XmlConfig Element

Description

Adds or removes .xml file entries. If you use the XmlConfig element you must link with wixca.wixlib because it requires the XmlConfig custom actions.

Windows Installer references

None

Parents

Component, XmlConfig

Inner Text (xs:string)

This element may have inner text.

Children

Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String	Identifier for xml file modification.	Yes
Action	Enumeration	This attribute's value should be one of the following: create delete
ElementPath	String	The XPath of the parent element being modified. Note that this is a formatted field and therefore, square brackets in the XPath must be escaped. ElementPath can also be set to the Id of another XmlConfig. In this case, the 'Action' 'Node' and 'On' attributes must be left unspecified.	Yes
File	String	Path of the .xml file to configure.	Yes
Name	String	Name of XML node to set/add to the specified element. Not setting this attribute causes the element's text value to be set. Otherwise this specified the attribute name that is set.
Node	Enumeration	This attribute's value should be one of the following: element value document
On	Enumeration	This attribute's value should be one of the following: install uninstall
Sequence	Integer	Specifies the order in which the modification is to be attempted on the XML file. It is important to ensure that new elements are created before you attempt to add an attribute to them.
Value	String	The value to be written. See the Formatted topic for information about how to escape square brackets in the value.
VerifyPath	String	The XPath to the element being modified. This is required for 'delete' actions. For 'create' actions, VerifyPath is used to decide if the element already exists.

See Also

Wix Schema