Module Element

WiX

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Module Element

Description

The Module element is analogous to the main function in a C program. When linking, only one Module section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates an msm file.

Windows Installer references

None

Parents

Wix

Inner Text

None

Children

Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)

Package (min: 1, max: 1)
Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- AppId (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Binary (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Component (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- ComponentGroupRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- ComponentRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Configuration (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- CustomAction (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- CustomActionRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- CustomTable (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Dependency (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Directory (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- DirectoryRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- EmbeddedChainer (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- EmbeddedChainerRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- EnsureTable (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Exclusion (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Icon (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- IgnoreModularization (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- IgnoreTable (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Property (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- PropertyRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- SetDirectory (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- SetProperty (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- SFPCatalog (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Substitution (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- UI (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- UIRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- WixVariable (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)
  1. InstallExecuteSequence (min: 0, max: 1)
  2. InstallUISequence (min: 0, max: 1)
  3. AdminExecuteSequence (min: 0, max: 1)
  4. AdminUISequence (min: 0, max: 1)
  5. AdvertiseExecuteSequence (min: 0, max: 1)
- 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.
  - CloseApplication
  - ComPlusApplication
  - ComPlusApplicationRole
  - ComPlusPartition
  - ComPlusPartitionRole
  - Group
  - HelpCollectionRef
  - HelpFilter
  - Requires
  - RestartResource
  - SqlDatabase
  - User
  - WebApplication
  - WebAppPool
  - WebDirProperties
  - WebLog
  - WebSite

Attributes

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

Remarks

You can specify any valid Windows code by by integer like 1252, or by web name like Windows-1252. See Code Pages for more information.

See Also

Wix Schema

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