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ProgId element

ProgId registration for parent Component. If ProgId has an associated Class, it must be a child of that element.

Attributes

Advertise

yesno

Description

string

Icon

string

For an advertised ProgId, the Id of an Icon element. For a non-advertised ProgId, this is the Id of a file containing an icon resource.

IconIndex

Integer

Id

string required

NoOpen

string

Specifies that the associated ProgId should not be opened by users. The value is presented as a warning to users. An empty string is also valid for this attribute.

Children

Extension
Extensions that refer to this ProgId
ProgId
The version-independent ProgId must be the first child element of actual ProgId. Nesting other ProgId elements within the Version-independent ProgId will create COM+ aliases, see [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305745](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305745) for more information.

Parents

Windows Installer references