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Version: v3

RollbackBoundary Element

Description
Describes a rollback boundary in the chain.
Windows Installer references
None
Parents
Chain, PackageGroup
Inner Text
None
Children
Choice of elements (min: 0, max: unbounded)
  • Any Element (namespace='##other' processContents='Lax') Extensibility point in the WiX XML Schema. Schema extensions can register additional elements at this point in the schema. The extension's
    CompilerExtension.ParseElement()
    method will be called with the rollback boundary identifier as the 'RollbackBoundaryId' key in contextValues.
Attributes
NameTypeDescriptionRequired
IdString Identifier for this rollback boundary, for ordering and cross-referencing. If this attribute is not provided a stable identifier will be generated.  
VitalYesNoType Specifies whether the rollback boundary aborts the chain. The default "yes" indicates that if the rollback boundary is encountered then the chain will fail and rollback or stop. If "no" is specified then the chain should continue successfuly at the next rollback boundary.  
See Also
Wix Schema