Variable element
Describes a burn engine variable to define.
Parents
Attributes
Hidden (YesNoTypeUnion) : Whether the value of the variable should be hidden.
Name (String, required) : The name for the variable.
Overridable (wxs:YesNoTypeUnion, from extension namespace http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/bal) : When set to "yes", lets the user override the variable's default value by specifying another value on the command line, in the form Variable=Value. Otherwise, WixStdBA won't overwrite the default value and will log "Ignoring attempt to set non-overridable variable: 'BAR'."
Persisted (YesNoTypeUnion) : Whether the variable should be persisted.
Type (enumeration) : Type of the variable, inferred from the value if not specified. This attribute's value must be one of the following:
- string: A literal string.
- formatted: A string that may contain Variables.
- numeric
- version
Value (String) : Starting value for the variable.