PatchInformation element
Properties about the patch to be placed in the Summary Information Stream. These are visible from COM through the IStream interface, and these properties can be seen on the package in Explorer.
Attributes
AdminImage
yesnoDeprecated
Comments
stringGeneral purpose of the patch package. For example, “This patch contains the logic and data required to install product.”
Compressed
yesnoDeprecated
Description
stringA short description of the patch that includes the name of the product.
Keywords
stringA semicolon-delimited list of network or URL locations for alternate sources of the patch. The default is “Installer,Patching,PCP,Database”.
Languages
stringDeprecated
Manufacturer
stringThe name of the manufacturer of the patch package.
Platforms
stringDeprecated
ReadOnly
YesNoDefaultTypeUnionThe value of this attribute conveys whether the package should be opened as read-only. A database editing tool should not modify a read-only enforced database and should issue a warning at attempts to modify a read-only recommended database.
ShortNames
yesnoDeprecated
SummaryCodepage
stringThe code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only. The default is 1252. See remarks for more information.
Parents
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.