface. Id [element Media] Disk identifier for Media table. Id [element Merge] The unique identifier for the Merge element in the source code. Id [element MergeRef] The unique identifier for the Merge element to be referenced. Id [element Module] The name of the merge module (not the file name). Id [element ODBCDataSource] Identifier of the data source. Id [element ODBCDriver] Identifier for the driver. Id [element ODBCTranslator] Identifier for the translator. Id [element Package] The package code GUID for a product or merge module. Id [element Patch] Patch code for this patch. Id [element PatchBaseline] Identifier for a set of product versions. Id [element PatchCreation] PatchCreation identifier; this is the primary key for identifying patches. Id [element PatchFamily] Identifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch belongs. Id [element PatchFamilyRef] The identifier of the CustomAction to reference. Id [element Product] The product code GUID for the product. Id [element ProgId] Id [element Property] Unique identifier for Property. Id [element PropertyRef] Identifier of Property to reference. Id [element Registry] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element RegistryKey] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element RegistrySearch] Signature to be used for the file, directory or registry key being searched for. Id [element RegistrySearchRef] Specify the Id of the RegistrySearch to reference. Id [element RegistryValue] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element RemoveFile] Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

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Name Description Id [element RemoveFolder] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element RemoveRegistryKey] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element RemoveRegistryValue] Primary key used to identify this particular entry. Id [element ReplacePatch] Patch GUID to be unregistered if it exists on the machine targeted by this patch. Id [element ReserveCost] A primary key that uniquely identifies this ReserveCost entry. Id [element ServiceControl] Id [element ServiceDependency] Id [element ServiceInstall] Unique identifier for this service. Id [element SetDirectory] This attribute specifies a reference to a Directory element with matching Id attribute. Id [element SetProperty] This attribute specifies the Property to set to the Value. Id [element SFPFile] Primary Key to File Table. Id [element Shortcut] Unique identifier for the shortcut. Id [element TargetFile] Foreign key into the File table. Id [element TargetImage] Identifier for the target image. Id [element TargetProductCode] The product code for a product that can receive this patch (or '*' for all products). Id [element TextStyle] Id [element TypeLib] The GUID that identifes the type library. Id [element UI] Id [element UIRef] Id [element UIText] Id [element Upgrade] This value specifies the upgrade code for the products that are to be detected by the FindRelatedProducts action. Id [element UpgradeImage] Identifier to connect target images with upgraded image. Id [element Verb] The verb for the command. Id [element WixVariable] The name of the variable. Ignore [element UpgradeFile] If yes, the file is ignored during patching, and the next two attributes are ignored. IgnoreActionData [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONDATA EmbeddedUI] messages. IgnoreActionStart [element Embedded UI will not recieve any EmbeddedUI] INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONSTART messages. IgnoreAddExistingRow [element Ignore errors when adding existing rows. Validate] IgnoreAddExistingTable [element Ignore errors when adding existing tables. Validate] IgnoreChangingCodePage [element Ignore errors when changing the database code page. Validate]

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Name Description IgnoreCommonData [element Embedded UI will not recieve any EmbeddedUI] INSTALLLOGMODE_COMMONDATA messages. IgnoreDeleteMissingRow [element Ignore errors when deleting missing rows. Validate] IgnoreDeleteMissingTable [element Ignore errors when deleting missing tables. Validate] IgnoreError [element EmbeddedUI] Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ERROR messages. IgnoreFatalExit [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FATALEXIT EmbeddedUI] messages. IgnoreFilesInUse [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FILESINUSE EmbeddedUI] messages. IgnoreInfo [element EmbeddedUI] Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INFO messages. IgnoreInitialize [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INITIALIZE EmbeddedUI] messages. IgnoreMissingFiles [element Files missing from the target image are ignored by the installer. TargetImage] IgnoreOutOfDiskSpace [element Embedded UI will not recieve any EmbeddedUI] INSTALLLOGMODE_OUTOFDISKSPACE messages. IgnoreParent [element Normally feature group references that end up nested under a parent FeatureGroupRef] element create a connection to that parent. IgnoreParent [element FeatureRef] Normally feature references that are nested under a parent element create a connection to that parent. IgnoreProgress [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_PROGRESS EmbeddedUI] messages. IgnoreRemoveFailure [element Set to "yes" to continue installation upon failure to remove a product or UpgradeVersion] application. IgnoreResolveSource [element Embedded UI will not recieve any EmbeddedUI] INSTALLLOGMODE_RESOLVESOURCE messages. IgnoreRMFilesInUse [element Embedded UI will not recieve any EmbeddedUI] INSTALLLOGMODE_RMFILESINUSE messages. IgnoreShowDialog [element Embedded UI will not recieve any EmbeddedUI] INSTALLLOGMODE_SHOWDIALOG messages. IgnoreTerminate [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_TERMINATE EmbeddedUI] messages. IgnoreUpdateMissingRow [element Ignore errors when updating missing rows. Validate] IgnoreUser [element EmbeddedUI] Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_USER messages. IgnoreWarning [element Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_WARNING EmbeddedUI] messages. Image [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls.

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Name Description Impersonate [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies whether the Windows Installer, which executes as LocalSystem, should impersonate the user context of the installing user when executing this custom action. IncludeMaximum [element Set to "yes" to make the range of versions detected include the value UpgradeVersion] specified in Maximum. IncludeMinimum [element Set to "no" to make the range of versions detected exclude the value UpgradeVersion] specified in Minimum. Indirect [element Control] Specifies whether the value displayed or changed by this control is referenced indirectly. Insertable [element Class] Specifies the CLISD may be insertable. InstallDefault [element Feature] This attribute determines the default install/run location of a feature. InstallerVersion [element Package] The minimum version of the Windows Installer required to install this package. InstallPrivileges [element Package] Use this attribute to specify the priviliges required to install the package on Windows Vista and above. InstallScope [element Package] Use this attribute to specify the installation scope of this package: per-machine or per-user. Integer [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the linked Property value for the Control to be treated as an integer. Otherwise, the Property will be treated as a string. Interactive [element ServiceInstall] Whether or not the service interacts with the desktop. Italic [element TextStyle] JScriptCall [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies the name of the JScript function to execute in a script. KeepModeless [element Dialog] Keep modeless dialogs alive when this dialog is created through DoAction. Key [element IniFile] The localizable .ini file key within the section. Key [element IniFileSearch] The key value within the section. Key [element Registry] The localizable key for the registry value. Key [element RegistryKey] The localizable key for the registry value. Key [element RegistrySearch] Key for the registry value. Key [element RegistryValue] The localizable key for the registry value. Key [element RemoveRegistryKey] The localizable key for the registry value. Key [element RemoveRegistryValue] The localizable key for the registry value. KeyColumn [element Column] Column in the table in KeyTable attribute. KeyNoOrphan [element Does not merge rule according to rules in MSI SDK. Configuration] KeyPath [element Component] If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', then the Directory of this Component is used as the KeyPath. KeyPath [element File] Set to yes in order to force this file to be the key path for the parent component. KeyPath [element ODBCDataSource] Set 'yes' to force this file to be key path for parent Component

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Name Description KeyPath [element Registry] Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component. KeyPath [element RegistryValue] Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component. KeyTable [element Column] Table in which this column is an external key. Keywords [element Package] Optional keywords for browsing. Keywords [element PatchInformation] Optional keywords for browsing Language [element Merge] Specifies the decimal LCID or localization token for the language to merge the Module in as. Language [element Module] The decimal language ID (LCID) of the merge module. Language [element Product] The decimal language ID (LCID) for the product. Language [element TypeLib] The language of the type library. Language [element UpgradeVersion] Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts. Languages [element FileSearch] The languages supported by the file. Languages [element Package] The list of language IDs (LCIDs) supported in the package. Languages [element List of language IDs supported in package PatchInformation] Layout [element Media] This attribute specifies the root directory for the uncompressed files that are a part of this Media element. LeftScroll [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the scroll bar to display on the left side of the Control. LeftScroll [element Dialog] Used to align the scroll bar on the left. Length [element IgnoreRange] Length of the range. Length [element ProtectRange] Length of the range. Level [element Condition] Used only under Feature elements and is required. Level [element Feature] Sets the install level of this feature. LoadOrderGroup [element The load ordering group that this service should be a part of. ServiceInstall] Localizable [element Column] Whether this column can be localized. LocalService [element AppId] Set this value to the name of a service to allow the object to be installed as a Win32 service. Location [element Component] LongName [element Directory] LongName [element File] LongName [element FileSearch] LongName [element IniFile] LongName [element IniFileSearch] LongName [element RemoveFile] LongName [element Shortcut] LongSource [element Directory]

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Name Description MajorVersion [element TypeLib] The major version of the type library. Manufacturer [element Package] The vendor releasing the package. Manufacturer [element Patch] Vendor releasing the package Manufacturer [element Vendor releasing the package PatchInformation] Manufacturer [element Product] The manufacturer of the product. ManufacturerName [element Name of the manufacturer. PatchMetadata] Mask [element FileTypeMask] Hex value that is AND'd against the bytes in the file at Offset. MaxDate [element FileSearch] The maximum modification date and time of the file. Maximum [element UpgradeVersion] Specifies the upper boundary of the range of product versions detected by FindRelatedProducts. MaxSize [element FileSearch] The maximum size of the file. MaxValue [element Column] Maximum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column. MaxVersion [element FileSearch] The maximum version of the file. MediaSrcProp [element Family] Entered into the Source field of the new Media table entry of the upgraded image. Message [element Condition] Used only under Fragment or Product elements and is required. MigrateFeatures [element Set to "yes" to migrate feature states from upgraded products by UpgradeVersion] enabling the logic in the MigrateFeatureStates action. MinDate [element FileSearch] The minimum modification date and time of the file. Minimum [element UpgradeVersion] Specifies the lower bound on the range of product versions to be detected by FindRelatedProducts. MinorUpdateTargetRTM [element Indicates that the patch targets the RTM version of the product or the Patch] most recent major upgrade patch. MinorUpdateTargetRTM [element Indicates that the patch targets the RTM version of the product or the PatchMetadata] most recent major upgrade patch. MinorVersion [element TypeLib] The minor version of the type library. MinSize [element FileSearch] The minimum size of the file. MinValue [element Column] Minimum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column. MinVersion [element FileSearch] The minimum version of the file. Modeless [element Dialog] Used to set the dialog as modeless. Modularize [element Column] How this column should be modularized, if at all. MoreInfoURL [element Patch] A URL that provides information specific to this patch. MoreInfoURL [element A URL that provides information specific to this patch. PatchMetadata] Multiline [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Edit Controls. Name [element Configuration] Defines the name of the configurable item. Name [element ConfigurationData] Key into the ModuleConfiguration table. Name [element Directory] The name of the directory.

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Name Description Name [element EmbeddedUI] The name for the embedded UI DLL when it is extracted from the Product and executed. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.) Name [element The name for the resource when it is extracted from the Product for EmbeddedUIResource] use by the embedded UI DLL. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.) Name [element Environment] Name of the environment variable. Name [element Family] Identifier for the family. Name [element File] In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name. Name [element FileSearch] In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name. Name [element The name of the item to ignore modularization for. IgnoreModularization] Name [element IniFile] In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name. Name [element IniFileSearch] In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name. Name [element Interface] Name for COM Interface. Name [element ODBCDataSource] Name for the data source. Name [element ODBCDriver] Name for the driver. Name [element ODBCTranslator] Name for the translator. Name [element PatchProperty] Name of the patch property. Name [element Product] The descriptive name of the product. Name [element Registry] The localizable registry value name. Name [element RegistrySearch] Registry value name. Name [element RegistryValue] The localizable registry value name. Name [element RemoveFile] This value should be set to the localizable name of the file(s) to be removed. Name [element The localizable registry value name. RemoveRegistryValue] Name [element ServiceControl] Name of the service. Name [element ServiceInstall] This column is the string that gives the service name to install. Name [element SFPCatalog] Filename for catalog file when installed. Name [element Shortcut] In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name. NeverOverwrite [element If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer does not install or reinstall the Component] component if a key path file or a key path registry entry for the component already exists.

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Name Description NoMinimize [element Dialog] Used to specify if the dialog can be minimized. NonNullable [element Configuration] If yes, null is not a valid entry. NoOpen [element ProgId] Specifies that the associated ProgId should not be opened by users. NoPrefix [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. Notify [element Permission] NoWrap [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. Nullable [element Column] Whether this column can be left null. NumMethods [element Interface] Number of methods implemented on COM Interface. Offset [element FileTypeMask] Offset into file. If positive, offset is from the beginning; if negative, offset is from the end. Offset [element IgnoreRange] Offset of the start of the range. Offset [element ProtectRange] Offset of the start of the range. On [element RemoveFile] This value determines the time at which the file(s) may be removed. On [element RemoveFolder] This value determines the time at which the folder may be removed. OnExit [element Custom] Mutually exclusive with Before, After, and Sequence attributes OnExit [element Show] mutually exclusive with Before, After, and Sequence attributes OnlyDetect [element Set to "yes" to detect products and applications but do not uninstall. UpgradeVersion] OptimizedInstallMode [element If this attribute is set to 'yes' in all the patches to be applied in a Patch] transaction, the application of the patch is optimized if possible. OptimizedInstallMode [element If this attribute is set to 'yes' in all the patches to be applied in a PatchMetadata] transaction, the application of the patch is optimized if possible. OptimizePatchSizeForLargeFiles When this attribute is set, patches for files greater than approximately [element Patch] 4 MB in size may be made smaller. Order [element ExternalFile] Specifies the order of the external files to use when creating the patch. Order [element Publish] This attribute should only need to be set if this element is nested under a UI element in order to control the order in which this publish event will be started. Order [element TargetImage] Relative order of the target image. OutputPath [element PatchCreation] The full path, including file name, of the patch package file that is to be generated. Overridable [element Custom] If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Overridable [element Show] If "yes", the sequencing of this dialog may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Overridable [element WixVariable] Set this value to 'yes' in order to make the variable's value overridable either by another WixVariable entry or via the command-line option -d= for light.exe. Overridable [type If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by ActionModuleSequenceType] sequencing elsewhere. Parent [element DirectorySearchRef] This attribute is the signature of the parent directory of the file or directory in the Signature_ column.

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Name Description Part [element Environment] Password [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Edit Controls. Password [element ServiceInstall] The password for the account. Valid only when the account has a password. PatchAllowIgnoreOnError [element Set to indicate that the patch is non-vital. File] PatchFamily [element Identifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch PatchSequence] belongs. PatchGroup [element File] This attribute must be set for patch-added files. PatchIgnore [element File] Prevents the updating of the file that is in fact changed in the upgraded image relative to the target images. PatchUninstall [element This attribute specifies that the Windows Installer, execute the custom CustomAction] action only when a patch is being uninstalled. PatchWholeFile [element File] Set if the entire file should be installed rather than creating a binary patch. Path [element DirectorySearch] Path on the user's system. Either absolute, or relative to containing directories. Path [element DirectorySearchRef] Path on the user's system. Either absolute, or relative to containing directories. Path [element SymbolPath] The path. Permanent [element Component] If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer does not remove the component during an uninstall. Permanent [element Environment] Specifies that the environment variable should not be removed on uninstall. Platform [element Package] The platform supported by the package. Platforms [element Package] Platforms [element PatchInformation] List of platforms supported in package Primary [element Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this ComponentGroupRef] component the primary feature for this component. Primary [element ComponentRef] Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this component the primary feature for this component. Primary [element FeatureGroupRef] Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this group the primary feature for any components and merges contained in the group. Primary [element MergeRef] Specifies whether the feature containing this MergeRef is the primary feature for advertising the merge module's components. PrimaryKey [element Column] Whether this column is a primary key. ProcessorArchitecture [element File] Specifies the architecture for this assembly. ProductCode [element Instance] The ProductCode for this instance. ProductCode [element PatchFamily] Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to. ProductCode [element Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to. PatchSequence]

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Name Description ProductId [element Validate] Requires that the upgrade ProductCode match the target ProductCode. ProductLanguage [element Validate] Requires that the upgrade ProductLanguage match the target ProductLanguage. ProductName [element Instance] The ProductName for this instance. ProductVersion [element Validate] Determines how many fields in the ProductVersion to check. ProductVersionOperator [element Determines how the target and upgrade ProductVersions are Validate] compared. Programmable [element Class] Specifies the CLSID may be programmable. ProgressBlocks [element Control] This attribute is only valid for ProgressBar Controls. Property [element ComboBox] Property tied to this group Property [element Control] The name of a defined property to be linked to this control. Property [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies a reference to a Property element with matching Id attribute that specifies the Property to be used or updated on execution of this custom action. Property [element CustomProperty] The name of the metadata property. Property [element The Id of the Property who's value should change for each instance. InstanceTransforms] Property [element ListBox] Property tied to this group Property [element ListView] Property tied to this group Property [element Publish] Set this attribute's value to a property name to set that property. Property [element Property tied to this group. RadioButtonGroup] Property [element RemoveFile] Overrides the directory of the parent component with the value of the specified property. Property [element RemoveFolder] Overrides the directory of the parent component with the value of the specified property. Property [element UpgradeVersion] When the FindRelatedProducts action detects a related product installed on the system, it appends the product code to the property specified in this field. PropertySource [element Reference to a Property that resolves to the full path to the chainer EmbeddedChainer] executeable. ProxyStubClassId [element Interface] GUID CLSID for proxy stub to COM Interface. ProxyStubClassId32 [element GUID CLSID for 32-bit proxy stub to COM Interface. Interface] PushLike [element Control] This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and Checkbox Controls. Qualifier [element Category] A text string that qualifies the value in the Id attribute. RAMDisk [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. Read [element Permission] ReadAttributes [element Permission] ReadExtendedAttributes [element Permission]

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Name Description ReadOnly [element File] Set to yes in order to have the file's read-only attribute set when it is installed on the target machine. ReadOnly [element Package] The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only. ReadOnly [element The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be PatchInformation] opened as read-only. ReadPermission [element Permission] Red [element TextStyle] 0 to 255 Registration [element Scope for which the data source should be registered. ODBCDataSource] RelativePath [element Class] When the value is "yes", the bare file name can be used for COM servers. Remote [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. RemoteServerName [element AppId] Set this value to the name of the remote server to configure the client to request the object be run at a particular machine whenever an activation function is called for which a COSERVERINFO structure is not specified. Removable [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls. Remove [element ServiceControl] Specifies whether the service should be removed on install, uninstall or both. RemoveFeatures [element The installer sets the REMOVE property to features specified in this UpgradeVersion] column. RequiredId [element Dependency] Identifier of the merge module required by the merge module. RequiredLanguage [element Numeric language ID of the merge module in RequiredID. Dependency] RequiredVersion [element Version of the merge module in RequiredID. Dependency] RequiredVersion [element Wix] Required version of the WiX toolset to compile this input file. ResourceId [element TypeLib] The resource id of a typelib. Restricted [element TypeLib] Value of 'yes' means the type library is restricted, and should not be displayed to users. Return [element CustomAction] Set this attribute to set the return behavior of the custom action. RightAligned [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be right aligned. RightAligned [element Dialog] Align text on the right. RightToLeft [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to display from right to left. RightToLeft [element Dialog] Used to specify if the text in the dialog should be displayed in right to left reading order. Root [element Registry] The predefined root key for the registry value. Root [element RegistryKey] The predefined root key for the registry value. Root [element RegistrySearch] Root key for the registry value. Root [element RegistryValue] The predefined root key for the registry value.

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Name Description Root [element RemoveRegistryKey] The predefined root key for the registry value. Root [element The predefined root key for the registry value. RemoveRegistryValue] Row [element Substitution] Specifies the primary keys of the target row in the table named in the Table column. RunAsInteractiveUser [element Set this value to 'yes' to configure a class to run under the identity of AppId] the user currently logged on and connected to the interactive desktop when activated by a remote client without being written as a Win32 service. RunFromSource [element The number of bytes of disk space to reserve if the component is ReserveCost] installed to run from source. RunLocal [element ReserveCost] The number of bytes of disk space to reserve if the component is installed to run locally. SafeForInitializing [element Class] May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no". SafeForScripting [element Class] May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no". Script [element CustomAction] Creates a type 37 or 38 custom action. Section [element IniFile] The localizable .ini file section. Section [element IniFileSearch] The localizable .ini file section. Secure [element Property] Denotes that the Property can be passed to the server side when doing a managed installation with elevated privileges. SelfRegCost [element File] The cost of registering the file in bytes. Separator [element Environment] Optional attribute to change the separator used between values. Sequence [element Custom] The sequence number for this action. Sequence [element PatchSequence] Used to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file. Sequence [element SetDirectory] Controls which sequences the Directory assignment is sequenced in. Sequence [element SetProperty] Controls which sequences the Property assignment is sequenced in. Sequence [element Show] Sequence [element Verb] The sequence of the commands. Sequence [type A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. ActionModuleSequenceType] Sequence [type A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. ActionSequenceType] SequenceStart [element Family] Sequence number for the starting file. Server [element Class] May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no". ServiceParameters [element AppId] Set this value to the parameters to be passed to a LocalService on invocation. Set [element Column] Semicolon delimited list of permissible values. SetupFile [element ODBCDriver] Required if not found as child of File element or different from File attribute above SetupFile [element ODBCTranslator] Required if not found as child of File element or different from File attribute above

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Name Description Shared [element Component] If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', enables advanced patching semantics for Components that are shared across multiple Products. Shared [element IsolateComponent] Shared Component for this application Component. SharedDllRefCount [element If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', the installer increments the Component] reference count in the shared DLL registry of the component's key file. ShortName [element Directory] The short name of the directory in 8.3 format. ShortName [element File] The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. ShortName [element FileSearch] The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. ShortName [element IniFile] The short name of the in 8.3 format. ShortName [element IniFileSearch] The short name of the file in 8.3 format. ShortName [element RemoveFile] The short file name of the file in 8.3 format. ShortName [element Shortcut] The short name of the shortcut in 8.3 format. ShortNames [element Package] Set to 'yes' to have short filenames in the source. ShortNames [element Short filenames on source PatchInformation] ShortPath [element Class] Specifies whether or not to use the short path for the COM server. ShortSourceName [element The short name of the directory on the source media in 8.3 format. Directory] Show [element Shortcut] ShowRollbackCost [element Control] This attribute is only valid for VolumeCostList Controls. Size [element TextStyle] SkipAssignment [element Skip property (type 51) and directory (type 35) assignment custom OptimizeCustomActions] actions. SkipDeferred [element Skip custom actions that run within the script. OptimizeCustomActions] SkipImmediate [element Skip immediate custom actions that are not property or directory OptimizeCustomActions] assignment custom actions. Sorted [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Listbox, ListView, and ComboBox Controls. Source [element ExternalFile] Full path of the external file. Source [element File] Specifies the path to the File in the build process. Source [element Media] Optional property that identifies the source of the embedded cabinet. SourceDirectory [element CopyFile] This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. SourceFile [element Binary] Path to the binary file. SourceFile [element The path to the certificate file. DigitalCertificate] SourceFile [element DigitalSignature] The path to signature's optional hash file. SourceFile [element EmbeddedUI] Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI. SourceFile [element Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI resource. EmbeddedUIResource]

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Name Description SourceFile [element Icon] Path to the icon file. SourceFile [element Merge] Path to the source location of the merge module. SourceFile [element SFPCatalog] Path to catalog file in binary. SourceFile [element TargetImage] Full path to the location of the msi file for the target image. SourceFile [element Text] Instructs the text to be imported from a file instead of the element value during the binding process. SourceFile [element UpgradeImage] Full path to location of msi file for upgraded image. SourceList [element PatchCreation] Used to locate the .msp file for the patch if the cached copy is unavailable. SourceName [element CopyFile] This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. SourceName [element Directory] The name of the directory on the source media. SourcePatch [element Modified copy of the upgraded installation database that contains UpgradeImage] additional authoring specific to patching. SourceProperty [element CopyFile] This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified. src [element Binary] src [element Directory] src [element DirectoryRef] src [element ExternalFile] src [element File] src [element Icon] src [element Media] src [element Merge] src [element TargetImage] src [element Text] src [element UpgradeImage] srcPatch [element UpgradeImage] Start [element ServiceControl] Specifies whether the service should be started on install, uninstall or both. Start [element ServiceInstall] Determines when the service should be started. Stop [element ServiceControl] Specifies whether the service should be stopped on install, uninstall or both. Strike [element TextStyle] SummaryCodepage [element The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings Package] only. SummaryCodepage [element The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings PatchInformation] only. Sunken [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be sunken. Supersede [element PatchFamily] Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family.

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Name Description Supersede [element PatchSequence] Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family. SupportBasicUI [element Set yes to allow the Windows Installer to display the embedded UI EmbeddedUI] during basic UI level installation. Suppress [type If yes, this action will not occur. ActionModuleSequenceType] Suppress [type If yes, this action will not occur. ActionSequenceType] SuppressModularization [element Use to suppress modularization of this Binary identifier in merge Binary] modules. SuppressModularization [element Use to suppress modularization of this custom action name in merge CustomAction] modules. SuppressModularization [element Use to suppress modularization of this property identifier in merge Property] modules. SymbolFlags [element An 8-digit hex integer representing the combination of patch symbol PatchCreation] usage flags to use when creating a binary file patch. Synchronize [element Permission] System [element Environment] Specifies that the environment variable should be added to the system environment space. System [element File] Set to yes in order to have the file's system attribute set when it is installed on the target machine. SystemModal [element Dialog] Used to set the dialog as system modal. Table [element Substitution] Specifies the name of the table being modified in the module database. TabSkip [element Control] Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be skipped in the tab sequence. TakeOwnership [element Permission] Target [element PatchSequence] Target [element Shortcut] This attribute can only be set if this Shortcut element is nested under a Component element. Target [element Verb] TargetFile [element Verb] Either this attribute or the TargetProperty attribute must be specified for a non-advertised verb. TargetImage [element Specifies the TargetImage that this family applies to. PatchSequence] TargetProductName [element Patch] Name of the application or target product suite. TargetProductName [element Name of the application or target product suite. PatchMetadata] TargetProperty [element Verb] Either this attribute or the TargetFile attribute must be specified for a non-advertised verb. Template [element ProgressText] used to format ActionData messages from action processing TerminalServerAware [element This attribute specifies controls whether the custom action will CustomAction] impersonate the installing user during per-machine installs on Terminal Server machines.

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Name Description Text [element Control] A localizable string used to set the initial text contained in a control. Text [element ListItem] The localizable, visible text to be assigned to the item. Text [element RadioButton] Text displayed with the radio button. ThreadingModel [element Class] Threading model for the CLSID. Title [element Dialog] The title of the dialog box. Title [element Feature] Short string of text identifying the feature. ToolTip [element Control] The string used for the Tooltip. ToolTip [element RadioButton] TrackDiskSpace [element Dialog] Have the dialog periodically call the installer to check if available disk space has changed. Transitive [element Component] If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer reevaluates the value of the statement in the Condition upon a reinstall. Transparent [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. Traverse [element Permission] For a directory, the right to traverse the directory. TrueType [element File] Causes an entry to be generated for the file in the Font table with no FontTitle specified. Type [element Column] The type of this column. Type [element ComponentSearch] Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element. Type [element Configuration] Specifies the type of the data being changed. Type [element Control] The type of the control. Type [element IgnoreModularization] The type of the item to ignore modularization for. Type [element IniFileSearch] Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element. Type [element Registry] Set this attribute to the type of the desired registry key. Type [element RegistrySearch] The value must be 'file' if the last child is a FileSearch element and must be 'directory' if last child is a DirectorySearch element. Type [element RegistryValue] Set this attribute to the type of the desired registry key. Type [element ServiceInstall] The Windows Installer does not currently support kernelDriver or systemDriver TypicalDefault [element Feature] This attribute determines the default advertise state of the feature. Underline [element TextStyle] UninstallWhenSuperseded [element If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer will uninstall the Component's Component] files and registry keys when it is superseded by a patch. UpgradeCode [element Product] The upgrade code GUID for the product. UpgradeCode [element Validate] Requires that the upgrade UpgradeCode match the target UpgradeCode. User [element Permission] UserLanguage [element Control] This attribute is only valid for Text Controls. Validation [element TargetImage] Product checking to avoid applying irrelevant transforms.

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Name Description Value [element AssemblyName] Value associated with the name specified in the Name column. Value [element ConfigurationData] Value to be passed to configurable merge module. Value [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies a string value to use in the custom action. Value [element CustomProperty] Value of the metadata property. Value [element Environment] The value to set into the environment variable. Value [element FileTypeMask] If the result of the AND'ing of Mask with the bytes in the file is Value, the file is a match for this File Type. Value [element IniFile] The localizable value to be written or deleted. This attribute must be set if the Action attribute's value is "addLine", "addTag", or "createLine". Value [element ListItem] The value assigned to the associated ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView property if this item is selected. Value [element PatchProperty] Value of the patch property. Value [element Property] Sets a default value for the property. The value will be overwritten if the Property is used for a search. Value [element Publish] If the Property attribute is specified, set the value of this attribute to the new value for the property. Value [element RadioButton] Value assigned to the associated control Property when this radio button is selected. Value [element Registry] Set this attribute to the localizable registry value. This value is formatted. Value [element RegistryValue] Set this attribute to the localizable registry value. Value [element SetDirectory] This attribute specifies a string value to assign to the Directory. Value [element SetProperty] This attribute specifies a string value to assign to the Property. Value [element Substitution] Provides a formatting template for the data being substituted into the target field specified by Table, Row, and Column. Value [element WixVariable] The value of the variable. VBScriptCall [element CustomAction] This attribute specifies the name of the VBScript Subroutine to execute in a script. Version [element Class] Version for the CLSID. Version [element Module] The major and minor versions of the merge module. Version [element PatchFamily] Used to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file. Version [element Product] The product's version string. Versioned [element Interface] Determines whether a Typelib version entry should be created with the other COM Interface registry keys. Vital [element File] If a file is vital, then installation cannot proceed unless the file is successfully installed. Vital [element ServiceInstall] The overall install should fail if this service fails to install. VolumeLabel [element Family] Entered into the VolumeLabel field of the new Media table record. VolumeLabel [element Media] The label attributed to the volume.

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Name Description Wait [element ServiceControl] Specifies whether or not to wait for the service to complete before continuing. WholeFile [element UpgradeFile] Whether the whole file should be installed, rather than creating a binary patch. WholeFilesOnly [element Use this to set whether changing files should be included in their PatchCreation] entirety. Width [element Column] Width of this column. Width [element Control] Width of the rectangular boundary of the control. Width [element Dialog] The width of the dialog box in dialog units. Width [element RadioButton] Win64 [element Component] Set this attribute to 'yes' to mark this as a 64-bit component. Win64 [element CustomAction] Specifies that a script custom action targets a 64-bit platform. Win64 [element RegistrySearch] Instructs the search to look in the 64-bit registry when the value is 'yes'. WorkingDirectory [element Shortcut] Directory identifier (or Property identifier that resolves to a directory) that resolves to the path of the working directory for the shortcut. Write [element Permission] WriteAttributes [element Permission] WriteExtendedAttributes [element Permission] X [element Control] Horizontal coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangular boundary of the control. X [element Dialog] Horizontal placement of the dialog box as a percentage of screen width. X [element RadioButton] Y [element Control] Vertical coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangular boundary of the control. Y [element Dialog] Vertical placement of the dialog box as a percentage of screen height. Y [element RadioButton]

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Attribute: Absent [element Feature]

Description

This attribute determines if a user will have the option to set a feature to absent in the user interface.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description allow Allows the user interface to display an option to change the feature state to Absent. disallow Prevents the user interface from displaying an option to change the feature state to Absent by setting the msidbFeatureAttributesUIDisallowAbsent attribute. This will force the feature to the installation state, whether or not the feature is visible in the UI.

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Attribute: Account [element ServiceInstall]

Description

The acount under which to start the service. Valid only when ServiceType is ownProcess.

Derived By

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Attribute: Action [element Condition]

Description

Used only under Control elements and is required. Allows specific actions to be applied to a control based on the result of this condition.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description default Set the Control as the default. Only used under Control elements. enable Enable the Control. Only used under Control elements. disable Disable the Control. Only used under Control elements. hide Hide the Control. Only used under Control elements. show Display the Control. Only used under Control elements.

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Attribute: Action [element Custom]

Description

The action to which the Custom element applies.

Derived By

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Attribute: Action [element Environment]

Description

Specfies whether the environmental variable should be created, set or removed when the parent component is installed.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description create Creates the environment variable if it does not exist, then set it during installation. This has no effect on the value of the environment variable if it already exists. set Creates the environment variable if it does not exist, and then set it during installation. If the environment variable exists, set it during the installation. remove Removes the environment variable during an installation. The installer only removes an environment variable during an installation if the name and value of the variable match the entries in the Name and Value attributes. If you want to remove an environment variable, regardless of its value, do not set the Value attribute.

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Attribute: Action [element IniFile]

Description

The type of modification to be made.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description addLine Creates or updates an .ini entry. addTag Creates a new entry or appends a new comma-separated value to an existing entry. createLine Creates an .ini entry only if the entry does no already exist. removeLine Removes an .ini entry. removeTag Removes a tag from an .ini entry.

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Attribute: Action [element ProgressText]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Action [element Registry]

Description

This is the action that will be taken for this registry key.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description append Appends the specified value(s) to a multiString registry key. createKey Creates the key, if absent, when the parent component is installed. createKeyAndRemoveKeyOnUninsta Creates the key, if absent, when the parent component is installed then ll remove the key with all its values and subkeys when the parent component is uninstalled. prepend Prepends the specified value(s) to a multiString registry key. remove Removes a registry name when the parent component in installed. removeKeyOnInstall Removes a key with all its values and subkeys when the parent component is installed. removeKeyOnUninstall Removes a key with all its values and subkeys when the parent component is uninstalled. write Writes a registry value.

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Attribute: Action [element RegistryKey]

Description

This is the action that will be taken for this registry value.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description create Creates the key, if absent, when the parent component is installed. createAndRemoveOnUninstall Creates the key, if absent, when the parent component is installed then remove the key with all its values and subkeys when the parent component is uninstalled. none Does nothing; this element is used merely in WiX authoring for organization and does nothing to the final output. This is the default value.

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Attribute: Action [element RegistryValue]

Description

This is the action that will be taken for this registry value.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description append Appends the specified value(s) to a multiString registry value. prepend Prepends the specified value(s) to a multiString registry value. write Writes a registry value. This is the default value.

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Attribute: Action [element RemoveRegistryKey]

Description

This is the action that will be taken for this registry value.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description removeOnInstall Removes a key with all its values and subkeys when the parent component is installed. removeOnUninstall Removes a key with all its values and subkeys when the parent component is uninstalled.

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Attribute: ActivateAtStorage [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to 'yes' to configure the client to activate on the same system as persistent storage.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Admin [element Property]

Description

Denotes that the Property is saved during

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

admininistrative installation . See the AdminProperties Property for more information.

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Attribute: AdminImage [element Package]

Description

Set to 'yes' if the source is an admin image.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: AdminImage [element PatchInformation]

Description

Source is an admin image

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Advertise [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to 'yes' in order to create a normal AppId table row. Set this value to 'no' in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior).

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Advertise [element Class]

Description

Set this value to "yes" in order to create a normal Class table row. Set this value to "no" in order to generate Registry rows that perform similar registration (without the often problematic Windows Installer advertising behavior).

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Advertise [element Extension]

Description

Whether this extension is to be advertised. The default is "no".

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Advertise [element MIME]

Description

Whether this MIME is to be advertised.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is to match whatever the parent extension element uses. If the parent element is not advertised, then this element cannot be advertised either.

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Attribute: Advertise [element ProgId]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Advertise [element Shortcut]

Description

Specifies if the shortcut should be advertised or not.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Note that advertised shortcuts always point at a particular application, identified by a ProductCode, and should not be shared between applications. Advertised shortcuts only work for the most recently installed application, and are removed when that application is removed. The default value is 'no'.

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Attribute: Advertise [element TypeLib]

Description

Value of 'yes' will create a row in the TypeLib table. Value of 'no' will create rows in the Registry table.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default value is 'no'.

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Attribute: After [element Custom]

Description

The name of the standard or custom action after which this action should be performed.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with Before, OnExit, and Sequence attributes

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Attribute: After [element SetProperty]

Description

The name of the standard or custom action after which this action should be performed.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with the Before attribute. A Before or After attribute is required when setting a Property.

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Attribute: After [element Show]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: After [type ActionModuleSequenceType]

Description

The name of an action that this action should come after.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: AllowAdvertise [element Feature]

Description

This attribute determins the possible advertise states for this feature.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description no Prevents this feature from being advertised by settting the msidbFeatureAttributesDisallowAdvertise attribute. system Prevents advertising for this feature if the operating system shell does not support Windows Installer descriptors by setting the msidbFeatureAttributesNoUnsupportedAdvertise attribute. yes Allows the feature to be advertised.

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Attribute: AllowIgnoreOnError [element UpgradeFile]

Description

Specifies whether patching this file is vital.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: AllowMajorVersionMismatches [element PatchCreation]

Description

Use this to set whether the major versions between the upgrade and target images match.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

See AllowProductVersionMajorMismatches for more information.

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Attribute: AllowProductCodeMismatches [element PatchCreation]

Description

Use this to set whether the product code between the upgrade and target images match.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

See AllowProductCodeMismatches for more information.

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Attribute: AllowRemoval [element Patch]

Description

Whether this is an uninstallable patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: AllowRemoval [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Whether this is an uninstallable patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: ApiPatchingSymbolNoFailuresFlag [element Patch]

Description

Flag used when creating a binary file patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Default is "no". Don't fail patch due to imagehlp failures.

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Attribute: ApiPatchingSymbolNoImagehlpFlag [element Patch]

Description

Flag used when creating a binary file patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Default is "no". Don't use imagehlp.dll.

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Attribute: ApiPatchingSymbolUndecoratedTooFlag [element Patch]

Description

Flag used when creating a binary file patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Default is "no". After matching decorated symbols, try to match remaining by undecorated names.

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Attribute: AppData [element Category]

Description

An optional localizable text describing the category.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The string is commonly parsed by the application and can be displayed to the user. It should describe the category.

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Attribute: Append [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: AppId [element Class]

Description

This attribute is only allowed when a Class is advertised.

Derived By

Type Guid

Remarks

Using this attribute will reference an Application ID containing DCOM information for the associated application GUID. The value must correspond to an AppId/@Id of an AppId element nested under a Fragment, Module, or Product element. To associate an AppId with a non-advertised class, nest the class within a parent AppId element.

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Attribute: Argument [element Class]

Description

This column is optional only when the Context column is set to "LocalServer" or "LocalServer32" server context.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The text is registered as the argument against the OLE server and is used by OLE for invoking the server. Note that the resolution of properties in the Argument field is limited. A property formatted as [Property] in this field can only be resolved if the property already has the intended value when the component owning the class is installed. For example, for the argument "[#MyDoc.doc]" to resolve to the correct value, the same process must be installing the file MyDoc.doc and the component that owns the class.

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Attribute: Argument [element Verb]

Description

Value for the command arguments.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Note that the resolution of properties in the Argument field is limited. A property formatted as [Property] in this field can only be resolved if the property already has the intended value when the component owning the verb is installed. For example, for the argument "[#MyDoc.doc]" to resolve to the correct value, the same process must be installing the file MyDoc.doc and the component that owns the verb.

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Attribute: Arguments [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Contains any command line arguments or properties required to run the service.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Arguments [element Shortcut]

Description

The command-line arguments for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Note that the resolution of properties in the Arguments field is limited. A property formatted as [Property] in this field can only be resolved if the property already has the intended value when the component owning the shortcut is installed. For example, for the argument "[#MyDoc.doc]" to resolve to the correct value, the same process must be installing the file MyDoc.doc and the component that owns the shortcut.

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Attribute: Assembly [element File]

Description

Specifies if this File is a Win32 Assembly or .NET Assembly that needs to be installed into the Global Assembly Cache.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description .net The file is a .NET Framework assembly. no The file is not a .NET Framework or Win32 assembly. This is the default value. win32 The file is a Win32 assembly.

Remarks

If the value is '.net' or 'win32', this file must also be the key path of the Component.

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Attribute: AssemblyApplication [element File]

Description

Specifies the file identifier of the application file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This assembly will be isolated to the same directory as the application file. If this attribute is absent, the assembly will be installed to the Global Assembly Cache. This attribute may only be specified if the Assembly attribute is set to '.net' or 'win32'.

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Attribute: AssemblyManifest [element File]

Description

Specifies the file identifier of the manifest file that describes this assembly.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The manifest file should be in the same component as the assembly it describes. This attribute may only be specified if the Assembly attribute is set to '.net' or 'win32'.

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Attribute: AssignToProperty [element DirectorySearch]

Description

Set the result of this search to the value of the outer Property.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: AssignToProperty [element DirectorySearchRef]

Description

Set the result of this search to the value of the outer Property.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Attribute [element Subscribe]

Description

if not present can only handle enable, disable, hide, unhide events

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Before [element Custom]

Description

The name of the standard or custom action before which this action should be performed. Mutually exclusive with OnExit, After, and Sequence attributes

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Before [element SetProperty]

Description

The name of the standard or custom action before which this action should be performed.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with the After attribute. A Before or After attribute is required when setting a Property.

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Attribute: Before [element Show]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Before [type ActionModuleSequenceType]

Description

The name of an action that this action should come before.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: BinaryKey [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute is a reference to a Binary element with matching Id attribute.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

That binary stream contains the custom action for use during install. The custom action will not be installed into a target directory. This attribute is typically used with the DllEntry attribute to specify the custom action DLL to use for a type 1 custom action, with the ExeCommand attribute to specify a type 17 custom action that runs an embedded executable, or with the VBScriptCall or JScriptCall attributes to specify a type 5 or 6 custom action.

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Attribute: BinarySource [element EmbeddedChainer]

Description

Reference to the Binary element that contains the chainer executeable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with the FileSource and PropertySource attributes.

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Attribute: BindPath [element File]

Description

A list of paths, separated by semicolons, that represent the paths to be searched to find the imported DLLs.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The list is usually a list of properties, with each property enclosed inside square brackets. The value may be set to an empty string. Including this attribute will cause an entry to be generated for the file in the BindImage table.

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Attribute: Bitmap [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and PushButton Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Bitmap [element RadioButton]

Description

This attribute defines the bitmap displayed with the radio button.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value of the attribute creates a reference to a Binary element that represents the bitmap. This attribute is mutually exclusive with the Icon and Text attributes.

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Attribute: Blue [element TextStyle]

Description

0 to 255

Derived By

Type integer

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Attribute: Bold [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Cabinet [element Media]

Description

The name of the cabinet if some or all of the files stored on the media are in a cabinet file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If no cabinets are used, this attribute must not be set.

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Attribute: Cancel [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be invoked by the escape key.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Category [element Column]

Description

Category of this column.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description Text UpperCase LowerCase Integer DoubleInteger TimeDate Identifier Property Filename WildCardFilename Path Paths AnyPath DefaultDir RegPath Formatted Template Condition Guid Version Language Binary CustomSource Cabinet Shortcut

Remarks

This attribute must be specified with a value of 'Binary' if the Type attribute's value is 'binary'.

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Attribute: CDROM [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: ChangePermission [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: CheckBoxValue [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for CheckBox Controls.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

When set, the linked Property will be set to this value when the check box is checked.

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Attribute: Checksum [element File]

Description

This attribute should be set to "yes" for every executable file in the installation that has a valid checksum stored in the Portable Executable (PE) file header.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Only those files that have this attribute set will be verified for valid checksum during a reinstall.

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Attribute: Class [element MIME]

Description

Class ID for the COM server that is to be associated with the MIME content.

Derived By

Type Guid

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Attribute: Classification [element Patch]

Description

Category of updates.

Derived By

Type PatchClassificationType

Enumeration

Value Description Critical Update A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security related bug. Hotfix Hotfixes address a specific customer situation and generally should not be distributed outside the customer's organization. Security Rollup A broadly released fix for a specific security-related related vulnerability. Service Pack A cumulative set of all hotfixes, security rollups, critical updates, and updates, as well as additional fixes and even new features found since the release of the product. Update A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a non-critical, non-security related bug. Update Rollup A cumulative set of hotfixes, security rollups, critical updates, and updates packaged together which typically targets a specific area of a product.

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Attribute: Classification [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Category of update.

Derived By

Type PatchClassificationType

Enumeration

Value Description Critical Update A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security related bug. Hotfix Hotfixes address a specific customer situation and generally should not be distributed outside the customer's organization. Security Rollup A broadly released fix for a specific security-related related vulnerability. Service Pack A cumulative set of all hotfixes, security rollups, critical updates, and updates, as well as additional fixes and even new features found since the release of the product. Update A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a non-critical, non-security related bug. Update Rollup A cumulative set of hotfixes, security rollups, critical updates, and updates packaged together which typically targets a specific area of a product.

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Attribute: CleanWorkingFolder [element PatchCreation]

Description

Use this to set whether Patchwiz should clean the temp folder when finished.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

See DontRemoveTempFolderWhenFinished for more information.

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Attribute: ClientPatchId [element Patch]

Description

An easily referenced identity unique to a patch that can be used in product authoring.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See remarks for more information.

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Attribute: Codepage [element Module]

Description

The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSM.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See remarks for more information.

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Attribute: Codepage [element Patch]

Description

The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSP.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See remarks for more information.

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Attribute: Codepage [element PatchCreation]

Description

The code page integer value or web name for the resulting PCP.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See remarks for more information.

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Attribute: Codepage [element Product]

Description

The code page integer value or web name for the resulting MSI. See remarks for more information.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Column [element Data]

Description

Specifies in which column to insert this data.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Column [element Substitution]

Description

Specifies the target column in the row named in the Row column.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ComboList [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for ComboBox Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Command [element Verb]

Description

The localized text displayed on the context menu.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: CommandLine [element EmbeddedChainer]

Description

Value to append to the transaction handle and passed to the chainer executable.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Comments [element Package]

Description

Optional comments for browsing.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Comments [element PatchInformation]

Description

Optional comments for browsing

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: CompanionFile [element File]

Description

Set this attribute to make this file a companion child of another file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The installation state of a companion file depends not on its own file versioning information, but on the versioning of its companion parent. A file that is the key path for its component can not be a companion file (that means this attribute cannot be set if KeyPath="yes" for this file). The Version attribute cannot be set along with this attribute since companion files are not installed based on their own version.

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Attribute: Company [element CustomProperty]

Description

The name of the company.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Company [element PatchProperty]

Description

Name of the company for a custom metadata property.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ComplianceCheck [element Property]

Description

Adds a row to the CCPSearch table. This attribute is only valid when this Property contains a search element.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: ComPlusFlags [element Component]

Description

Set this attribute to create a ComPlus entry.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The value should be the export flags used during the generation of the .msi file. For more information see the COM+ documentation in the Platform SDK.

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Attribute: ComponentGuidGenerationSeed [element Directory]

Description

The Component Guid Generation Seed is a guid that must be used when a Component with the generate guid directive ("*") is not rooted in a standard Windows Installer directory (for example, ProgramFilesFolder or CommonFilesFolder, etc).

Derived By

Type Guid

Remarks

It is recommended that this attribute be avoided and that developers install their Components under standard directories with unique names instead (for example, "ProgramFilesFolder\Company Name Product Name Version"). It is important to note that once a directory is assigned a Component Guid Generation Seed the value must not change until the directory name changes.

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Attribute: Compressed [element File]

Description

Sets the file's source type compression.

Derived By

Type YesNoDefaultType

Enumeration

Value Description default no yes

Remarks

A setting of "yes" or "no" will override the setting in the Word Count Summary Property.

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Attribute: Compressed [element Package]

Description

Set to 'yes' to have compressed files in the source.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute cannot be set for merge modules.

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Attribute: Compressed [element PatchInformation]

Description

Compressed files on source

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: CompressionLevel [element Media]

Description

Indicates the compression level for the Media's cabinet.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description high low medium mszip none

Remarks

This attribute can only be used in conjunction with the Cabinet attribute. The default is 'mszip'.

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Attribute: ConfigurableDirectory [element Feature]

Description

Specify the Id of a Directory that can be configured by the user at installation time.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This identifier must be a public property and therefore completely uppercase.

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Attribute: ContentType [element Extension]

Description

The MIME type that is to be written.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ContentType [element MIME]

Description

This is the identifier for the MIME content.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

It is commonly written in the form of type/format.

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Attribute: Context [element Class]

Description

The server context(s) for this server.

Derived By

List anySimpleType

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Attribute: ContextData [element Configuration]

Description

Specifies a semantic context for the requested data.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Control [element Class]

Description

Set this attribute's value to 'yes' to identify an object as an ActiveX Control.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default value is 'no'.

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Attribute: Control [element Publish]

Description

The parent Control for this Publish element, should only be specified when this element is a child of the UI element.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Control [element TypeLib]

Description

Value of 'yes' means the type library describes controls, and should not be displayed in type browsers intended for nonvisual objects.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute can only be set if Advertise='no'.

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Attribute: Cost [element TypeLib]

Description

The cost associated with the registration of the type library in bytes.

Derived By

Type int

Remarks

This attribute cannot be set if Advertise='no'.

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Attribute: CreateChild [element Permission]

Description

For a directory, the right to create a subdirectory.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.

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Attribute: CreateFile [element Permission]

Description

For a directory, the right to create a file in the directory.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.

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Attribute: CreateLink [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: CreateSubkeys [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: CreationTimeUTC [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Creation time of the .msp file in the form mm-dd-yy HH:MM (month-day-year hour:minute).

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: CustomPalette [element Dialog]

Description

Used to specify if pictures in the dialog box are rendered with a custom palette.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Default [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be invoked by the return key.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Default [element MIME]

Description

If 'yes', become the content type for the parent Extension.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default value is 'no'.

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Attribute: DefaultLanguage [element File]

Description

This is the default language of this file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The linker will replace this value from the value in the file if the suppress files option is not used.

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Attribute: DefaultSize [element File]

Description

This is the default size of this file.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The linker will replace this value from the value in the file if the suppress files option is not used.

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Attribute: DefaultValue [element Configuration]

Description

Specifies a default value for the item in this record if the merge tool declines to provide a value.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: DefaultVersion [element File]

Description

This is the default version of this file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The linker will replace this value from the value in the file if the suppress files option is not used.

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Attribute: Delete [element CopyFile]

Description

This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

In other cases, if the attribute is not specified, the default value is "no" and the file is copied, not moved. Set the value to "yes" in order to move the file (thus deleting the source file) instead of copying it.

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Attribute: Delete [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: DeleteChild [element Permission]

Description

For a directory, the right to delete a directory and all the files it contains, including read-only files.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.

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Attribute: Dependency [element SFPCatalog]

Description

Used to define dependency outside of the package.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Depth [element DirectorySearch]

Description

Depth below the path that the installer searches for the file or directory specified by the search.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

If this value is not specified, the depth is assumed to be 0.

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Attribute: Description [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to the description of the AppId.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

It can only be specified when the AppId is not being advertised.

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Attribute: Description [element Class]

Description

Localized description associated with the Class ID and Program ID.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element Column]

Description

Description of this column.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element Configuration]

Description

Description for authoring.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element Feature]

Description

Longer string of text describing the feature.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This localizable string is displayed by the Text Control of the Selection Dialog.

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Attribute: Description [element Package]

Description

The product full name or description.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element Patch]

Description

Description of the patch.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element PatchInformation]

Description

Product full name or description

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Description of the patch.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element ProgId]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Sets the description of the service.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element Shortcut]

Description

The localizable description for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Description [element TypeLib]

Description

The localizable description of the type library.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: DescriptionResourceDll [element Shortcut]

Description

The Formatted string providing the full path to the language neutral file containing the MUI Manifest.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Generally authored using [#filekey] form. When this attribute is specified, the DescriptionResourceId attribute must also be provided. This attribute is only used on Windows Vista and above. If this attribute is not specified and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is used. If this attribute is provided and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is ignored.

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Attribute: DescriptionResourceId [element Shortcut]

Description

The description name index for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number. When this attribute is specified, the DescriptionResourceDll attribute must also be populated. This attribute is only used on Windows Vista and above. If this attribute is not specified and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is used. If this attribute is populated and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is ignored.

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Attribute: DestinationDirectory [element CopyFile]

Description

Set this value to the destination directory where an existing file on the target machine should be moved or copied to.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This Directory must exist in the installer database at creation time. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with DestinationProperty.

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Attribute: DestinationLongName [element CopyFile]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

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Attribute: DestinationName [element CopyFile]

Description

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

Now set this value to the localizable name to be given to the original file after it is moved or copied. If this attribute is not specified, then the destination file is given the same name as the source file. If a short file name is specified, the DestinationShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long file name is specified, the DestinationLongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long file name, the DestinationShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short file name. However, if this name collides with another file or you wish to manually specify the short file name, then the DestinationShortName attribute may be specified.

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Attribute: DestinationProperty [element CopyFile]

Description

Set this value to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the destination directory.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with DestinationDirectory.

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Attribute: DestinationShortName [element CopyFile]

Description

The short file name of the file in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if there is a conflict between generated short file names or you wish to manually specify the short file name.

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Attribute: Dialog [element Publish]

Description

The parent Dialog for this Publish element, should only be specified when this element is a child of the UI element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute will create a reference to the specified Dialog, so an additional DialogRef is not necessary.

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Attribute: Dialog [element Show]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Directory [element Component]

Description

Sets the Directory of the Component.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this element is nested under a Directory element, this value defaults to the value of the parent Directory/@Id.

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Attribute: Directory [element CreateFolder]

Description

Identifier of Directory to create.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Defaults to Directory of parent Component.

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Attribute: Directory [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies a reference to a Directory element with matching Id attribute containing a directory path.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is typically used with the ExeCommand attribute to specify the source executable for a type 34 custom action, or with the Value attribute to specify a formatted string to place in the specified Directory table entry in a type 35 custom action.

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Attribute: Directory [element IniFile]

Description

Name of a property, the value of which is the full path of the folder containing the .ini file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Can be name of a directory in the Directory table, a property set by the AppSearch table, or any other property representing a full path.

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Attribute: Directory [element RemoveFile]

Description

Overrides the directory of the parent component with a specific Directory.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This Directory must exist in the installer database at creation time. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with the Property attribute.

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Attribute: Directory [element RemoveFolder]

Description

Overrides the directory of the parent component with a specific Directory.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This Directory must exist in the installer database at creation time. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with the Property attribute.

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Attribute: Directory [element ReserveCost]

Description

Adds the amount of disk space specified in RunFromSource or RunLocal to the volume cost of the device containing the directory.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not set, it will default to the directory of parent component.

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Attribute: Directory [element Shortcut]

Description

Identifier reference to Directory element where shortcut is to be created.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

When nested under a Component element, this attribute's value will default to the parent directory. Otherwise, this attribute is required.

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Attribute: Disabled [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be disabled.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: DisableRegistryReflection [element Component]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to disable registry reflection on all existing and new registry keys affected by this component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

When set to 'yes', the Windows Installer calls the RegDisableReflectionKey on each key being accessed by the component. This bit is available with Windows Installer version 4.0 and is ignored on 32-bit systems.

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Attribute: DiskId [element Component]

Description

This attribute must be set either on a Component element or all of its children File elements.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Media element authored elsewhere. By creating this connection between a component (or particular files), you set the packaging options to the values specified in the Media element (values such as compression level, cab embedding, etc...).

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Attribute: DiskId [element Directory]

Description

Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This attribute must be set on a Component, Directory, or DirectoryRef element or all of its children File elements, else the default disk identifier of 1 is assumed. The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Media element authored elsewhere. By creating this connection between a component (or particular files), you set the packaging options to the values specified in the Media element (values such as compression level, cab embedding, etc...).

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Attribute: DiskId [element DirectoryRef]

Description

Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This attribute must be set on a Component, Directory, or DirectoryRef element or all of its children File elements, else the default disk identifier of 1 is assumed. The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Media element authored elsewhere. By creating this connection between a component (or particular files), you set the packaging options to the values specified in the Media element (values such as compression level, cab embedding, etc...).

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Attribute: DiskId [element Family]

Description

Entered into the DiskId field of the new Media table record.

Derived By

Type int

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Attribute: DiskId [element File]

Description

Specifies the Media this File should be sourced on.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This attribute overrides the default DiskId attribute from the parent Component element. If no DiskId attribute is specifed, the default is "1".

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Attribute: DiskId [element Merge]

Description

The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Media element authored elsewhere.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

By creating this connection between the Merge Module and Media element, you set the packaging options to the values specified in the Media element (values such as compression level, cab embedding, etc...).

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Attribute: DiskPrompt [element Family]

Description

Value to display in the "[1]" of the DiskPrompt Property.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Using this attribute will require you to define a DiskPrompt Property.

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Attribute: DiskPrompt [element Media]

Description

The disk name, which is usually the visible text printed on the disk.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This localizable text is used to prompt the user when this disk needs to be inserted. This value will be used in the "[1]" of the DiskPrompt Property. Using this attribute will require you to define a DiskPrompt Property.

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Attribute: Display [element Feature]

Description

Determines the initial display of this feature in the feature tree.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute's value should be one of the following: collapse - Initially shows the feature collapsed. This is the default value. expand - Initially shows the feature expanded. hidden - Prevents the feature from displaying in the user interface. - For advanced users only, it is possible to directly set the integer value of the display value that will appear in the Feature row.

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Attribute: DisplayName [element Configuration]

Description

Display name for authoring.

Derived By

Type string

463 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: DisplayName [element Patch]

Description

A title for the patch that is suitable for public display.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

In Add/Remove Programs from XP SP2 on.

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Attribute: DisplayName [element PatchMetadata]

Description

A title for the patch that is suitable for public display.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

In Add/Remove Programs from XP SP2 on.

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Attribute: DisplayName [element ServiceInstall]

Description

This column is the localizable string that user interface programs use to identify the service.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: DisplayResourceDll [element Shortcut]

Description

The Formatted string providing the full path to the language neutral file containing the MUI Manifest.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Generally authored using [#filekey] form. When this attribute is specified, the DisplayResourceId attribute must also be provided. This attribute is only used on Windows Vista and above. If this attribute is not populated and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is used. If this attribute is populated and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is ignored.

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Attribute: DisplayResourceId [element Shortcut]

Description

The display name index for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number. When this attribute is specified, the DisplayResourceDll attribute must also be proviced. This attribute is only used on Windows Vista and above. If this attribute is not specified and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is used. If this attribute is specified and the install is running on Vista and above, the value in the Name attribute is ignored.

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Attribute: DllEntry [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies the name of a function in a custom action to execute.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is used with the BinaryKey attribute to create a type 1 custom action, or with the FileKey attribute to create a type 17 custom action.

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Attribute: DllSurrogate [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to specify that the class is a DLL that is to be activated in a surrogate EXE process, and the surrogate process to be used is the path of a surrogate EXE file specified by the value.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Domain [element Permission]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: DriverName [element ODBCDataSource]

Description

Required if not found as child of ODBCDriver element

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ElevationShield [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for PushButton controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Set this attribute to "yes" to add the User Account Control (UAC) elevation icon (shield icon) to the PushButton control. If this attribute's value is "yes" and the installation is not yet running with elevated privileges, the pushbutton control is created using the User Account Control (UAC) elevation icon (shield icon). If this attribute's value is "yes" and the installation is already running with elevated privileges, the pushbutton control is created using the other icon attributes. Otherwise, the pushbutton control is created using the other icon attributes.

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Attribute: EmbedCab [element Media]

Description

Instructs the binder to embed the cabinet in the product if 'yes'.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute can only be specified in conjunction with the Cabinet attribute.

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Attribute: EnumerateSubkeys [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: EraseDescription [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Determines whether the existing service description will be ignored.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

If 'yes', the service description will be null, even if the Description attribute is set.

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Attribute: Error [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies an index in the MSI Error table to use as an error message for a type 19 custom action that displays the error message and aborts a product's installation.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ErrorControl [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Determines what action should be taken on an error.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description ignore Logs the error and continues with the startup operation. normal Logs the error, displays a message box and continues the startup operation. critical Logs the error if it is possible and the system is restarted with the last configuration known to be good. If the last-known-good configuration is being started, the startup operation fails.

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Attribute: ErrorDialog [element Dialog]

Description

Specifies this dialog as an error dialog.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Event [element Publish]

Description

Set this attribute's value to one of the standard control events to trigger that event.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Either this attribute or the Property attribute must be set, but not both at the same time.

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Attribute: Event [element Subscribe]

Description

must be one of the standard control events'

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ExcludedId [element Exclusion]

Description

Identifier of the merge module that is incompatible.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: ExcludedMaxVersion [element Exclusion]

Description

Maximum version excluded from a range.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If not set, all versions after min are excluded. If neither max nor min, no exclusion based on version.

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Attribute: ExcludedMinVersion [element Exclusion]

Description

Minimum version excluded from a range.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If not set, all versions before max are excluded. If neither max nor min, no exclusion based on version.

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Attribute: ExcludeExceptLanguage [element Exclusion]

Description

Numeric language ID of the merge module in ExcludedID.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

All except this language will be excluded. Only one of ExcludeExceptLanguage and ExcludeLanguage may be specified.

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Attribute: ExcludeLanguage [element Exclusion]

Description

Numeric language ID of the merge module in ExcludedID.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The specified language will be excluded. Only one of ExcludeExceptLanguage and ExcludeLanguage may be specified.

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Attribute: ExcludeLanguages [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Set to "yes" to detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in the Language attribute.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: ExeCommand [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies the command line parameters to supply to an externally run executable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is typically used with the BinaryKey attribute for a type 2 custom action, the FileKey attribute for a type 18 custom action, the Property attribute for a type 50 custom action, or the Directory attribute for a type 34 custom action that specify the executable to run.

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Attribute: Execute [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute indicates the scheduling of the custom action.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description commit Indicates that the custom action will run after successful completion of the installation script (at the end of the installation). deferred Indicates that the custom action runs in-script (possibly with elevated privileges). firstSequence Indicates that the custom action will only run in the first sequence that runs it. immediate Indicates that the custom action will run during normal processing time with user privileges. This is the default. oncePerProcess Indicates that the custom action will only run in the first sequence that runs it in the same process. rollback Indicates that a custom action will run in the rollback sequence when a failure occurs during installation, usually to undo changes made by a deferred custom action. secondSequence Indicates that a custom action should be run a second time if it was previously run in an earlier sequence.

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Attribute: Execute [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: FaceName [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Feature [element Billboard]

Description

Feature whose state determines if the Billboard is shown.

Derived By

Type string

492 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Feature [element Category]

Description

Feature that controls the advertisement of the category.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Defaults to the primary Feature for the parent Component.

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Attribute: Feature [element Component]

Description

Identifies a feature to which this component belongs, as a shorthand for a child ComponentRef element of the Feature element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value of this attribute should correspond to the Id attribute of a Feature element authored elsewhere. Note that a single component can belong to multiple features but this attribute allows you to specify only a single feature.

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Attribute: Field [element IniFileSearch]

Description

The field in the .ini line. If field is Null or 0, the entire line is read.

Derived By

Type integer

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Attribute: File [element ExternalFile]

Description

Foreign key into the File table.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: File [element ODBCDriver]

Description

Required if not found as child of File element

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: File [element ODBCTranslator]

Description

Required if not found as child of File element

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: File [element ProtectFile]

Description

Foreign key into the File table.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: File [element UpgradeFile]

Description

Foreign key into the File table.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: FileCompression [element Merge]

Description

Specifies if the files in the merge module should be compressed.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: FileId [element CopyFile]

Description

This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Set this attribute's value to the identifier of a file from a different component to copy it based on the install state of the parent component.

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Attribute: FileKey [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies a reference to a File element with matching Id attribute that will execute the custom action code in the file after the file is installed.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is typically used with the ExeCommand attribute to specify a type 18 custom action that runs an installed executable, with the DllEntry attribute to specify an installed custom action DLL to use for a type 17 custom action, or with the VBScriptCall or JScriptCall attributes to specify a type 21 or 22 custom action.

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Attribute: FileSource [element Directory]

Description

Used to set the file system source for this directory's child elements.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: FileSource [element DirectoryRef]

Description

Used to set the file system source for this directory ref's child elements.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: FileSource [element EmbeddedChainer]

Description

Reference to the File element that is the chainer executeable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with the BinarySource and PropertySource attributes.

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Attribute: Fixed [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: FixedSize [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Floppy [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: FontTitle [element File]

Description

Causes an entry to be generated for the file in the Font table with the specified FontTitle.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is intended to be used to register the file as a non-TrueType font.

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Attribute: Format [element Configuration]

Description

Specifies the format of the data being changed.

Derived By

Restricting string

Enumeration

Value Description Text Key Integer Bitfield

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Attribute: FormatSize [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Text Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: GenericAll [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: GenericExecute [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: GenericRead [element Permission]

Description

specifying this will fail to grant read access

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: GenericWrite [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Green [element TextStyle]

Description

0 to 255

Derived By

Type integer

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Attribute: Group [element ServiceDependency]

Description

Set to 'yes' to indicate that the value in the Id attribute is the name of a group of services.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Guid [element Component]

Description

This value should be a guid that uniquely identifies this component's contents, language, platform, and version.

Derived By

Type ComponentGuid

Remarks

It's also possible to set the value to an empty string to specify an unmanaged component. Unmanaged components are a security vulnerability because the component cannot be removed or repaired by Windows Installer (it is essentially an unpatchable, permanent component). Therefore, a guid should always be specified for any component which contains resources that may need to be patched in the future.

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Attribute: Guid [element ComponentSearch]

Description

The component ID of the component whose key path is to be used for the search.

Derived By

Type Guid

520 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Guid [element Module]

Description

This attribute is deprecated. Use the Package/@Id instead.

Derived By

Type Guid

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Attribute: Handler [element Class]

Description

The default inproc handler.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

May be optionally provided only for Context = LocalServer or LocalServer32. Value of "1" creates a 16-bit InprocHandler (appearing as the InprocHandler value). Value of "2" creates a 32-bit InprocHandler (appearing as the InprocHandler32 value). Value of "3" creates 16-bit as well as 32-bit InprocHandlers. A non-numeric value is treated as a system file that serves as the 32-bit InprocHandler (appearing as the InprocHandler32 value).

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Attribute: HasBorder [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: HasDiskImage [element TypeLib]

Description

Value of 'yes' means the type library exists in a persisted form on disk.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute can only be set if Advertise='no'.

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Attribute: Height [element Control]

Description

Height of the rectangular boundary of the control.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number.

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Attribute: Height [element Dialog]

Description

The height of the dialog box in dialog units.

Derived By

Type integer

526 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Height [element RadioButton]

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

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Attribute: Help [element Control]

Description

This attribute is reserved for future use.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

There is no need to use this until Windows Installer uses it for something.

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Attribute: Help [element RadioButton]

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: HelpDirectory [element TypeLib]

Description

The identifier of the Directory element for the help directory.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: HelpKeyword [element Configuration]

Description

Keyword into chm file for authoring.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: HelpLocation [element Configuration]

Description

Location of chm file for authoring.

Derived By

Type string

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Attribute: Hidden [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be hidden.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Hidden [element Dialog]

Description

Used to hide the dialog.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Hidden [element File]

Description

Set to yes in order to have the file's hidden attribute set when it is installed on the target machine.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

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Attribute: Hidden [element Property]

Description

Denotes that the Property is not logged during installation.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

See the MsiHiddenProperties Property for more information.

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Attribute: Hidden [element TypeLib]

Description

Value of 'yes' means the type library should not be displayed to users, although its use is not restricted.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Should be used by controls. Hosts should create a new type library that wraps the control with extended properties. This attribute can only be set if Advertise='no'.

537 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: HideTarget [element CustomAction]

Description

Ensures the installer does not log the CustomActionData for the deferred custom action.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

538 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Hotkey [element Shortcut]

Description

The hotkey for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The low-order byte contains the virtual-key code for the key, and the high-order byte contains modifier flags. This must be a non-negative number. Authors of installation packages are generally recommend not to set this option, because this can add duplicate hotkeys to a users desktop. In addition, the practice of assigning hotkeys to shortcuts can be problematic for users using hotkeys for accessibility.

539 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Icon [element Class]

Description

The file providing the icon associated with this CLSID.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Reference to an Icon element (should match the Id attribute of an Icon element). This is currently not supported if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no".

540 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Icon [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and PushButton Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

541 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Icon [element ListItem]

Description

The identifier of the Binary (not Icon) element containing the icon to associate with this item.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This value is only valid when nested under a ListView element.

542 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Icon [element ProgId]

Description

For an advertised ProgId, the Id of an Icon element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

For a non-advertised ProgId, this is the Id of a file containing an icon resource.

543 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Icon [element RadioButton]

Description

This attribute defines the icon displayed with the radio button.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value of the attribute creates a reference to a Binary element that represents the icon. This attribute is mutually exclusive with the Bitmap and Text attributes.

544 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Icon [element Shortcut]

Description

Identifier reference to Icon element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The Icon identifier should have the same extension as the file that it points at. For example, a shortcut to an executable (e.g. "my.exe") should reference an Icon with identifier like "MyIcon.exe"

545 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IconIndex [element Class]

Description

Icon index into the icon file.

Derived By

Type integer

546 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IconIndex [element ProgId]

Derived By

Type integer

547 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IconIndex [element Shortcut]

Description

Identifier reference to Icon element.

Derived By

Type integer

548 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IconSize [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description 16 32 48

549 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to the AppID GUID that corresponds to the named executable.

Derived By

Type Guid

550 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element AssemblyName]

Description

Name of the attribute associated with the value specified in the Value column.

Derived By

Type string

551 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Billboard]

Description

Unique identifier for the Billboard.

Derived By

Type string

552 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element BillboardAction]

Description

Action name that determines when the Billboard should be shown.

Derived By

Type string

553 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Binary]

Description

The Id cannot by longer than 55 characters.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

In order to prevent errors in cases where the Id is modularized, it should not be longer than 18 characters.

554 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element BinaryRef]

Description

The identifier of the Binary element to reference.

Derived By

Type string

555 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Category]

Description

A string GUID that represents the category of components being grouped together.

Derived By

Type Guid

556 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Class]

Description

The Class identifier (CLSID) of a COM server.

Derived By

Type Guid

557 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Column]

Description

Identifier for the column.

Derived By

Type string

558 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Component]

Description

Component identifier; this is the primary key for identifying components.

Derived By

Type string

559 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ComponentGroup]

Description

Identifier for the ComponentGroup.

Derived By

Type string

560 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ComponentGroupRef]

Description

The identifier of the ComponentGroup to reference.

Derived By

Type string

561 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ComponentRef]

Description

The identifier of the Component element to reference.

Derived By

Type string

562 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ComponentSearch]

Derived By

Type string

563 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Control]

Description

Combined with the Dialog Id to make up the primary key of the Control table.

Derived By

Type string

564 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element CopyFile]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

565 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element CustomAction]

Description

The identifier of the custom action.

Derived By

Type string

566 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element CustomActionRef]

Description

The identifier of the CustomAction to reference.

Derived By

Type string

567 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element CustomTable]

Description

Identifier for the custom table.

Derived By

Type string

568 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Dialog]

Description

Unique identifier for the dialog.

Derived By

Type string

569 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element DialogRef]

Description

The identifier of the Dialog to reference.

Derived By

Type string

570 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element DigitalCertificate]

Description

Identifier for a certificate file.

Derived By

Type string

571 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Directory]

Description

This value is the unique identifier of the directory entry.

Derived By

Type string

572 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element DirectoryRef]

Description

The identifier of the Directory element to reference.

Derived By

Type string

573 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element DirectorySearch]

Description

Unique identifier for the directory search.

Derived By

Type string

574 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element DirectorySearchRef]

Description

Id of the search being referred to.

Derived By

Type string

575 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element EmbeddedChainer]

Description

Unique identifier for embedded chainer.

Derived By

Type string

576 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element EmbeddedChainerRef]

Derived By

Type string

577 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Unique identifier for embedded UI.

Derived By

Type string

578 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element EmbeddedUIResource]

Description

Identifier for the embedded UI resource.

Derived By

Type string

579 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element EnsureTable]

Description

The name of the table.

Derived By

Type string

580 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Environment]

Description

Unique identifier for environment entry.

Derived By

Type string

581 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Error]

Description

Number of the error for which a message is being provided.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

See MSI SDK for error definitions.

582 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Extension]

Description

This is simply the file extension, like "doc" or "xml". Do not include the preceding period.

Derived By

Type string

583 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Feature]

Description

Unique identifier of the feature.

Derived By

Type string

584 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element FeatureGroup]

Description

Identifier for the FeatureGroup.

Derived By

Type string

585 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element FeatureGroupRef]

Description

The identifier of the FeatureGroup to reference.

Derived By

Type string

586 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element FeatureRef]

Description

The identifier of the Feature element to reference.

Derived By

Type string

587 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element File]

Description

The unique identifier for this File element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If you omit Id, it defaults to the file name portion of the Source attribute, if specified. May be referenced as a Property by specifying [#value].

588 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element FileSearch]

Description

Unique identifier for the file search and external key into the Signature table.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is required if FileSearch is nested under a DirectorySearch or DirectorySearchRef element.

589 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element FileSearchRef]

Description

Specify the Id to the FileSearch to reference.

Derived By

Type string

590 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Fragment]

Description

Optional identifier for a Fragment.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Should only be set by advanced users to tag sections.

591 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Icon]

Description

The Id cannot by longer than 55 characters.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

In order to prevent errors in cases where the Id is modularized, it should not be longer than 18 characters.

592 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element IconRef]

Description

The identifier of the Icon element to reference.

Derived By

Type string

593 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element IgnoreTable]

Description

The name of the table in the merge module that is not to be merged into the .msi file.

Derived By

Type string

594 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element IniFile]

Description

Identifier for ini file.

Derived By

Type string

595 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element IniFileSearch]

Description

External key into the Signature table.

Derived By

Type string

596 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Instance]

Description

The identity of the instance transform.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This value will define the name by which the instance should be referred to on the command line. In addition, the value of the this attribute will determine what the value of the property specified in Property attribute on InstanceTransforms will change to for each instance.

597 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Interface]

Description

GUID identifier for COM Interface.

Derived By

Type Guid

598 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Media]

Description

Disk identifier for Media table.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This number must be equal to or greater than 1.

599 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Merge]

Description

The unique identifier for the Merge element in the source code.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Referenced by the MergeRef/@Id.

600 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element MergeRef]

Description

The unique identifier for the Merge element to be referenced.

Derived By

Type string

601 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Module]

Description

The name of the merge module (not the file name).

Derived By

Type string

602 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ODBCDataSource]

Description

Identifier of the data source.

Derived By

Type string

603 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ODBCDriver]

Description

Identifier for the driver.

Derived By

Type string

604 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ODBCTranslator]

Description

Identifier for the translator.

Derived By

Type string

605 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Package]

Description

The package code GUID for a product or merge module.

Derived By

Type AutogenGuid

Remarks

When compiling a product, this attribute should not be set in order to allow the package code to be generated for each build. When compiling a merge module, this attribute must be set to the modularization guid.

606 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Patch]

Description

Patch code for this patch.

Derived By

Type AutogenGuid

607 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element PatchBaseline]

Description

Identifier for a set of product versions.

Derived By

Type string

608 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element PatchCreation]

Description

PatchCreation identifier; this is the primary key for identifying patches.

Derived By

Type Guid

609 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element PatchFamily]

Description

Identifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch belongs.

Derived By

Type string

610 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element PatchFamilyRef]

Description

The identifier of the CustomAction to reference.

Derived By

Type string

611 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Product]

Description

The product code GUID for the product.

Derived By

Type AutogenGuid

612 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ProgId]

Derived By

Type string

613 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Property]

Description

Unique identifier for Property.

Derived By

Type string

614 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element PropertyRef]

Description

Identifier of Property to reference.

Derived By

Type string

615 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Registry]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified, an identifier will be generated by hashing the parent Component identifier, Root, Key, and Name.

616 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RegistryKey]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified, an identifier will be generated by hashing the parent Component identifier, Root, Key, and Name.

617 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RegistrySearch]

Description

Signature to be used for the file, directory or registry key being searched for.

Derived By

Type string

618 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RegistrySearchRef]

Description

Specify the Id of the RegistrySearch to reference.

Derived By

Type string

619 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RegistryValue]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified, an identifier will be generated by hashing the parent Component identifier, Root, Key, and Name.

620 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RemoveFile]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

621 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RemoveFolder]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

622 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RemoveRegistryKey]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified, an identifier will be generated by hashing the parent Component identifier, Root, Key, and Name.

623 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element RemoveRegistryValue]

Description

Primary key used to identify this particular entry.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified, an identifier will be generated by hashing the parent Component identifier, Root, Key, and Name.

624 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ReplacePatch]

Description

Patch GUID to be unregistered if it exists on the machine targeted by this patch.

Derived By

Type Guid

625 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ReserveCost]

Description

A primary key that uniquely identifies this ReserveCost entry.

Derived By

Type string

626 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ServiceControl]

Derived By

Type string

627 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ServiceDependency]

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value of this attribute should be one of the following: 1. The name (not the display name) of a previously installed service. 2. A foreign key referring to another ServiceInstall/@Id. 3. A group of services (in which case the Group attribute should be set to 'yes').

628 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Unique identifier for this service.

Derived By

Type string

629 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element SetDirectory]

Description

This attribute specifies a reference to a Directory element with matching Id attribute.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The path of the Directory will be set to the Value attribute.

630 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element SetProperty]

Description

This attribute specifies the Property to set to the Value.

Derived By

Type string

631 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element SFPFile]

Description

Primary Key to File Table.

Derived By

Type string

632 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Shortcut]

Description

Unique identifier for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This value will serve as the primary key for the row.

633 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element TargetFile]

Description

Foreign key into the File table.

Derived By

Type string

634 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element TargetImage]

Description

Identifier for the target image.

Derived By

Type string

635 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element TargetProductCode]

Description

The product code for a product that can receive this patch (or '*' for all products).

Derived By

Type string

636 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type string

637 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element TypeLib]

Description

The GUID that identifes the type library.

Derived By

Type Guid

638 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element UI]

Derived By

Type string

639 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element UIRef]

Derived By

Type string

640 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element UIText]

Derived By

Type string

641 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Upgrade]

Description

This value specifies the upgrade code for the products that are to be detected by the FindRelatedProducts action.

Derived By

Type Guid

642 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element UpgradeImage]

Description

Identifier to connect target images with upgraded image.

Derived By

Type string

643 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element Verb]

Description

The verb for the command.

Derived By

Type string

644 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Id [element WixVariable]

Description

The name of the variable.

Derived By

Type string

645 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Ignore [element UpgradeFile]

Description

If yes, the file is ignored during patching, and the next two attributes are ignored.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

646 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreActionData [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONDATA messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

647 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreActionStart [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ACTIONSTART messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

648 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreAddExistingRow [element Validate]

Description

Ignore errors when adding existing rows.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

649 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreAddExistingTable [element Validate]

Description

Ignore errors when adding existing tables.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

650 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreChangingCodePage [element Validate]

Description

Ignore errors when changing the database code page.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'no'.

651 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreCommonData [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_COMMONDATA messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

652 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreDeleteMissingRow [element Validate]

Description

Ignore errors when deleting missing rows.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

653 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreDeleteMissingTable [element Validate]

Description

Ignore errors when deleting missing tables.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

654 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreError [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_ERROR messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

655 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreFatalExit [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FATALEXIT messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

656 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreFilesInUse [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_FILESINUSE messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

657 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreInfo [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INFO messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

658 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreInitialize [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_INITIALIZE messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

659 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreMissingFiles [element TargetImage]

Description

Files missing from the target image are ignored by the installer.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

660 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreOutOfDiskSpace [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_OUTOFDISKSPACE messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

661 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreParent [element FeatureGroupRef]

Description

Normally feature group references that end up nested under a parent element create a connection to that parent.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This behavior is undesirable when trying to simply reference to a FeatureGroup in a different Fragment. Specify 'yes' to have this feature group reference not create a connection to its parent. The default is 'no'.

662 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreParent [element FeatureRef]

Description

Normally feature references that are nested under a parent element create a connection to that parent.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This behavior is undesirable when trying to simply reference a Feature in a different Fragment. Specify 'yes' to have this feature reference not create a connection to its parent. The default is 'no'.

663 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreProgress [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_PROGRESS messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

664 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreRemoveFailure [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Set to "yes" to continue installation upon failure to remove a product or application.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

665 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreResolveSource [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_RESOLVESOURCE messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

666 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreRMFilesInUse [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_RMFILESINUSE messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

667 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreShowDialog [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_SHOWDIALOG messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

668 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreTerminate [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_TERMINATE messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

669 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreUpdateMissingRow [element Validate]

Description

Ignore errors when updating missing rows.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

670 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreUser [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_USER messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

671 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IgnoreWarning [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Embedded UI will not recieve any INSTALLLOGMODE_WARNING messages.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

672 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Image [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton, PushButton, and Icon Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

673 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Impersonate [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies whether the Windows Installer, which executes as LocalSystem, should impersonate the user context of the installing user when executing this custom action.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Typically the value should be 'yes', except when the custom action needs elevated privileges to apply changes to the machine.

674 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IncludeMaximum [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Set to "yes" to make the range of versions detected include the value specified in Maximum.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

675 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: IncludeMinimum [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Set to "no" to make the range of versions detected exclude the value specified in Minimum.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute is "yes" by default.

676 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Indirect [element Control]

Description

Specifies whether the value displayed or changed by this control is referenced indirectly.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

If this bit is set, the control displays or changes the value of the property that has the identifier listed in the Property column of the Control table.

677 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Insertable [element Class]

Description

Specifies the CLISD may be insertable.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

678 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: InstallDefault [element Feature]

Description

This attribute determines the default install/run location of a feature.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description followParent Forces the feature to follow the same installation state as its parent feature. local Favors installing this feature locally by setting the msidbFeatureAttributesFavorLocal attribute. source Favors running this feature from source by setting the msidbFeatureAttributesFavorSource attribute.

Remarks

This attribute cannot be specified if the value of the FollowParent attribute is 'yes' since that would ask the installer to force this feature to follow the parent installation state and simultaneously favor a particular installation state just for this feature.

679 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: InstallerVersion [element Package]

Description

The minimum version of the Windows Installer required to install this package.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

Take the major version of the required Windows Installer and multiply by a 100 then add the minor version of the Windows Installer. For example, "200" would represent Windows Installer 2.0 and "405" would represent Windows Installer 4.5.

680 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: InstallPrivileges [element Package]

Description

Use this attribute to specify the priviliges required to install the package on Windows Vista and above.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description limited Set this value to declare that the package does not require elevated privileges to install. elevated Set this value to declare that the package requires elevated privileges to install. This is the default value.

681 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: InstallScope [element Package]

Description

Use this attribute to specify the installation scope of this package: per-machine or per-user.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description perMachine Set this value to declare that the package is a per-machine installation and requires elevated privileges to install. Sets the ALLUSERS property to 1. perUser Set this value to declare that the package is a per-user installation and does not require elevated privileges to install. Sets the package's InstallPrivileges attribute to "limited."

682 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Integer [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the linked Property value for the Control to be treated as an integer. Otherwise, the Property will be treated as a string.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

683 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Interactive [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Whether or not the service interacts with the desktop.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

684 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Italic [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

685 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: JScriptCall [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies the name of the JScript function to execute in a script.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The script must be provided in a Binary element identified by the BinaryKey attribute described above. In other words, this attribute must be specified in conjunction with the BinaryKey attribute.

686 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeepModeless [element Dialog]

Description

Keep modeless dialogs alive when this dialog is created through DoAction.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

687 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element IniFile]

Description

The localizable .ini file key within the section.

Derived By

Type string

688 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element IniFileSearch]

Description

The key value within the section.

Derived By

Type string

689 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element Registry]

Description

The localizable key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type string

690 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element RegistryKey]

Description

The localizable key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If the parent element is a RegistryKey, this value may be omitted to use the path of the parent, or if its specified it will be appended to the path of the parent.

691 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element RegistrySearch]

Description

Key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type string

692 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element RegistryValue]

Description

The localizable key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If the parent element is a RegistryKey, this value may be omitted to use the path of the parent, or if its specified it will be appended to the path of the parent.

693 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element RemoveRegistryKey]

Description

The localizable key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type string

694 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Key [element RemoveRegistryValue]

Description

The localizable key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If the parent element is a RegistryKey, this value may be omitted to use the path of the parent, or if its specified it will be appended to the path of the parent.

695 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyColumn [element Column]

Description

Column in the table in KeyTable attribute.

Derived By

Type integer

696 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyNoOrphan [element Configuration]

Description

Does not merge rule according to rules in MSI SDK.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

697 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyPath [element Component]

Description

If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', then the Directory of this Component is used as the KeyPath.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

To set a Registry key or File as the KeyPath of a component, set the KeyPath attribute to 'yes' on one of those child elements.

698 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyPath [element File]

Description

Set to yes in order to force this file to be the key path for the parent component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

699 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyPath [element ODBCDataSource]

Description

Set 'yes' to force this file to be key path for parent Component

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

700 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyPath [element Registry]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Only one resource (registry, file, etc) can be the KeyPath of a component.

701 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyPath [element RegistryValue]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' to make this registry key the KeyPath of the parent component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Only one resource (registry, file, etc) can be the KeyPath of a component.

702 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: KeyTable [element Column]

Description

Table in which this column is an external key.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Can be semicolon delimited.

703 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Keywords [element Package]

Description

Optional keywords for browsing.

Derived By

Type string

704 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Keywords [element PatchInformation]

Description

Optional keywords for browsing

Derived By

Type string

705 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Language [element Merge]

Description

Specifies the decimal LCID or localization token for the language to merge the Module in as.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

706 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Language [element Module]

Description

The decimal language ID (LCID) of the merge module.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

707 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Language [element Product]

Description

The decimal language ID (LCID) for the product.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

708 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Language [element TypeLib]

Description

The language of the type library.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This must be a non-negative integer.

709 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Language [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Specifies the set of languages detected by FindRelatedProducts.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Enter a list of numeric language identifiers (LANGID) separated by commas (,). Leave this value null to specify all languages. Set ExcludeLanguages to "yes" in order detect all languages, excluding the languages listed in this value.

710 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Languages [element FileSearch]

Description

The languages supported by the file.

Derived By

Type string

711 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Languages [element Package]

Description

The list of language IDs (LCIDs) supported in the package.

Derived By

Type string

712 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Languages [element PatchInformation]

Description

List of language IDs supported in package

Derived By

Type string

713 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Layout [element Media]

Description

This attribute specifies the root directory for the uncompressed files that are a part of this Media element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

By default, the src will be the output directory for the final image. The default value ensures the binder generates an installable image. If a relative path is specified in the src attribute, the value will be appended to the image's output directory. If an absolute path is provided, that path will be used without modification. The latter two options are provided to ease the layout of an image onto multiple medias (CDs/DVDs).

714 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LeftScroll [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the scroll bar to display on the left side of the Control.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

715 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LeftScroll [element Dialog]

Description

Used to align the scroll bar on the left.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

716 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Length [element IgnoreRange]

Description

Length of the range.

Derived By

Type int

717 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Length [element ProtectRange]

Description

Length of the range.

Derived By

Type int

718 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Level [element Condition]

Description

Used only under Feature elements and is required.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

Allows modifying the level of a Feature based on the result of this condition.

719 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Level [element Feature]

Description

Sets the install level of this feature.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

A value of 0 will disable the feature. Processing the Condition Table can modify the level value (this is set via the Condition child element).

720 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LoadOrderGroup [element ServiceInstall]

Description

The load ordering group that this service should be a part of.

Derived By

Type string

721 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Localizable [element Column]

Description

Whether this column can be localized.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

722 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LocalService [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to the name of a service to allow the object to be installed as a Win32 service.

Derived By

Type string

723 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Location [element Component]

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description local Prevents the component from running from the source or the network (this is the default behavior if this attribute is not set). source Enforces that the component can only be run from the source (it cannot be run from the user's computer). either Allows the component to run from source or locally.

724 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element Directory]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

725 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element File]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

726 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element FileSearch]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

727 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element IniFile]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

728 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element IniFileSearch]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

729 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element RemoveFile]

Derived By

Type WildCardLongFileNameType

730 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongName [element Shortcut]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

731 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: LongSource [element Directory]

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

732 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MajorVersion [element TypeLib]

Description

The major version of the type library.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The value should be an integer from 0 - 255.

733 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Manufacturer [element Package]

Description

The vendor releasing the package.

Derived By

Type string

734 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Manufacturer [element Patch]

Description

Vendor releasing the package

Derived By

Type string

735 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Manufacturer [element PatchInformation]

Description

Vendor releasing the package

Derived By

Type string

736 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Manufacturer [element Product]

Description

The manufacturer of the product.

Derived By

Type string

737 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ManufacturerName [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Name of the manufacturer.

Derived By

Type string

738 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Mask [element FileTypeMask]

Description

Hex value that is AND'd against the bytes in the file at Offset.

Derived By

Type HexType

739 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MaxDate [element FileSearch]

Description

The maximum modification date and time of the file.

Derived By

Type dateTime

Remarks

Formatted as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss, where YYYY is the year, MM is month, DD is day, 'T' is literal, HH is hour, mm is minute and ss is second.

740 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Maximum [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Specifies the upper boundary of the range of product versions detected by FindRelatedProducts.

Derived By

Type string

741 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MaxSize [element FileSearch]

Description

The maximum size of the file.

Derived By

Type int

742 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MaxValue [element Column]

Description

Maximum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column.

Derived By

Type integer

743 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MaxVersion [element FileSearch]

Description

The maximum version of the file.

Derived By

Type string

744 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MediaSrcProp [element Family]

Description

Entered into the Source field of the new Media table entry of the upgraded image.

Derived By

Type string

745 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Message [element Condition]

Description

Used only under Fragment or Product elements and is required.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Set the value to the text to display when the condition fails and the installation must be terminated.

746 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MigrateFeatures [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Set to "yes" to migrate feature states from upgraded products by enabling the logic in the MigrateFeatureStates action.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

747 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinDate [element FileSearch]

Description

The minimum modification date and time of the file.

Derived By

Type dateTime

Remarks

Formatted as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss, where YYYY is the year, MM is month, DD is day, 'T' is literal, HH is hour, mm is minute and ss is second.

748 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Minimum [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Specifies the lower bound on the range of product versions to be detected by FindRelatedProducts.

Derived By

Type string

749 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinorUpdateTargetRTM [element Patch]

Description

Indicates that the patch targets the RTM version of the product or the most recent major upgrade patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Author this optional property in minor update patches that contain sequencing information to indicate that the patch removes all patches up to the RTM version of the product, or up to the most recent major upgrade patch. This property is available beginning with Windows Installer 3.1.

750 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinorUpdateTargetRTM [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Indicates that the patch targets the RTM version of the product or the most recent major upgrade patch.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Author this optional property in minor update patches that contain sequencing information to indicate that the patch removes all patches up to the RTM version of the product, or up to the most recent major upgrade patch. This property is available beginning with Windows Installer 3.1.

751 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinorVersion [element TypeLib]

Description

The minor version of the type library.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The value should be an integer from 0 - 255.

752 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinSize [element FileSearch]

Description

The minimum size of the file.

Derived By

Type int

753 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinValue [element Column]

Description

Minimum value for a numeric value, date or version in this column.

Derived By

Type integer

754 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MinVersion [element FileSearch]

Description

The minimum version of the file.

Derived By

Type string

755 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Modeless [element Dialog]

Description

Used to set the dialog as modeless.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

756 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Modularize [element Column]

Description

How this column should be modularized, if at all.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description None Column should not be modularized. This is the default value. Column Column should be modularized. Condition Column is a condition and should be modularized. Icon When the column is an primary or foreign key to the Icon table it should be modularized special. Property Any Properties in the column should be modularized. SemicolonDelimited Semi-colon list of keys, all of which need to be modularized.

757 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MoreInfoURL [element Patch]

Description

A URL that provides information specific to this patch.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

In Add/Remove Programs from XP SP2 on.

758 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: MoreInfoURL [element PatchMetadata]

Description

A URL that provides information specific to this patch.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

In Add/Remove Programs from XP SP2 on.

759 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Multiline [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Edit Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

760 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Configuration]

Description

Defines the name of the configurable item.

Derived By

Type string

761 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element ConfigurationData]

Description

Key into the ModuleConfiguration table.

Derived By

Type string

762 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Directory]

Description

The name of the directory.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

Do not specify this attribute (or the LongName attribute) if this directory represents the same directory as the parent (see the Windows Installer SDK's Directory table topic for more information about the "." operator). In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short directory name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long directory name. If a short directory name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long directory name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long directory name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short directory name. However, if this name collides with another directory or you wish to manually specify the short directory name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

763 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

The name for the embedded UI DLL when it is extracted from the Product and executed. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.)

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified the Id attribute will be used.

764 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element EmbeddedUIResource]

Description

The name for the resource when it is extracted from the Product for use by the embedded UI DLL. (Windows Installer does not support the typical short filename and long filename combination for embedded UI files as it does for other kinds of files.)

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If this attribute is not specified the Id attribute will be used.

765 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Environment]

Description

Name of the environment variable.

Derived By

Type string

766 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Family]

Description

Identifier for the family.

Derived By

Type string

767 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element File]

Description

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If a short file name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long file name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long file name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short file name. However, if this name collides with another file or you wish to manually specify the short file name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified. Finally, if this attribute is omitted then its default value is the file name portion of the Source attribute, if one is specified, or the value of the Id attribute, if the Source attribute is omitted or doesn't contain a file name.

768 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element FileSearch]

Description

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If a short file name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long file name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. If you wish to manually specify the short file name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

769 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element IgnoreModularization]

Description

The name of the item to ignore modularization for.

Derived By

Type string

770 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element IniFile]

Description

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If a short name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short name. However, if this name collides with another file or you wish to manually specify the short name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

771 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element IniFileSearch]

Description

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If a short name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short name. However, if you wish to manually specify the short name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

772 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Interface]

Description

Name for COM Interface.

Derived By

Type string

773 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element ODBCDataSource]

Description

Name for the data source.

Derived By

Type string

774 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element ODBCDriver]

Description

Name for the driver.

Derived By

Type string

775 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element ODBCTranslator]

Description

Name for the translator.

Derived By

Type string

776 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element PatchProperty]

Description

Name of the patch property.

Derived By

Type string

777 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Product]

Description

The descriptive name of the product.

Derived By

Type string

778 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Registry]

Description

The localizable registry value name.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not provided the default value for the registry key will be set instead. The Windows Installer allows several special values to be set for this attribute. You should not use them in WiX. Instead use appropriate values in the Action attribute to get the desired behavior.

779 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element RegistrySearch]

Description

Registry value name.

Derived By

Type string

780 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element RegistryValue]

Description

The localizable registry value name.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not provided the default value for the registry key will be set instead. The Windows Installer allows several special values to be set for this attribute. You should not use them in WiX. Instead use appropriate values in the Action attribute to get the desired behavior.

781 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element RemoveFile]

Description

This value should be set to the localizable name of the file(s) to be removed.

Derived By

Type WildCardLongFileNameType

Remarks

All of the files that match the wild card will be removed from the specified directory. The value is a filename that may also contain the wild card characters "?" for any single character or "*" for zero or more occurrences of any character. In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short file name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long file name. If a short file name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long file name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long file name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short file name. However, if you wish to manually specify the short file name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

782 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element RemoveRegistryValue]

Description

The localizable registry value name.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not provided the default value for the registry key will be set instead. The Windows Installer allows several special values to be set for this attribute. You should not use them in WiX. Instead use appropriate values in the Action attribute to get the desired behavior.

783 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element ServiceControl]

Description

Name of the service.

Derived By

Type string

784 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element ServiceInstall]

Description

This column is the string that gives the service name to install.

Derived By

Type string

785 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element SFPCatalog]

Description

Filename for catalog file when installed.

Derived By

Type string

786 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Name [element Shortcut]

Description

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If a short name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. If a long name is specified, the LongName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short name. However, if this name collides with another shortcut or you wish to manually specify the short name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

787 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NeverOverwrite [element Component]

Description

If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer does not install or reinstall the component if a key path file or a key path registry entry for the component already exists.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The application does register itself as a client of the component. Use this flag only for components that are being registered by the Registry table. Do not use this flag for components registered by the AppId, Class, Extension, ProgId, MIME, and Verb tables.

788 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NoMinimize [element Dialog]

Description

Used to specify if the dialog can be minimized.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

789 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NonNullable [element Configuration]

Description

If yes, null is not a valid entry.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

790 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NoOpen [element ProgId]

Description

Specifies that the associated ProgId should not be opened by users.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value is presented as a warning to users. An empty string is also valid for this attribute.

791 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NoPrefix [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Text Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

792 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Notify [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

793 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NoWrap [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Text Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

794 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Nullable [element Column]

Description

Whether this column can be left null.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

795 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: NumMethods [element Interface]

Description

Number of methods implemented on COM Interface.

Derived By

Type integer

796 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Offset [element FileTypeMask]

Description

Offset into file. If positive, offset is from the beginning; if negative, offset is from the end.

Derived By

Type integer

797 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Offset [element IgnoreRange]

Description

Offset of the start of the range.

Derived By

Type int

798 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Offset [element ProtectRange]

Description

Offset of the start of the range.

Derived By

Type int

799 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: On [element RemoveFile]

Description

This value determines the time at which the file(s) may be removed.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description install Removes the file only when the parent component is being installed (msiInstallStateLocal or msiInstallStateSource). uninstall Removes the file only when the parent component is being removed (msiInstallStateAbsent). both Removes the file when the parent component is being installed or removed.

800 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: On [element RemoveFolder]

Description

This value determines the time at which the folder may be removed.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description install Removes the folder only when the parent component is being installed (msiInstallStateLocal or msiInstallStateSource). uninstall Removes the folder only when the parent component is being removed (msiInstallStateAbsent). both Removes the folder when the parent component is being installed or removed.

801 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OnExit [element Custom]

Description

Mutually exclusive with Before, After, and Sequence attributes

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description success cancel error suspend

802 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OnExit [element Show]

Description

mutually exclusive with Before, After, and Sequence attributes

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description success cancel error suspend

803 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OnlyDetect [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

Set to "yes" to detect products and applications but do not uninstall.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

804 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OptimizedInstallMode [element Patch]

Description

If this attribute is set to 'yes' in all the patches to be applied in a transaction, the application of the patch is optimized if possible.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Available beginning with Windows Installer 3.1.

805 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OptimizedInstallMode [element PatchMetadata]

Description

If this attribute is set to 'yes' in all the patches to be applied in a transaction, the application of the patch is optimized if possible.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Available beginning with Windows Installer 3.1.

806 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OptimizePatchSizeForLargeFiles [element Patch]

Description

When this attribute is set, patches for files greater than approximately 4 MB in size may be made smaller.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

807 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Order [element ExternalFile]

Description

Specifies the order of the external files to use when creating the patch.

Derived By

Type int

808 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Order [element Publish]

Description

This attribute should only need to be set if this element is nested under a UI element in order to control the order in which this publish event will be started.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this element is nested under a Control element, the default value will be one greater than any previous Publish element's order (the first element's default value is 1). If this element is nested under a UI element, the default value is always 1 (it does not get a default value based on any previous Publish elements).

809 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Order [element TargetImage]

Description

Relative order of the target image.

Derived By

Type int

810 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: OutputPath [element PatchCreation]

Description

The full path, including file name, of the patch package file that is to be generated.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See PatchOutputPath for more information.

811 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Overridable [element Custom]

Description

If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

812 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Overridable [element Show]

Description

If "yes", the sequencing of this dialog may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

813 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Overridable [element WixVariable]

Description

Set this value to 'yes' in order to make the variable's value overridable either by another WixVariable entry or via the command-line option -d= for light.exe.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

If the same variable is declared overridable in multiple places it will cause an error (since WiX won't know which value is correct). The default value is 'no'.

814 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Overridable [type ActionModuleSequenceType]

Description

If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

815 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Parent [element DirectorySearchRef]

Description

This attribute is the signature of the parent directory of the file or directory in the Signature_ column.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this field is null, and the Path column does not expand to a full path, then all the fixed drives of the user's system are searched by using the Path. This field is a key into one of the following tables: the RegLocator, the IniLocator, the CompLocator, or the DrLocator tables.

816 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Part [element Environment]

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description all This value is the entire environmental variable. This is the default. first This value is prefixed. last This value is appended.

817 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Password [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Edit Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

818 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Password [element ServiceInstall]

Description

The password for the account. Valid only when the account has a password.

Derived By

Type string

819 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PatchAllowIgnoreOnError [element File]

Description

Set to indicate that the patch is non-vital.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

820 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PatchFamily [element PatchSequence]

Description

Identifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch belongs.

Derived By

Type string

821 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PatchGroup [element File]

Description

This attribute must be set for patch-added files.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

Each patch should be assigned a different patch group number. Patch groups numbers must be greater 0 and should be assigned consecutively. For example, the first patch should use PatchGroup='1', the second patch will have PatchGroup='2', etc...

822 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PatchIgnore [element File]

Description

Prevents the updating of the file that is in fact changed in the upgraded image relative to the target images.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

823 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PatchUninstall [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies that the Windows Installer, execute the custom action only when a patch is being uninstalled.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

These custom actions should also be conditioned using the MSIPATCHREMOVE property to ensure proper down level (less than Windows Installer 4.5) behavior.

824 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PatchWholeFile [element File]

Description

Set if the entire file should be installed rather than creating a binary patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

825 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Path [element DirectorySearch]

Description

Path on the user's system. Either absolute, or relative to containing directories.

Derived By

Type string

826 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Path [element DirectorySearchRef]

Description

Path on the user's system. Either absolute, or relative to containing directories.

Derived By

Type string

827 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Path [element SymbolPath]

Description

The path.

Derived By

Type string

828 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Permanent [element Component]

Description

If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer does not remove the component during an uninstall.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The installer registers an extra system client for the component in the Windows Installer registry settings (which basically just means that at least one product is always referencing this component). Note that this option differs from the behavior of not setting a guid because although the component is permanent, it is still patchable (because Windows Installer still tracks it), it's just not uninstallable.

829 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Permanent [element Environment]

Description

Specifies that the environment variable should not be removed on uninstall.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

830 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Platform [element Package]

Description

The platform supported by the package.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description x86 Set this value to declare that the package is an x86 package. ia64 Set this value to declare that the package is an ia64 package. x64 Set this value to declare that the package is an x64 package. intel Deprecated. Use "x86" instead. intel64 Deprecated. Use "ia64" instead.

831 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Platforms [element Package]

Derived By

Type string

832 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Platforms [element PatchInformation]

Description

List of platforms supported in package

Derived By

Type string

833 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Primary [element ComponentGroupRef]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this component the primary feature for this component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Components may belong to multiple features. By designating a feature as the primary feature of a component, you ensure that whenever a component is selected for install-on-demand (IOD), the primary feature will be the one to install it. This attribute should only be set if a component actually nests under multiple features. If a component nests under only one feature, that feature is the primary feature for the component. You cannot set more than one feature as the primary feature of a given component.

834 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Primary [element ComponentRef]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this component the primary feature for this component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Components may belong to multiple features. By designating a feature as the primary feature of a component, you ensure that whenever a component is selected for install-on-demand (IOD), the primary feature will be the one to install it. This attribute should only be set if a component actually nests under multiple features. If a component nests under only one feature, that feature is the primary feature for the component. You cannot set more than one feature as the primary feature of a given component.

835 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Primary [element FeatureGroupRef]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' in order to make the parent feature of this group the primary feature for any components and merges contained in the group.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Features may belong to multiple features. By designating a feature as the primary feature of a component or merge, you ensure that whenever a component is selected for install-on-demand (IOD), the primary feature will be the one to install it. This attribute should only be set if a component actually nests under multiple features. If a component nests under only one feature, that feature is the primary feature for the component. You cannot set more than one feature as the primary feature of a given component.

836 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Primary [element MergeRef]

Description

Specifies whether the feature containing this MergeRef is the primary feature for advertising the merge module's components.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

837 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PrimaryKey [element Column]

Description

Whether this column is a primary key.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

838 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProcessorArchitecture [element File]

Description

Specifies the architecture for this assembly.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description msil The file is a .NET Framework assembly that is processor-neutral. x86 The file is a .NET Framework assembly for the x86 processor. x64 The file is a .NET Framework assembly for the x64 processor. ia64 The file is a .NET Framework assembly for the ia64 processor.

Remarks

This attribute should only be used on .NET Framework 2.0 assemblies.

839 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductCode [element Instance]

Description

The ProductCode for this instance.

Derived By

Type string

840 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductCode [element PatchFamily]

Description

Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to.

Derived By

Type Guid

841 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductCode [element PatchSequence]

Description

Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to.

Derived By

Type Guid

Remarks

This attribute cannot the specified if the TargetImage attribute is specified.

842 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductId [element Validate]

Description

Requires that the upgrade ProductCode match the target ProductCode.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

843 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductLanguage [element Validate]

Description

Requires that the upgrade ProductLanguage match the target ProductLanguage.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'no'.

844 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductName [element Instance]

Description

The ProductName for this instance.

Derived By

Type string

845 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductVersion [element Validate]

Description

Determines how many fields in the ProductVersion to check.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description Major Checks the major version. Minor Checks the major and minor versions. Update Checks the major, minor, and update versions.

Remarks

The default is 'Update'.

846 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProductVersionOperator [element Validate]

Description

Determines how the target and upgrade ProductVersions are compared.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description Lesser Upgrade ProductVersion < target ProductVersion. LesserOrEqual Upgrade ProductVersion <= target ProductVersion. Equal Upgrade ProductVersion = target ProductVersion. GreaterOrEqual Upgrade ProductVersion >= target ProductVersion. Greater Upgrade ProductVersion > target ProductVersion.

Remarks

The default is 'Equal'.

847 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Programmable [element Class]

Description

Specifies the CLSID may be programmable.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

848 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProgressBlocks [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for ProgressBar Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

849 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element ComboBox]

Description

Property tied to this group

Derived By

Type string

850 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element Control]

Description

The name of a defined property to be linked to this control.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This column is required for active controls.

851 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies a reference to a Property element with matching Id attribute that specifies the Property to be used or updated on execution of this custom action.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is typically used with the Value attribute to create a type 51 custom action that parses the text in Value and places it into the specified Property. This attribute is also used with the ExeCommand attribute to create a type 50 custom action that uses the value of the given property to specify the path to the executable. Type 51 custom actions are often useful to pass values to a deferred custom action. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa370543.aspx for more information.

852 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element CustomProperty]

Description

The name of the metadata property.

Derived By

Type string

853 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element InstanceTransforms]

Description

The Id of the Property who's value should change for each instance.

Derived By

Type string

854 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element ListBox]

Description

Property tied to this group

Derived By

Type string

855 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element ListView]

Description

Property tied to this group

Derived By

Type string

856 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element Publish]

Description

Set this attribute's value to a property name to set that property.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Either this attribute or the Event attribute must be set, but not both at the same time.

857 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element RadioButtonGroup]

Description

Property tied to this group.

Derived By

Type string

858 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element RemoveFile]

Description

Overrides the directory of the parent component with the value of the specified property.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The property should have a value that resolves to the full path of the source directory. The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with the Directory attribute.

859 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element RemoveFolder]

Description

Overrides the directory of the parent component with the value of the specified property.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The property should have a value that resolves to the full path of the source directory. The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with the Directory attribute.

860 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Property [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

When the FindRelatedProducts action detects a related product installed on the system, it appends the product code to the property specified in this field.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Windows Installer documentation for the Upgrade table states that the property specified in this field must be a public property and must be added to the SecureCustomProperties property. WiX automatically appends the property specified in this field to the SecureCustomProperties property when creating an MSI. Each UpgradeVersion must have a unique Property value. After the FindRelatedProducts action is run, the value of this property is a list product codes, separated by semicolons (;), detected on the system.

861 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PropertySource [element EmbeddedChainer]

Description

Reference to a Property that resolves to the full path to the chainer executeable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with the BinarySource and FileSource attributes.

862 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProxyStubClassId [element Interface]

Description

GUID CLSID for proxy stub to COM Interface.

Derived By

Type Guid

863 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ProxyStubClassId32 [element Interface]

Description

GUID CLSID for 32-bit proxy stub to COM Interface.

Derived By

Type Guid

864 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: PushLike [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for RadioButton and Checkbox Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

865 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Qualifier [element Category]

Description

A text string that qualifies the value in the Id attribute.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

A qualifier is used to distinguish multiple forms of the same Component, such as a Component that is implemented in multiple languages.

866 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RAMDisk [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

867 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Read [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

868 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ReadAttributes [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

869 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ReadExtendedAttributes [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

870 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ReadOnly [element File]

Description

Set to yes in order to have the file's read-only attribute set when it is installed on the target machine.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

871 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ReadOnly [element Package]

Description

The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only.

Derived By

Type YesNoDefaultType

Enumeration

Value Description default no yes

Remarks

A database editing tool should not modify a read-only enforced database and should issue a warning at attempts to modify a read-only recommended database.

872 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ReadOnly [element PatchInformation]

Description

The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only.

Derived By

Type YesNoDefaultType

Enumeration

Value Description default no yes

Remarks

A database editing tool should not modify a read-only enforced database and should issue a warning at attempts to modify a read-only recommended database.

873 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ReadPermission [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

874 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Red [element TextStyle]

Description

0 to 255

Derived By

Type integer

875 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Registration [element ODBCDataSource]

Description

Scope for which the data source should be registered.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description machine Data source is registered per machine. user Data source is registered per user.

876 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RelativePath [element Class]

Description

When the value is "yes", the bare file name can be used for COM servers.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The installer registers the file name only instead of the complete path. This enables the server in the current directory to take precedence and allows multiple copies of the same component.

877 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Remote [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

878 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RemoteServerName [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to the name of the remote server to configure the client to request the object be run at a particular machine whenever an activation function is called for which a COSERVERINFO structure is not specified.

Derived By

Type string

879 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Removable [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Volume and Directory Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

880 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Remove [element ServiceControl]

Description

Specifies whether the service should be removed on install, uninstall or both.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description install The service will be deleted by the DeleteServices action during install. uninstall The service will be deleted by the DeleteServices action during uninstall. both The service will be deleted by the DeleteServices action during install and uninstall.

881 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RemoveFeatures [element UpgradeVersion]

Description

The installer sets the REMOVE property to features specified in this column.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The features to be removed can be determined at run time. The Formatted string entered in this field must evaluate to a comma-delimited list of feature names. For example: [Feature1],[Feature2],[Feature3]. No features are removed if the field contains formatted text that evaluates to an empty string. The installer sets REMOVE=ALL only if the Remove field is empty.

882 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RequiredId [element Dependency]

Description

Identifier of the merge module required by the merge module.

Derived By

Type string

883 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RequiredLanguage [element Dependency]

Description

Numeric language ID of the merge module in RequiredID.

Derived By

Type integer

884 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RequiredVersion [element Dependency]

Description

Version of the merge module in RequiredID.

Derived By

Type string

885 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RequiredVersion [element Wix]

Description

Required version of the WiX toolset to compile this input file.

Derived By

Type VersionType

886 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ResourceId [element TypeLib]

Description

The resource id of a typelib.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The value is appended to the end of the typelib path in the registry.

887 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Restricted [element TypeLib]

Description

Value of 'yes' means the type library is restricted, and should not be displayed to users.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute can only be set if Advertise='no'.

888 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Return [element CustomAction]

Description

Set this attribute to set the return behavior of the custom action.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description asyncNoWait Indicates that the custom action will run asyncronously and execution may continue after the installer terminates. asyncWait Indicates that the custom action will run asynchronously but the installer will wait for the return code at sequence end. check Indicates that the custom action will run synchronously and the return code will be checked for success. This is the default. ignore Indicates that the custom action will run synchronously and the return code will not be checked.

889 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RightAligned [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be right aligned.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

890 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RightAligned [element Dialog]

Description

Align text on the right.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

891 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RightToLeft [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to display from right to left.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

892 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RightToLeft [element Dialog]

Description

Used to specify if the text in the dialog should be displayed in right to left reading order.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

893 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Root [element Registry]

Description

The predefined root key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type RegistryRootType

Enumeration

Value Description HKMU A per-user installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. A per-machine installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKCR Operation occurs under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. When using Windows 2000 or later, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during per-user installations. When using Windows 2000 or later operating systems, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKLM\Software\Classes hive during per-machine installations. HKCU Operation occurs under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It is recommended to set the KeyPath='yes' attribute when setting this value for writing values in order to ensure that the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are multiple users on the same computer. HKLM Operation occurs under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKU Operation occurs under HKEY_USERS.

894 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Root [element RegistryKey]

Description

The predefined root key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type RegistryRootType

Enumeration

Value Description HKMU A per-user installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. A per-machine installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKCR Operation occurs under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. When using Windows 2000 or later, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during per-user installations. When using Windows 2000 or later operating systems, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKLM\Software\Classes hive during per-machine installations. HKCU Operation occurs under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It is recommended to set the KeyPath='yes' attribute when setting this value for writing values in order to ensure that the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are multiple users on the same computer. HKLM Operation occurs under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKU Operation occurs under HKEY_USERS.

895 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Root [element RegistrySearch]

Description

Root key for the registry value.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description HKCR HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKU HKEY_USERS

896 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Root [element RegistryValue]

Description

The predefined root key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type RegistryRootType

Enumeration

Value Description HKMU A per-user installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. A per-machine installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKCR Operation occurs under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. When using Windows 2000 or later, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during per-user installations. When using Windows 2000 or later operating systems, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKLM\Software\Classes hive during per-machine installations. HKCU Operation occurs under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It is recommended to set the KeyPath='yes' attribute when setting this value for writing values in order to ensure that the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are multiple users on the same computer. HKLM Operation occurs under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKU Operation occurs under HKEY_USERS.

897 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Root [element RemoveRegistryKey]

Description

The predefined root key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type RegistryRootType

Enumeration

Value Description HKMU A per-user installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. A per-machine installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKCR Operation occurs under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. When using Windows 2000 or later, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during per-user installations. When using Windows 2000 or later operating systems, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKLM\Software\Classes hive during per-machine installations. HKCU Operation occurs under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It is recommended to set the KeyPath='yes' attribute when setting this value for writing values in order to ensure that the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are multiple users on the same computer. HKLM Operation occurs under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKU Operation occurs under HKEY_USERS.

898 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Root [element RemoveRegistryValue]

Description

The predefined root key for the registry value.

Derived By

Type RegistryRootType

Enumeration

Value Description HKMU A per-user installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. A per-machine installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKCR Operation occurs under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. When using Windows 2000 or later, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during per-user installations. When using Windows 2000 or later operating systems, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKLM\Software\Classes hive during per-machine installations. HKCU Operation occurs under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It is recommended to set the KeyPath='yes' attribute when setting this value for writing values in order to ensure that the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are multiple users on the same computer. HKLM Operation occurs under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKU Operation occurs under HKEY_USERS.

899 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Row [element Substitution]

Description

Specifies the primary keys of the target row in the table named in the Table column.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If multiple keys, separated by semicolons.

900 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RunAsInteractiveUser [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to 'yes' to configure a class to run under the identity of the user currently logged on and connected to the interactive desktop when activated by a remote client without being written as a Win32 service.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

901 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RunFromSource [element ReserveCost]

Description

The number of bytes of disk space to reserve if the component is installed to run from source.

Derived By

Type integer

902 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: RunLocal [element ReserveCost]

Description

The number of bytes of disk space to reserve if the component is installed to run locally.

Derived By

Type integer

903 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SafeForInitializing [element Class]

Description

May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no".

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

904 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SafeForScripting [element Class]

Description

May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no".

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

905 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Script [element CustomAction]

Description

Creates a type 37 or 38 custom action.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description jscript vbscript

Remarks

The text of the element should contain the script to be embedded in the package.

906 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Section [element IniFile]

Description

The localizable .ini file section.

Derived By

Type string

907 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Section [element IniFileSearch]

Description

The localizable .ini file section.

Derived By

Type string

908 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Secure [element Property]

Description

Denotes that the Property can be passed to the server side when doing a managed installation with elevated privileges.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

See the SecureCustomProperties Property for more information.

909 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SelfRegCost [element File]

Description

The cost of registering the file in bytes.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number. Including this attribute will cause an entry to be generated for the file in the SelfReg table.

910 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Separator [element Environment]

Description

Optional attribute to change the separator used between values.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

By default a semicolon is used.

911 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [element Custom]

Description

The sequence number for this action.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

Mutually exclusive with Before, After, and OnExit attributes

912 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [element PatchSequence]

Description

Used to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Specified in x.x.x.x format. See documentation for Sequence column of MsiPatchSequence table in MSI SDK.

913 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [element SetDirectory]

Description

Controls which sequences the Directory assignment is sequenced in.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description both Schedules the assignment in the InstallUISequence and the InstallExecuteSequence. execute Schedules the assignment only in the the InstallExecuteSequence. ui Schedules the assignment only in the the InstallUISequence.

Remarks

The default is both.

914 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [element SetProperty]

Description

Controls which sequences the Property assignment is sequenced in.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description both Schedules the assignment in the InstallUISequence and the InstallExecuteSequence. execute Schedules the assignment only in the the InstallExecuteSequence. ui Schedules the assignment only in the the InstallUISequence.

Remarks

The default is both.

915 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [element Show]

Derived By

Type integer

916 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [element Verb]

Description

The sequence of the commands.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

Only verbs for which the Sequence is specified are used to prepare an ordered list for the default value of the shell key. The Verb with the lowest value in this column becomes the default verb. Used only for Advertised verbs.

917 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [type ActionModuleSequenceType]

Description

A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence.

Derived By

Type integer

918 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sequence [type ActionSequenceType]

Description

A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence.

Derived By

Type integer

919 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SequenceStart [element Family]

Description

Sequence number for the starting file.

Derived By

Type int

920 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Server [element Class]

Description

May only be specified if the value of the Advertise attribute is "no".

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

File Id of the COM server file. If this element is nested under a File element, this value defaults to the value of the parent File/@Id.

921 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ServiceParameters [element AppId]

Description

Set this value to the parameters to be passed to a LocalService on invocation.

Derived By

Type string

922 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Set [element Column]

Description

Semicolon delimited list of permissible values.

Derived By

Type string

923 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SetupFile [element ODBCDriver]

Description

Required if not found as child of File element or different from File attribute above

Derived By

Type string

924 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SetupFile [element ODBCTranslator]

Description

Required if not found as child of File element or different from File attribute above

Derived By

Type string

925 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Shared [element Component]

Description

If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', enables advanced patching semantics for Components that are shared across multiple Products.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Specifically, the Windows Installer will cache the shared files to improve patch uninstall. This functionality is available in Windows Installer 4.5 and later.

926 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Shared [element IsolateComponent]

Description

Shared Component for this application Component.

Derived By

Type string

927 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SharedDllRefCount [element Component]

Description

If this attribute's value is set to 'yes', the installer increments the reference count in the shared DLL registry of the component's key file.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

If this bit is not set, the installer increments the reference count only if the reference count already exists.

928 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element Directory]

Description

The short name of the directory in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if there is a conflict between generated short directory names or the user wants to manually specify the short directory name.

929 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element File]

Description

The short file name of the file in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if there is a conflict between generated short file names or the user wants to manually specify the short file name.

930 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element FileSearch]

Description

The short file name of the file in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

There is a Windows Installer bug which prevents the FileSearch functionality from working if both a short and long file name are specified. Since the Name attribute allows either a short or long name to be specified, it is the only attribute related to file names which should be specified.

931 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element IniFile]

Description

The short name of the in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if there is a conflict between generated short names or the user wants to manually specify the short name.

932 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element IniFileSearch]

Description

The short name of the file in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if the user wants to manually specify the short name.

933 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element RemoveFile]

Description

The short file name of the file in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type WildCardShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if you want to manually specify the short file name.

934 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortName [element Shortcut]

Description

The short name of the shortcut in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if there is a conflict between generated short names or the user wants to manually specify the short name.

935 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortNames [element Package]

Description

Set to 'yes' to have short filenames in the source.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

936 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortNames [element PatchInformation]

Description

Short filenames on source

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

937 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortPath [element Class]

Description

Specifies whether or not to use the short path for the COM server.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This can only apply when Adverstise is set to 'no'. The default is 'no' meaning that it will use the long file name for the COM server.

938 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShortSourceName [element Directory]

Description

The short name of the directory on the source media in 8.3 format.

Derived By

Type ShortFileNameType

Remarks

This attribute should only be set if there is a conflict between generated short directory names or the user wants to manually specify the short source directory name.

939 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Show [element Shortcut]

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description normal The shortcut target will be displayed using the SW_SHOWNORMAL attribute. minimized The shortcut target will be displayed using the SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE attribute. maximized The shortcut target will be displayed using the SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED attribute.

940 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ShowRollbackCost [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for VolumeCostList Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

941 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Size [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type string

942 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SkipAssignment [element OptimizeCustomActions]

Description

Skip property (type 51) and directory (type 35) assignment custom actions.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

943 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SkipDeferred [element OptimizeCustomActions]

Description

Skip custom actions that run within the script.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

944 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SkipImmediate [element OptimizeCustomActions]

Description

Skip immediate custom actions that are not property or directory assignment custom actions.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

945 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sorted [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Listbox, ListView, and ComboBox Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Set the value of this attribute to "yes" to have entries appear in the order specified under the Control. If the attribute value is "no" or absent the entries in the control will appear in alphabetical order.

946 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Source [element ExternalFile]

Description

Full path of the external file.

Derived By

Type string

947 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Source [element File]

Description

Specifies the path to the File in the build process.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute must be set if no source information can be gathered from parent directories.

948 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Source [element Media]

Description

Optional property that identifies the source of the embedded cabinet.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If a cabinet is specified for a patch, this property should be defined and unique to each patch so that the embedded cabinet containing patched and new files can be located in the patch package. If the cabinet is not embedded - this is not typical - the cabinet can be found in the directory referenced in this column. If empty, the external cabinet must be located in the SourceDir directory.

949 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceDirectory [element CopyFile]

Description

This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Set this value to the source directory from which to copy or move an existing file on the target machine. This Directory must exist in the installer database at creation time. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with SourceProperty.

950 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element Binary]

Description

Path to the binary file.

Derived By

Type string

951 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element DigitalCertificate]

Description

The path to the certificate file.

Derived By

Type string

952 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element DigitalSignature]

Description

The path to signature's optional hash file.

Derived By

Type string

953 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This must be a DLL that exports the following three entry points: InitializeEmbeddedUI, EmbeddedUIHandler and ShutdownEmbeddedUI.

954 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element EmbeddedUIResource]

Description

Path to the binary file that is the embedded UI resource.

Derived By

Type string

955 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element Icon]

Description

Path to the icon file.

Derived By

Type string

956 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element Merge]

Description

Path to the source location of the merge module.

Derived By

Type string

957 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element SFPCatalog]

Description

Path to catalog file in binary.

Derived By

Type string

958 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element TargetImage]

Description

Full path to the location of the msi file for the target image.

Derived By

Type string

959 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element Text]

Description

Instructs the text to be imported from a file instead of the element value during the binding process.

Derived By

Type string

960 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceFile [element UpgradeImage]

Description

Full path to location of msi file for upgraded image.

Derived By

Type string

961 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceList [element PatchCreation]

Description

Used to locate the .msp file for the patch if the cached copy is unavailable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See PatchSourceList for more information.

962 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceName [element CopyFile]

Description

This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified.

Derived By

Type WildCardLongFileNameType

Remarks

Set this value to the localizable name of the file(s) to be copied or moved. All of the files that match the wild card will be removed from the specified directory. The value is a filename that may also contain the wild card characters "?" for any single character or "*" for zero or more occurrences of any character. If this attribute is not specified (and this element is not nested under a File element or specify a FileId attribute) then the SourceProperty attribute should be set to the name of a property that will resolve to the full path of the source filename. If the value of this attribute contains a "*" wildcard and the DestinationName attribute is specified, all moved or copied files retain the file names from their sources.

963 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceName [element Directory]

Description

The name of the directory on the source media.

Derived By

Type LongFileNameType

Remarks

If this attribute is note specified, the Windows Installer will default to the Name attribute. In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short source directory name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long directory name. If a short directory name is specified, the ShortSourceName attribute may not be specified. If a long directory name is specified, the LongSource attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long directory name, the ShortSourceName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short directory name. However, if this name collides with another directory or you wish to manually specify the short directory name, then the ShortSourceName attribute may be specified.

964 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourcePatch [element UpgradeImage]

Description

Modified copy of the upgraded installation database that contains additional authoring specific to patching.

Derived By

Type string

965 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SourceProperty [element CopyFile]

Description

This attribute cannot be specified if the element is nested under a File element or the FileId attribute is specified.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Set this value to a property that will have a value that resolves to the full path of the source directory (or full path including file name if SourceName is not specified). The property does not have to exist in the installer database at creation time; it could be created at installation time by a custom action, on the command line, etc. This attribute cannot be specified in conjunction with SourceDirectory.

966 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element Binary]

Derived By

Type string

967 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element Directory]

Derived By

Type string

968 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element DirectoryRef]

Derived By

Type string

969 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element ExternalFile]

Derived By

Type string

970 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element File]

Derived By

Type string

971 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element Icon]

Derived By

Type string

972 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element Media]

Derived By

Type string

973 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element Merge]

Derived By

Type string

974 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element TargetImage]

Derived By

Type string

975 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element Text]

Derived By

Type string

976 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: src [element UpgradeImage]

Derived By

Type string

977 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: srcPatch [element UpgradeImage]

Derived By

Type string

978 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Start [element ServiceControl]

Description

Specifies whether the service should be started on install, uninstall or both.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description install The service will be started by the StartServices action during install. uninstall The service will be started by the StartServices action during uninstall. both The service will be started by the StartServices action during install and uninstall.

979 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Start [element ServiceInstall]

Description

Determines when the service should be started.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description auto The service will start during startup of the system. demand The service will start when the service control manager calls the StartService function. disabled The service can no longer be started. boot The service is a device driver that will be started by the operating system boot loader. This value is not currently supported by the Windows Installer. system The service is a device driver that will be started by the IoInitSystem function. This value is not currently supported by the Windows Installer.

Remarks

The Windows Installer does not support boot or system.

980 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Stop [element ServiceControl]

Description

Specifies whether the service should be stopped on install, uninstall or both.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description install The service will be stopped by the StopServices action during install. uninstall The service will be stopped by the StopServices action during uninstall. both The service will be stopped by the StopServices action during install and uninstall.

981 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Strike [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

982 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SummaryCodepage [element Package]

Description

The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See remarks for more information.

983 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SummaryCodepage [element PatchInformation]

Description

The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

See remarks for more information.

984 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Sunken [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause the Control to be sunken.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

985 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Supersede [element PatchFamily]

Description

Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default value is 'no'.

986 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Supersede [element PatchSequence]

Description

Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default value is 'no'.

987 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SupportBasicUI [element EmbeddedUI]

Description

Set yes to allow the Windows Installer to display the embedded UI during basic UI level installation.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

988 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Suppress [type ActionModuleSequenceType]

Description

If yes, this action will not occur.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

989 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Suppress [type ActionSequenceType]

Description

If yes, this action will not occur.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

990 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SuppressModularization [element Binary]

Description

Use to suppress modularization of this Binary identifier in merge modules.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

991 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SuppressModularization [element CustomAction]

Description

Use to suppress modularization of this custom action name in merge modules.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This should only be necessary for table-driven custom actions because the table name which they interact with cannot be modularized, so there can only be one instance of the table.

992 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SuppressModularization [element Property]

Description

Use to suppress modularization of this property identifier in merge modules.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Using this functionality is strongly discouraged; it should only be necessary as a workaround of last resort in rare scenarios.

993 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SymbolFlags [element PatchCreation]

Description

An 8-digit hex integer representing the combination of patch symbol usage flags to use when creating a binary file patch.

Derived By

Type int

Remarks

See ApiPatchingSymbolFlags for more information.

994 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Synchronize [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

995 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: System [element Environment]

Description

Specifies that the environment variable should be added to the system environment space.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'no' which indicates the environment variable is added to the user environment space.

996 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: System [element File]

Description

Set to yes in order to have the file's system attribute set when it is installed on the target machine.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

997 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: SystemModal [element Dialog]

Description

Used to set the dialog as system modal.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

998 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Table [element Substitution]

Description

Specifies the name of the table being modified in the module database.

Derived By

Type string

999 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TabSkip [element Control]

Description

Set this attribute to "yes" to cause this Control to be skipped in the tab sequence.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1000 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TakeOwnership [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1001 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Target [element PatchSequence]

Derived By

Type string

1002 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Target [element Shortcut]

Description

This attribute can only be set if this Shortcut element is nested under a Component element.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

When nested under a Component element, this attribute's value will default to the parent directory. This attribute's value is the target for a non-advertised shortcut. This attribute is not valid for advertised shortcuts. If you specify this value, its value should be a property identifier enclosed by square brackets ([ ]), that is expanded into the file or a folder pointed to by the shortcut.

1003 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Target [element Verb]

Derived By

Type string

1004 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TargetFile [element Verb]

Description

Either this attribute or the TargetProperty attribute must be specified for a non-advertised verb.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value should be the identifier of the target file to be executed for the verb.

1005 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TargetImage [element PatchSequence]

Description

Specifies the TargetImage that this family applies to.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute cannot the specified if the ProductCode attribute is specified.

1006 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TargetProductName [element Patch]

Description

Name of the application or target product suite.

Derived By

Type string

1007 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TargetProductName [element PatchMetadata]

Description

Name of the application or target product suite.

Derived By

Type string

1008 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TargetProperty [element Verb]

Description

Either this attribute or the TargetFile attribute must be specified for a non-advertised verb.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value should be the identifier of the property which will resolve to the path to the target file to be executed for the verb.

1009 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Template [element ProgressText]

Description

used to format ActionData messages from action processing

Derived By

Type string

1010 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TerminalServerAware [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies controls whether the custom action will impersonate the installing user during per-machine installs on Terminal Server machines.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Deferred execution custom actions that do not specify this attribute, or explicitly set it 'no', will run with no user impersonation on Terminal Server machines during per-machine installations. This attribute is only applicable when installing on the Windows Server 2003 family.

1011 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Text [element Control]

Description

A localizable string used to set the initial text contained in a control.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute can contain a formatted string that is processed at install time to insert the values of properties using [PropertyName] syntax. Also supported are environment variables, file installation paths, and component installation directories; see Formatted for details.

1012 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Text [element ListItem]

Description

The localizable, visible text to be assigned to the item.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If not specified, this will default to the value of the Value attribute.

1013 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Text [element RadioButton]

Description

Text displayed with the radio button.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute is mutually exclusive with the Bitmap and Icon attributes.

1014 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ThreadingModel [element Class]

Description

Threading model for the CLSID.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description apartment free both neutral single rental

1015 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Title [element Dialog]

Description

The title of the dialog box.

Derived By

Type string

1016 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Title [element Feature]

Description

Short string of text identifying the feature.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This string is listed as an item by the SelectionTree control of the Selection Dialog.

1017 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ToolTip [element Control]

Description

The string used for the Tooltip.

Derived By

Type string

1018 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: ToolTip [element RadioButton]

Derived By

Type string

1019 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TrackDiskSpace [element Dialog]

Description

Have the dialog periodically call the installer to check if available disk space has changed.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1020 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Transitive [element Component]

Description

If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer reevaluates the value of the statement in the Condition upon a reinstall.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

If the value was previously False and has changed to True, the installer installs the component. If the value was previously True and has changed to False, the installer removes the component even if the component has other products as clients.

1021 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Transparent [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Text Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1022 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Traverse [element Permission]

Description

For a directory, the right to traverse the directory.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

By default, users are assigned the BYPASS_TRAVERSE_CHECKING privilege, which ignores the FILE_TRAVERSE access right. Only valid under a 'CreateFolder' parent.

1023 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TrueType [element File]

Description

Causes an entry to be generated for the file in the Font table with no FontTitle specified.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute is intended to be used to register the file as a TrueType font.

1024 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element Column]

Description

The type of this column.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description binary Column contains a path to a file that will be inserted into the column as a binary object. If this value is set, the Category attribute must also be set with a value of 'Binary' to pass ICE validation. int Column contains an integer or datetime value (the MinValue and MaxValue attributes should also be set). string Column contains a non-localizable string value.

1025 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element ComponentSearch]

Description

Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description directory The key path of the component is a directory. file The key path of the component is a file. This is the default value.

1026 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element Configuration]

Description

Specifies the type of the data being changed.

Derived By

Type string

1027 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element Control]

Description

The type of the control.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Could be one of the following: Billboard, Bitmap, CheckBox, ComboBox, DirectoryCombo, DirectoryList, Edit, GroupBox, Icon, Line, ListBox, ListView, MaskedEdit, PathEdit, ProgressBar, PushButton, RadioButtonGroup, ScrollableText, SelectionTree, Text, VolumeCostList, VolumeSelectCombo

1028 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element IgnoreModularization]

Description

The type of the item to ignore modularization for.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description Action Property Directory

1029 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element IniFileSearch]

Description

Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description directory A directory location. file A file location. This is the default value. raw A raw .ini value.

1030 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element Registry]

Description

Set this attribute to the type of the desired registry key.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description string The value is interpreted and stored as a string (REG_SZ). integer The value is interpreted and stored as an integer (REG_DWORD). binary The value is interpreted and stored as a hexadecimal value (REG_BINARY). expandable The value is interpreted and stored as an expandable string (REG_EXPAND_SZ). multiString The value is interpreted and stored as a multiple strings (REG_MULTI_SZ). Please note that this value will only result in a multi-string value if there is more than one registry value or the Action attribute's value is 'append' or 'prepend'. Otherwise a string value will be created.

Remarks

This attribute must be specified whenever the Value attribute or a child RegistryValue element is specified. This attribute should only be set when the value of the Action attribute does not include the word 'remove'.

1031 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element RegistrySearch]

Description

The value must be 'file' if the last child is a FileSearch element and must be 'directory' if last child is a DirectorySearch element.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description directory Sets a directory path from the registry value. file Sets a file path from the registry value. raw Sets the raw value from the registry value. Please note that this value will contain a prefix as follows:

1032 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element RegistryValue]

Description

Set this attribute to the type of the desired registry key.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description string The value is interpreted and stored as a string (REG_SZ). integer The value is interpreted and stored as an integer (REG_DWORD). binary The value is interpreted and stored as a hexadecimal value (REG_BINARY). expandable The value is interpreted and stored as an expandable string (REG_EXPAND_SZ). multiString The value is interpreted and stored as a multiple strings (REG_MULTI_SZ). Please note that this value will only result in a multi-string value if there is more than one registry value or the Action attribute's value is 'append' or 'prepend'. Otherwise a string value will be created.

Remarks

This attribute must be specified whenever the Value attribute or a child RegistryValue element is specified. This attribute should only be set when the value of the Action attribute does not include the word 'remove'.

1033 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Type [element ServiceInstall]

Description

The Windows Installer does not currently support kernelDriver or systemDriver

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description ownProcess A Win32 service that runs its own process. shareProcess A Win32 service that shares a process. kernelDriver A kernel driver service. This value is not currently supported by the Windows Installer. systemDriver A file system driver service. This value is not currently supported by the Windows Installer.

1034 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: TypicalDefault [element Feature]

Description

This attribute determines the default advertise state of the feature.

Derived By

Restricting NMTOKEN

Enumeration

Value Description advertise Sets the feature to be advertised by setting the msidbFeatureAttributesFavorAdvertise attribute. This value cannot be set if the value of the AllowAdvertise attribute is 'no' since that would ask the installer to disallow the advertised state for this feature while at the same time favoring it. install Sets the feature to the default non-advertised installation option.

1035 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Underline [element TextStyle]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1036 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: UninstallWhenSuperseded [element Component]

Description

If this attribute is set to 'yes', the installer will uninstall the Component's files and registry keys when it is superseded by a patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This functionality is available in Windows Installer 4.5 and later.

1037 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: UpgradeCode [element Product]

Description

The upgrade code GUID for the product.

Derived By

Type Guid

1038 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: UpgradeCode [element Validate]

Description

Requires that the upgrade UpgradeCode match the target UpgradeCode.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The default is 'yes'.

1039 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: User [element Permission]

Derived By

Type string

1040 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: UserLanguage [element Control]

Description

This attribute is only valid for Text Controls.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1041 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Validation [element TargetImage]

Description

Product checking to avoid applying irrelevant transforms.

Derived By

Type string

1042 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element AssemblyName]

Description

Value associated with the name specified in the Name column.

Derived By

Type string

1043 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element ConfigurationData]

Description

Value to be passed to configurable merge module.

Derived By

Type string

1044 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies a string value to use in the custom action.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This attribute must be used with the Property attribute to set the property as part of a type 51 custom action or with the Directory attribute to set a directory path in that table in a type 35 custom action. The value can be a literal value or derived from a Property element using the Formatted syntax.

1045 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element CustomProperty]

Description

Value of the metadata property.

Derived By

Type string

1046 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element Environment]

Description

The value to set into the environment variable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

If this attribute is not set, the environment variable is removed during installation if it exists on the machine.

1047 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element FileTypeMask]

Description

If the result of the AND'ing of Mask with the bytes in the file is Value, the file is a match for this File Type.

Derived By

Type HexType

1048 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element IniFile]

Description

The localizable value to be written or deleted. This attribute must be set if the Action attribute's value is "addLine", "addTag", or "createLine".

Derived By

Type string

1049 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element ListItem]

Description

The value assigned to the associated ComboBox, ListBox, or ListView property if this item is selected.

Derived By

Type string

1050 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element PatchProperty]

Description

Value of the patch property.

Derived By

Type string

1051 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element Property]

Description

Sets a default value for the property. The value will be overwritten if the Property is used for a search.

Derived By

Type string

1052 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element Publish]

Description

If the Property attribute is specified, set the value of this attribute to the new value for the property.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

To set a property to null, do not set this attribute (the ControlEvent Argument column will be set to '{}'). Otherwise, this attribute's value should be the argument for the event specified in the Event attribute.

1053 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element RadioButton]

Description

Value assigned to the associated control Property when this radio button is selected.

Derived By

Type string

1054 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element Registry]

Description

Set this attribute to the localizable registry value. This value is formatted.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The Windows Installer allows several special values to be set for this attribute. You should not use them in WiX. Instead use appropriate values in the Type attribute to get the desired behavior. This attribute cannot be specified if the Action attribute's value contains the word 'remove'.

1055 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element RegistryValue]

Description

Set this attribute to the localizable registry value.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This value is formatted. The Windows Installer allows several special values to be set for this attribute. You should not use them in WiX. Instead use appropriate values in the Type attribute to get the desired behavior.

1056 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element SetDirectory]

Description

This attribute specifies a string value to assign to the Directory.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value can be a literal value or derived from a Property element using the Formatted syntax.

1057 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element SetProperty]

Description

This attribute specifies a string value to assign to the Property.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value can be a literal value or derived from a Property element using the Formatted syntax.

1058 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element Substitution]

Description

Provides a formatting template for the data being substituted into the target field specified by Table, Row, and Column.

Derived By

Type string

1059 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Value [element WixVariable]

Description

The value of the variable.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The value cannot be an empty string because that would make it possible to accidentally set a column to null.

1060 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: VBScriptCall [element CustomAction]

Description

This attribute specifies the name of the VBScript Subroutine to execute in a script.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

The script must be provided in a Binary element identified by the BinaryKey attribute described above. In other words, this attribute must be specified in conjunction with the BinaryKey attribute.

1061 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Version [element Class]

Description

Version for the CLSID.

Derived By

Type string

1062 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Version [element Module]

Description

The major and minor versions of the merge module.

Derived By

Type string

1063 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Version [element PatchFamily]

Description

Used to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

Specified in x.x.x.x format. See documentation for Sequence column of MsiPatchSequence table in MSI SDK.

1064 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Version [element Product]

Description

The product's version string.

Derived By

Type string

1065 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Versioned [element Interface]

Description

Determines whether a Typelib version entry should be created with the other COM Interface registry keys.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Default is 'yes'.

1066 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Vital [element File]

Description

If a file is vital, then installation cannot proceed unless the file is successfully installed.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

The user will have no option to ignore an error installing this file. If an error occurs, they can merely retry to install the file or abort the installation. The default is "yes," unless the -sfdvital switch (candle.exe) or SuppressFileDefaultVital property (.wixproj) is used.

1067 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Vital [element ServiceInstall]

Description

The overall install should fail if this service fails to install.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1068 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: VolumeLabel [element Family]

Description

Entered into the VolumeLabel field of the new Media table record.

Derived By

Type string

1069 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: VolumeLabel [element Media]

Description

The label attributed to the volume.

Derived By

Type string

Remarks

This is the volume label returned by the GetVolumeInformation function. If the SourceDir property refers to a removable (floppy or CD-ROM) volume, then this volume label is used to verify that the proper disk is in the drive before attempting to install files. The entry in this column must match the volume label of the physical media.

1070 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Wait [element ServiceControl]

Description

Specifies whether or not to wait for the service to complete before continuing.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1071 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: WholeFile [element UpgradeFile]

Description

Whether the whole file should be installed, rather than creating a binary patch.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1072 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: WholeFilesOnly [element PatchCreation]

Description

Use this to set whether changing files should be included in their entirety.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

See IncludeWholeFilesOnly for more information.

1073 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Width [element Column]

Description

Width of this column.

Derived By

Type integer

1074 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Width [element Control]

Description

Width of the rectangular boundary of the control.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number.

1075 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Width [element Dialog]

Description

The width of the dialog box in dialog units.

Derived By

Type integer

1076 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Width [element RadioButton]

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

1077 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Win64 [element Component]

Description

Set this attribute to 'yes' to mark this as a 64-bit component.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

This attribute facilitates the installation of packages that include both 32-bit and 64-bit components. If this bit is not set, the component is registered as a 32-bit component. If this is a 64-bit component replacing a 32-bit component, set this bit and assign a new GUID in the Guid attribute.

1078 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Win64 [element CustomAction]

Description

Specifies that a script custom action targets a 64-bit platform.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Valid only when used with the Script, VBScriptCall, and JScriptCall attributes.

1079 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Win64 [element RegistrySearch]

Description

Instructs the search to look in the 64-bit registry when the value is 'yes'.

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

Remarks

Default is 'no' and search looks in the 32-bit registry.

1080 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: WorkingDirectory [element Shortcut]

Description

Directory identifier (or Property identifier that resolves to a directory) that resolves to the path of the working directory for the shortcut.

Derived By

Type string

1081 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Write [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1082 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: WriteAttributes [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1083 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: WriteExtendedAttributes [element Permission]

Derived By

Type YesNoType

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1084 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: X [element Control]

Description

Horizontal coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangular boundary of the control.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number.

1085 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: X [element Dialog]

Description

Horizontal placement of the dialog box as a percentage of screen width.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The default value is 50.

1086 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: X [element RadioButton]

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

1087 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Y [element Control]

Description

Vertical coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangular boundary of the control.

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

Remarks

This must be a non-negative number.

1088 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Y [element Dialog]

Description

Vertical placement of the dialog box as a percentage of screen height.

Derived By

Type integer

Remarks

The default value is 50.

1089 WiX Database XML Schema

Attribute: Y [element RadioButton]

Derived By

Type LocalizableInteger

1090 WiX Database XML Schema

Complex Types: WiX Database

Complex Types

Name Description ActionModuleSequenceType ActionSequenceType

1091 WiX Database XML Schema

Complex Type: ActionModuleSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description After string The name of an action that this action should come after. Before string The name of an action that this action should come before. Overridable YesNoType If "yes", the sequencing of this action may be overridden by sequencing elsewhere. Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

1092 WiX Database XML Schema

Complex Type: ActionSequenceType

Attributes

Name Type Description Sequence integer A value used to indicate the position of this action in a sequence. Suppress YesNoType If yes, this action will not occur.

1093 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Types: WiX Database

Simple Types

Name Description AutogenGuid Values of this type will look like: "01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF" or "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}". ComponentGuid Values of this type will look like: "01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF" or "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", but also allows "PUT-GUID-HERE" for use in examples. It's also possible to have an empty value "". Guid Values of this type will look like: "01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF" or "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}". HexType This type supports any hexadecimal number. LocalizableInteger Values of this type must be an integer or the value can be a localization variable with the format !(loc.Variable) where "Variable" is the name of the variable. LongFileNameType Values of this type will look like: "Long File Name.extension". PatchClassificationType Category of update. RegistryRootType Values of this type represent possible registry roots. ShortFileNameType Values of this type will look like: "FileName.ext". VersionType Values of this type will look like: "x.x.x.x" where x is an integer from 0 to 65534. WildCardLongFileNameType Values of this type will look like: "Long File N?me.extension*". WildCardShortFileNameType Values of this type will look like: "File?.*". YesNoDefaultType Values of this type will either be "default", "yes", or "no". YesNoType Values of this type will either be "yes" or "no".

1094 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: AutogenGuid

Description

Values of this type will look like: "01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF" or "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}".

Remarks

A GUID can be auto-generated by setting the value to "*". Also allows "PUT-GUID-HERE" for use in examples.

1095 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: ComponentGuid

Description

Values of this type will look like: "01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF" or "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", but also allows "PUT-GUID-HERE" for use in examples. It's also possible to have an empty value "".

1096 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: Guid

Description

Values of this type will look like: "01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF" or "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}".

Remarks

Also allows "PUT-GUID-HERE" for use in examples.

1097 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: HexType

Description

This type supports any hexadecimal number.

Remarks

Both upper and lower case is acceptable for letters appearing in the number. This type also includes the empty string: "".

1098 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: LocalizableInteger

Description

Values of this type must be an integer or the value can be a localization variable with the format !(loc.Variable) where "Variable" is the name of the variable.

1099 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: LongFileNameType

Description

Values of this type will look like: "Long File Name.extension".

Remarks

Legal long names contain no more than 260 characters and must contain at least one non-period character. The following characters are not allowed: \ ? | > : / * " or less-than. The name must be shorter than 260 characters. The value could also be a localization variable with the format !(loc.VARIABLE).

1100 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: PatchClassificationType

Description

Category of update.

Enumeration

Value Description Critical Update A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a critical, non-security related bug. Hotfix Hotfixes address a specific customer situation and generally should not be distributed outside the customer's organization. Security Rollup A broadly released fix for a specific security-related related vulnerability. Service Pack A cumulative set of all hotfixes, security rollups, critical updates, and updates, as well as additional fixes and even new features found since the release of the product. Update A broadly released fix for a specific problem addressing a non-critical, non-security related bug. Update Rollup A cumulative set of hotfixes, security rollups, critical updates, and updates packaged together which typically targets a specific area of a product.

1101 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: RegistryRootType

Description

Values of this type represent possible registry roots.

Enumeration

Value Description HKMU A per-user installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. A per-machine installation will make the operation occur under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKCR Operation occurs under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. When using Windows 2000 or later, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during per-user installations. When using Windows 2000 or later operating systems, the installer writes or removes the value from the HKLM\Software\Classes hive during per-machine installations. HKCU Operation occurs under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It is recommended to set the KeyPath='yes' attribute when setting this value for writing values in order to ensure that the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are multiple users on the same computer. HKLM Operation occurs under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. HKU Operation occurs under HKEY_USERS.

1102 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: ShortFileNameType

Description

Values of this type will look like: "FileName.ext".

Remarks

Only one period is allowed. The following characters are not allowed: \ ? | > : / * " + , ; = [ ] less-than, or whitespace. The name cannot be longer than 8 characters and the extension cannot exceed 3 characters. The value could also be a localization variable with the format !(loc.VARIABLE).

1103 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: VersionType

Description

Values of this type will look like: "x.x.x.x" where x is an integer from 0 to 65534.

1104 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: WildCardLongFileNameType

Description

Values of this type will look like: "Long File N?me.extension*".

Remarks

Legal long names contain no more than 260 characters and must contain at least one non-period character. The following characters are not allowed: \ | > : / " or less-than. The name must be shorter than 260 characters. The value could also be a localization variable with the format !(loc.VARIABLE).

1105 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: WildCardShortFileNameType

Description

Values of this type will look like: "File?.*".

Remarks

Only one period is allowed. The following characters are not allowed: \ | > : / " + , ; = [ ] less-than, or whitespace. The name cannot be longer than 8 characters and the extension cannot exceed 3 characters. The value could also be a localization variable with the format !(loc.VARIABLE).

1106 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: YesNoDefaultType

Description

Values of this type will either be "default", "yes", or "no".

Enumeration

Value Description default no yes

1107 WiX Database XML Schema

Simple Type: YesNoType

Description

Values of this type will either be "yes" or "no".

Enumeration

Value Description no yes

1108 Index

A Absent 304 Account 305 Action 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314 ActionModuleSequenceType 1092 ActionSequenceType 1093 ActivateAtStorage 315 Admin 316 AdminExecuteSequence 30 AdminImage 317, 318 AdminUISequence 31 Advertise 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325 AdvertiseExecuteSequence 32 After 326, 327, 328, 329 AllocateRegistrySpace 33 AllowAdvertise 330 AllowIgnoreOnError 331 AllowMajorVersionMismatches 332 AllowProductCodeMismatches 333 AllowRemoval 334, 335 ApiPatchingSymbolNoFailuresFlag 336 ApiPatchingSymbolNoImagehlpFlag 337 ApiPatchingSymbolUndecoratedTooFlag 338 AppData 34, 339 AppId 35, 341 AppSearch 36 Append 340 Argument 342, 343 Arguments 344, 345 Assembly 346 AssemblyApplication 347 AssemblyManifest 348 AssemblyName 37 AssignToProperty 349, 350 Attribute 351 Attributes 276 AutogenGuid 1095 B Before 352, 353, 354, 355 Billboard 38 BillboardAction 39 Binary 40 BinaryKey 356 BinaryRef 41 BinarySource 357 BindImage 42 BindPath 358 Bitmap 359, 360 Blue 361 Bold 362 C CCPSearch 44 CDROM 366 Cabinet 363 Cancel 364 Category 43, 365 ChangePermission 367 CheckBoxValue 368 Checksum 369 Class 45, 370 Classification 371, 372 CleanWorkingFolder 373 ClientPatchId 374 Codepage 375, 376, 377, 378 Column 47, 379, 380 ComPlusFlags 390 ComboBox 48 ComboList 381 Command 382 CommandLine 383 Comments 384, 385 CompanionFile 386 Company 387, 388 Complex Types 1091 ComplianceCheck 49, 389 ComplianceDrive 50 Component 51 ComponentGroup 54 ComponentGroupRef 55 ComponentGuid 1096 ComponentGuidGenerationSeed 391 ComponentRef 56 ComponentSearch 57 Compressed 392, 393, 394 CompressionLevel 395 Condition 58 ConfigurableDirectory 396 Configuration 59 ConfigurationData 60 ContentType 397, 398 Context 399 ContextData 400 Control 61, 401, 402, 403 CopyFile 64 Cost 404 CostFinalize 66 CostInitialize 67 CreateChild 405 CreateFile 406 CreateFolder 68 CreateFolders 69 CreateLink 407 CreateShortcuts 70 CreateSubkeys 408 CreationTimeUTC 409 Custom 71 CustomAction 72 CustomActionRef 74 CustomPalette 410 CustomProperty 75 CustomTable 76 D Data 77 Default 411, 412 DefaultLanguage 413 DefaultSize 414 DefaultValue 415 DefaultVersion 416 Delete 417, 418 DeleteChild 419 DeleteServices 78 Dependency 79, 420 Depth 421 Description 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434 DescriptionResourceDll 435 DescriptionResourceId 436 DestinationDirectory 437 DestinationLongName 438 DestinationName 439 DestinationProperty 440 DestinationShortName 441 Dialog 80, 442, 443 DialogRef 81 DigitalCertificate 82 DigitalSignature 83 Directory 84, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451 DirectoryRef 85 DirectorySearch 86 DirectorySearchRef 87 DisableRegistryReflection 453 DisableRollback 88 Disabled 452 DiskId 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459 DiskPrompt 460, 461 Display 462 DisplayName 463, 464, 465, 466 DisplayResourceDll 467 DisplayResourceId 468 DllEntry 469 DllSurrogate 470 Domain 471 DriverName 472 DuplicateFiles 89 E Elements 22 ElevationShield 473 EmbedCab 474 EmbeddedChainer 90 EmbeddedChainerRef 91 EmbeddedUI 92 EmbeddedUIResource 94 EnsureTable 95 EnumerateSubkeys 475 Environment 96 EraseDescription 476 Error 97, 477 ErrorControl 478 ErrorDialog 479 Event 480, 481 ExcludeExceptLanguage 485 ExcludeLanguage 486 ExcludeLanguages 487 ExcludedId 482 ExcludedMaxVersion 483 ExcludedMinVersion 484 Exclusion 98 ExeCommand 488 Execute 489, 490 ExecuteAction 99 Extension 100 ExternalFile 101 F FaceName 491 Family 102 Feature 103, 492, 493, 494 FeatureGroup 105 FeatureGroupRef 106 FeatureRef 107 Field 495 File 108, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500 FileCompression 501 FileCost 110 FileId 502 FileKey 503 FileSearch 111 FileSearchRef 112 FileSource 504, 505, 506 FileTypeMask 113 FindRelatedProducts 114 Fixed 507 FixedSize 508 Floppy 509 FontTitle 510 ForceReboot 115 Format 511 FormatSize 512 Fragment 116 G GenericAll 513 GenericExecute 514 GenericRead 515 GenericWrite 516 Green 517 Group 518 Guid 519, 520, 521, 1097 H Handler 522 HasBorder 523 HasDiskImage 524 Height 525, 526, 527 Help 528, 529 HelpDirectory 530 HelpKeyword 531 HelpLocation 532 HexType 1098 Hidden 533, 534, 535, 536, 537 HideTarget 538 Hotkey 539 I Icon 118, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545 IconIndex 546, 547, 548 IconRef 119 IconSize 549 Id 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645 Ignore 646 IgnoreActionData 647 IgnoreActionStart 648 IgnoreAddExistingRow 649 IgnoreAddExistingTable 650 IgnoreChangingCodePage 651 IgnoreCommonData 652 IgnoreDeleteMissingRow 653 IgnoreDeleteMissingTable 654 IgnoreError 655 IgnoreFatalExit 656 IgnoreFilesInUse 657 IgnoreInfo 658 IgnoreInitialize 659 IgnoreMissingFiles 660 IgnoreModularization 120 IgnoreOutOfDiskSpace 661 IgnoreParent 662, 663 IgnoreProgress 664 IgnoreRMFilesInUse 667 IgnoreRange 121 IgnoreRemoveFailure 665 IgnoreResolveSource 666 IgnoreShowDialog 668 IgnoreTable 122 IgnoreTerminate 669 IgnoreUpdateMissingRow 670 IgnoreUser 671 IgnoreWarning 672 Image 673 Impersonate 674 Include 123 IncludeMaximum 675 IncludeMinimum 676 Indirect 677 IniFile 124 IniFileSearch 125 Insertable 678 InstallAdminPackage 126 InstallDefault 679 InstallExecute 127 InstallExecuteAgain 128 InstallExecuteSequence 129 InstallFiles 133 InstallFinalize 134 InstallInitialize 135 InstallODBC 136 InstallPrivileges 681 InstallScope 682 InstallServices 137 InstallUISequence 138 InstallValidate 139 InstallerVersion 680 Instance 140 InstanceTransforms 141 Integer 683 Interactive 684 Interface 142 IsolateComponent 143 IsolateComponents 144 Italic 685 J JScriptCall 686 K KeepModeless 687 Key 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695 KeyColumn 696 KeyNoOrphan 697 KeyPath 698, 699, 700, 701, 702 KeyTable 703 Keywords 704, 705 L Language 706, 707, 708, 709, 710 Languages 711, 712, 713 LaunchConditions 145 Layout 714 LeftScroll 715, 716 Length 717, 718 Level 719, 720 ListBox 146 ListItem 147 ListView 148 LoadOrderGroup 721 LocalService 723 Localizable 722 LocalizableInteger 1099 Location 724 LongFileNameType 1100 LongName 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731 LongSource 732 M MIME 153 MajorVersion 733 Manufacturer 734, 735, 736, 737 ManufacturerName 738 Mask 739 MaxDate 740 MaxSize 742 MaxValue 743 MaxVersion 744 Maximum 741 Media 149 MediaSrcProp 745 Merge 150 MergeRef 151 Message 746 MigrateFeatureStates 152 MigrateFeatures 747 MinDate 748 MinSize 753 MinValue 754 MinVersion 755 Minimum 749 MinorUpdateTargetRTM 750, 751 MinorVersion 752 Modeless 756 Modularize 757 Module 154 MoreInfoURL 758, 759 MoveFiles 156 MsiPublishAssemblies 157 MsiUnpublishAssemblies 158 MultiStringValue 159 Multiline 760 N Name 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787 NeverOverwrite 788 NoMinimize 789 NoOpen 791 NoPrefix 792 NoWrap 794 NonNullable 790 Notify 793 Nullable 795 NumMethods 796 O ODBCDataSource 160 ODBCDriver 161 ODBCTranslator 162 Offset 797, 798, 799 On 800, 801 OnExit 802, 803 OnlyDetect 804 OptimizeCustomActions 163 OptimizePatchSizeForLargeFiles 807 OptimizedInstallMode 805, 806 Order 808, 809, 810 OutputPath 811 Overridable 812, 813, 814, 815 P Package 164 Parent 816 Part 817 Password 818, 819 Patch 165 PatchAllowIgnoreOnError 820 PatchBaseline 167 PatchCertificates 168 PatchClassificationType 1101 PatchCreation 169 PatchFamily 171, 821 PatchFamilyRef 172 PatchFiles 173 PatchGroup 822 PatchIgnore 823 PatchInformation 174 PatchMetadata 175 PatchProperty 176 PatchSequence 177 PatchUninstall 824 PatchWholeFile 825 Path 826, 827, 828 Permanent 829, 830 Permission 178 Platform 831 Platforms 832, 833 Primary 834, 835, 836, 837 PrimaryKey 838 ProcessComponents 180 ProcessorArchitecture 839 Product 181 ProductCode 840, 841, 842 ProductId 843 ProductLanguage 844 ProductName 845 ProductVersion 846 ProductVersionOperator 847 ProgId 183 Programmable 848 ProgressBlocks 849 ProgressText 184 Property 185, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861 PropertyRef 186 PropertySource 862 ProtectFile 187 ProtectRange 188 ProxyStubClassId 863 ProxyStubClassId32 864 Publish 189 PublishComponents 190 PublishFeatures 191 PublishProduct 192 PushLike 865 Q Qualifier 866 R RAMDisk 867 RMCCPSearch 225 RadioButton 193 RadioButtonGroup 194 Read 868 ReadAttributes 869 ReadExtendedAttributes 870 ReadOnly 871, 872, 873 ReadPermission 874 Red 875 RegisterClassInfo 195 RegisterComPlus 196 RegisterExtensionInfo 197 RegisterFonts 198 RegisterMIMEInfo 199 RegisterProduct 200 RegisterProgIdInfo 201 RegisterTypeLibraries 202 RegisterUser 203 Registration 876 Registry 204 RegistryKey 205 RegistryRootType 1102 RegistrySearch 206 RegistrySearchRef 207 RegistryValue 208 RelativePath 877 Remote 878 RemoteServerName 879 Removable 880 Remove 881 RemoveDuplicateFiles 209 RemoveEnvironmentStrings 210 RemoveExistingProducts 211 RemoveFeatures 882 RemoveFile 212 RemoveFiles 213 RemoveFolder 214 RemoveFolders 215 RemoveIniValues 216 RemoveODBC 217 RemoveRegistryKey 218 RemoveRegistryValue 219 RemoveRegistryValues 220 RemoveShortcuts 221 ReplacePatch 222 RequiredId 883 RequiredLanguage 884 RequiredVersion 885, 886 ReserveCost 223 ResolveSource 224 ResourceId 887 Restricted 888 Return 889 RightAligned 890, 891 RightToLeft 892, 893 Root 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899 Row 226, 900 RunAsInteractiveUser 901 RunFromSource 902 RunLocal 903 S SFPCatalog 237 SFPFile 238 SafeForInitializing 904 SafeForScripting 905 ScheduleReboot 227 Script 906 Section 907, 908 Secure 909 SelfRegCost 910 SelfRegModules 228 SelfUnregModules 229 Separator 911 Sequence 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919 SequenceStart 920 Server 921 ServiceArgument 230 ServiceControl 231 ServiceDependency 232 ServiceInstall 233 ServiceParameters 922 Set 923 SetDirectory 234 SetODBCFolders 235 SetProperty 236 SetupFile 924, 925 Shared 926, 927 SharedDllRefCount 928 ShortFileNameType 1103 ShortName 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935 ShortNames 936, 937 ShortPath 938 ShortSourceName 939 Shortcut 239 Show 240, 940 ShowRollbackCost 941 Simple Types 1094 Size 942 SkipAssignment 943 SkipDeferred 944 SkipImmediate 945 Sorted 946 Source 947, 948, 949 SourceDirectory 950 SourceFile 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961 SourceList 962 SourceName 963, 964 SourcePatch 965 SourceProperty 966 src 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977 srcPatch 978 Start 979, 980 StartServices 241 Stop 981 StopServices 242 Strike 982 Subscribe 243 Substitution 244 SummaryCodepage 983, 984 Sunken 985 Supersede 986, 987 SupportBasicUI 988 Suppress 989, 990 SuppressModularization 991, 992, 993 SymbolFlags 994 SymbolPath 245 Synchronize 995 System 996, 997 SystemModal 998 T TabSkip 1000 Table 999 TakeOwnership 1001 Target 1002, 1003, 1004 TargetFile 246, 1005 TargetImage 247, 1006 TargetProductCode 248 TargetProductName 1007, 1008 TargetProperty 1009 Template 1010 TerminalServerAware 1011 Text 249, 1012, 1013, 1014 TextStyle 250 ThreadingModel 1015 Title 1016, 1017 ToolTip 1018, 1019 TrackDiskSpace 1020 Transitive 1021 Transparent 1022 Traverse 1023 TrueType 1024 Type 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034 TypeLib 251 TypicalDefault 1035 U UI 252 UIRef 253 UIText 254 Underline 1036 UninstallWhenSuperseded 1037 UnpublishComponents 255 UnpublishFeatures 256 UnregisterClassInfo 257 UnregisterComPlus 258 UnregisterExtensionInfo 259 UnregisterFonts 260 UnregisterMIMEInfo 261 UnregisterProgIdInfo 262 UnregisterTypeLibraries 263 Upgrade 264 UpgradeCode 1038, 1039 UpgradeFile 265 UpgradeImage 266 UpgradeVersion 267 User 1040 UserLanguage 1041 V VBScriptCall 1061 Validate 268 ValidateProductID 269 Validation 1042 Value 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060 Verb 270 Version 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065 VersionType 1104 Versioned 1066 Vital 1067, 1068 VolumeLabel 1069, 1070 W Wait 1071 WholeFile 1072 WholeFilesOnly 1073 WiX Database XML Schema 21 Width 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077 WildCardLongFileNameType 1105 WildCardShortFileNameType 1106 Win64 1078, 1079, 1080 Wix 271 WixVariable 272 WorkingDirectory 1081 Write 1082 WriteAttributes 1083 WriteEnvironmentStrings 273 WriteExtendedAttributes 1084 WriteIniValues 274 WriteRegistryValues 275 X X 1085, 1086, 1087 Y Y 1088, 1089, 1090 YesNoDefaultType 1107 YesNoType 1108