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Version: v3

PatchFamily Element

Description
Collection of items that should be kept from the differences between two products.
Windows Installer references
None
Parents
Fragment, Patch, PatchFamilyGroup
Inner Text
None
Children
Sequence (min: 1, max: 1)
  1. Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)
Attributes
NameTypeDescriptionRequired
IdStringIdentifier which indicates a sequence family to which this patch belongs.Yes
ProductCodeGuid Specifies the ProductCode of the product that this family applies to.  
SupersedeYesNoType Set this value to 'yes' to indicate that this patch will supersede all previous patches in this patch family. The default value is 'no'.  
VersionStringUsed to populate the sequence column of the MsiPatchSequence table in the final MSP file. Specified in x.x.x.x format. See documentation for Sequence column of MsiPatchSequence table in MSI SDK.Yes
See Also
Wix Schema