DirectoryRef Element

From WiX

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Description

Create a reference to a Directory element in another Fragment.

Windows Installer references

None

Parents

Fragment, Module, PatchFamily, Product

Inner Text

None

Children

Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)

Component (min: 0, max: unbounded)
Directory (min: 0, max: unbounded)
Merge (min: 0, max: unbounded)
Any Element (namespace='##other' processContents='Lax') Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema. Schema extensions can register additional elements at this point in the schema.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String	The identifier of the Directory element to reference.	Yes
DiskId	DiskIdType	Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory. This attribute's value may be overridden by a child Component, Directory, Merge or File element. See the File or Merge elements' DiskId attribute for more information.
FileSource	String	Used to set the file system source for this DirectoryRef's child elements. For more information, see Specifying source files.
src	String	This attribute has been deprecated; please use the FileSource attribute instead.
Any Attribute (namespace='##other' processContents='lax') Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema. Schema extensions can register additional attributes at this point in the schema.

How Tos and Examples

See Also

Wix Schema, Directory

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