PatchCreation Element

Description

The PatchCreation element is analogous to the main function in a C program. When linking, only one PatchCreation section can be given to the linker to produce a successful result. Using this element creates a pcp file.

Windows Installer references

None

Parents

Wix

Inner Text

None

Children

Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)

1. PatchInformation (min: 1, max: 1)
2. PatchMetadata (min: 0, max: 1)
3. Family (min: 1, max: unbounded)
4. Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)
   • PatchProperty (min: 0, max: unbounded)
   • PatchSequence (min: 0, max: unbounded)
   • ReplacePatch (min: 0, max: unbounded)
   • TargetProductCode (min: 0, max: unbounded)

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	Guid	PatchCreation identifier; this is the primary key for identifying patches.	Yes
AllowMajorVersionMismatches	YesNoType	Use this to set whether the major versions between the upgrade and target images match. See AllowProductVersionMajorMismatches for more information.
AllowProductCodeMismatches	YesNoType	Use this to set whether the product code between the upgrade and target images match. See AllowProductCodeMismatches for more information.
CleanWorkingFolder	YesNoType	Use this to set whether Patchwiz should clean the temp folder when finished. See DontRemoveTempFolderWhenFinished for more information.
Codepage	String	The code page integer value or web name for the resulting PCP. See remarks for more information.
OutputPath	String	The full path, including file name, of the patch package file that is to be generated. See PatchOutputPath for more information.
SourceList	String	Used to locate the .msp file for the patch if the cached copy is unavailable. See PatchSourceList for more information.
SymbolFlags	Int	An 8-digit hex integer representing the combination of patch symbol usage flags to use when creating a binary file patch. See ApiPatchingSymbolFlags for more information.
WholeFilesOnly	YesNoType	Use this to set whether changing files should be included in their entirety. See IncludeWholeFilesOnly for more information.

Remarks

You can specify any valid Windows code by by integer like 1252, or by web name like Windows-1252. See Code Pages for more information.

See Also

Wix Schema