Product Element

Windows Installer XML

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Product Element

Description

The Product element is analogous to the main function in a C program. When linking, only one Product section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates an msi 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)
- ComplianceCheck (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Component (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- ComponentGroup (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Condition (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- CustomAction (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- CustomActionRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- CustomTable (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)
- Feature (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- FeatureGroupRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- FeatureRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Icon (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- InstanceTransforms (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- LayoutDirectory (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- LayoutDirectoryRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- MajorUpgrade (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Media (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- PackageCertificates (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- PatchCertificates (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)
- SymbolPath (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- UI (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- UIRef (min: 0, max: unbounded)
- Upgrade (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
  - LayoutDirectory
  - LayoutDirectoryRef
  - MajorUpgrade
  - SqlDatabase
  - UnitTestRef
  - User
  - WebApplication
  - WebAppPool
  - WebDirProperties
  - WebLog
  - WebSite

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	AutogenGuid	The product code GUID for the product.	Yes
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.	Yes
Manufacturer	String	The manufacturer of the product.	Yes
Name	String	The descriptive name of the product.	Yes
UpgradeCode	Guid	The upgrade code GUID for the product.
Version	String	The product's version string.	Yes
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.

Remarks

You can specify any valid Windows code 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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