Package Element

Description

Properties about the package 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

Module, Product

Inner Text

None

Children

None

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	Autogenuuid	Package code GUID for SKU.	Yes
AdminImage	YesNoType	Set to 'yes' if the source is an admin image.
Comments	String	Optional comments for browsing.
Compressed	YesNoType	Set to 'yes' to have compressed files in the source.
Description	String	The product full name or description.
InstallerVersion	Integer	The minimum installer version (major*100 + minor).
InstallPrivileges	Enumeration	Use this attribute to specify the priviliges required to install the package on Windows Vista and above. This attribute's value must be one of the following: limited Set this value to declare that the package does not require elevated privileges to install. elevated Set this value to declare that the package requires elevated privileges to install. This is the default value.
Keywords	String	Optional keywords for browsing.
Languages	String	The list of language IDs (LCIDs) supported in the package.
Manufacturer	String	The vendor releasing the package.
Platforms	String	The list of platforms supported in the 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	Set to 'yes' to have short filenames in the source.
SummaryCodepage	LocalizableInteger	The codepage for summary info strings only. The language neutral codepage, zero, is not a valid value.

See Also

Wix Schema