IniFileSearch element

Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property

Attributes

Field

Integer

The field in the .ini line. If field is Null or 0, the entire line is read.

Id

string required

External key into the Signature table.

Key

string required

The key value within the section.

Name

LongFileNameType required

In prior versions of the WiX toolset, this attribute specified the short name. This attribute’s value may now be either a short or long name. If a short name is specified, the ShortName attribute may not be specified. Also, if this value is a long name, the ShortName attribute may be omitted to allow WiX to attempt to generate a unique short name. However, if you wish to manually specify the short name, then the ShortName attribute may be specified.

Section

string required

The localizable .ini file section.

ShortName

ShortFileNameType

The short name of the file in 8.3 format. This attribute should only be set if the user wants to manually specify the short name.

Type

Must be file if last child is FileSearch element and must be directory if last child is DirectorySearch element. This attribute’s value must be one of the following:

• directory: A directory location.
• file: A file location. This is the default value.
• raw: A raw .ini value.

Children

DirectorySearch

DirectorySearchRef

FileSearch

FileSearchRef

Parents

ComplianceCheck

Property

See also

ComponentSearch, RegistrySearch

Windows Installer references

IniLocator Table

Signature Table