WiX Database XML Schema

Element: IniFileSearch

Description

Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property

Derived By

Restricting anyType

Attributes

Name  Type  Description 
Id  string  External key into the Signature table.
Field  integer  The field in the .ini line. If field is Null or 0, the entire line is read.
Key  string  The key value within the section.
LongName  LongFileNameType   
Name  LongFileNameType  In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute's value may now be either a short or long name.
Section  string  The localizable .ini file section.
ShortName  ShortFileNameType  The short name of the file in 8.3 format.
Type  NMTOKEN (restriction)  Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element.

Content Model

Contains elements as defined in the following table.

Component  Type  Description 
DirectorySearch  anyType (restriction)  Searches for directory and assigns to value of parent Property.
DirectorySearchRef  anyType (restriction)  References an existing DirectorySearch element.
FileSearch  anyType (restriction)  Searches for file and assigns to fullpath value of parent Property
FileSearchRef  anyType (restriction)  References an existing FileSearch element.