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SummaryInformation element

Properties about the package 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

Codepage

string

The code page integer value or web name for summary info strings only. See remarks for more information.

Comments

string

Optional comments for browsing. New in WiX v5: WiX v5 adds this attribute to the SummaryInformation element.

Description

string

The product full name or description.

Keywords

string

Optional keywords for browsing.

Manufacturer

string

The vendor releasing the package. Defaults to the Package/@Manufacturer attribute’s value.

Parents

Package
Module

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.