Element: Directory

Description

Directory layout for the product.

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name	Type	Description
Id	string	This value is the unique identifier of the directory entry.
ComponentGuidGenerationSeed	Guid	The Component Guid Generation Seed is a guid that must be used when a Component with the generate guid directive ("*") is not rooted in a standard Windows Installer directory (for example, ProgramFilesFolder or CommonFilesFolder, etc).
DiskId	integer	Sets the default disk identifier for the files contained in this directory.
FileSource	string	Used to set the file system source for this directory's child elements.
LongName	LongFileNameType
LongSource	LongFileNameType
Name	LongFileNameType	The name of the directory.
ShortName	ShortFileNameType	The short name of the directory in 8.3 format.
ShortSourceName	ShortFileNameType	The short name of the directory on the source media in 8.3 format.
SourceName	LongFileNameType	The name of the directory on the source media.
src	string

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component	Type	Description
any		Allow any element from the ##other namespace.
Component	anyType (restriction)	Component for parent Directory
Directory	anyType (restriction)	Directory layout for the product.
Merge	anyType (restriction)	Merge directive to bring in a merge module that will be redirected to the parent directory.
SymbolPath	anyType (restriction)	A path to symbols.

Remarks

Also specifies the mappings between source and target directories.

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