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ExePackagePayload element

Describes information about the ExePackage payload. Cannot be specified if the owning ExePackage specified any of SourceFile, Name, DownloadUrl, or Compressed.

Parents

ExePackage, PayloadGroup

Attributes

CertificatePublicKey (String) : Optional public key of the certificate used to sign the payload. It is not recommended to use this attribute and rely on the Hash alone.

CertificateThumbprint (String) : Optional thumbprint of the certificate used to sign the payload. It is not recommended to use this attribute and rely on the Hash alone.

Compressed (YesNoDefaultTypeUnion) : Whether the package payload should be embedded in a container or left as an external payload.

Description (String) : Description of the file from version resources. If Hash is not specified, must not be specified.

DownloadUrl (String) : The URL to use to download the package. The following substitutions are supported:

  • {0} is replaced by the package Id.
  • {1} is replaced by the payload Id.
  • {2} is replaced by the payload file name.

Hash (HexType) : SHA-512 hash of the RemotePayload. If SourceFile is specified, must not be specified. If specified then Name, DownloadUrl, and Size are required.

Id (String) : The identifier of the package payload element.

Name (String) : The destination path and file name for this chain payload. Use this attribute to rename the chain entry point or extract it into a subfolder. The default value is the file name from the SourceFile attribute. At a minimum, the Name or SourceFile attribute must be specified. This must be a relative path ('\foo' or 'C:\foo' is not allowed).

ProductName (String) : Product name of the file from version resouces. If Hash is not specified, must not be specified.

Size (Integer) : Size of the remote file in bytes. Required if Hash is specified, otherwise must not be specified.

SourceFile (String) : Location of the package to add to the bundle. The default value is the Name attribute, if provided. If Hash is specified, must not be specified.

Version (WixVersionType) : Version of the remote file. If Hash is not specified, must not be specified.

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