PatchInformation Element

Windows Installer XML (WiX) v3.0

PatchInformation Element

Description
Properties about the patch to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. These are visible from COM through the IStream interface, and these properties can be seen on the package in Explorer.
Windows Installer references
None
Parents
PatchCreation
Inner Text
None
Children
None
Attributes
Name Type Description Required
AdminImage YesNoType Source is an admin image  
Comments String Optional comments for browsing  
Compressed YesNoType Compressed files on source  
Description String Product full name or description  
Keywords String Optional keywords for browsing  
Languages String List of language IDs supported in package  
Manufacturer String Vendor releasing the package  
Platforms String List of platforms supported in package  
ReadOnly YesNoDefaultType The value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only. 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.  
ShortNames YesNoType Short filenames on source  
SummaryCodepage String The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only. See remarks for more information.  
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