ProgId Element

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Description

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

Windows Installer references

ProgId Table, Class Table, Registry Table, Icon Table

Parents

Class, Component, ProgId

Inner Text

None

Children

Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)

ProgId (min: 0, max: unbounded): The version-independent ProgId must be the first child element of actual ProgId. Nesting other ProgId elements within the Version-independent ProgId will create COM+ aliases, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305745 for more information.
Extension (min: 0, max: unbounded): Extensions that refer to this ProgId

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String		Yes
Advertise	YesNoType
Description	String
Icon	String	For an advertised ProgId, the Id of an Icon element. For a non-advertised ProgId, this is the Id of a file containing an icon resource.
IconIndex	Integer
NoOpen	String	Specifies that the associated ProgId should not be opened by users. The value is presented as a warning to users. An empty string is also valid for this attribute.

See Also

Wix Schema

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