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Source

Filename:

The name of the current file.

Details

Opens the Windows File Properties dialog that displays all of the properties of the current file. This includes information such as size, date and version information.

Local folder:

The location of the file on your development system. You can click the Browse button to select an alternate folder. You can use a relative path in this field. The path will be relative to the location where the project (.msifact) file is saved.

Media source:

The media source for the file. You can choose from any of the Media elements defined in the Media dialog (Project > Media). Usually this is just left at "1" which, by default, is a cab file embedded inside of the MSI database.

Destination

Filename:

The name of the file when it is installed onto the user's system. This allows you to have a different destination filename than the source file. If this field is empty, then the source filename will be used during installation.

Folder:

The directory that you want the file to be installed to on the user's system. You can use any path-related property by itself, or in combination with a hard-coded path that you specify.

Press the Browse button to open the Folders dialog.

Note: MSI Factory will insert the correct directory here by default when you add the files to the project. Generally, you will not need to change this setting.

Attributes

This section allows you to specify the attributes of the file when it is installed on the user's system. By default, the Use original option will be selected. This will ensure that the file's attributes will be the same on the user's system as on yours.

Note: Changing the file attributes in this section does not affect the file on your development system. The attributes are only applied to the file when it's installed.

Use original

Preserve the attributes of the source file when the file is installed. If unchecked, you must specify the attributes for the installed file.

Read-only

Set the read-only file attribute when installed.

Hidden

Set the hidden file attribute when installed.

System

Set the system file attribute when installed.

Options

Vital

If checked, the installation cannot proceed unless the file is successfully installed. The user will have no option to ignore an error installing this file. If an error occurs, they can merely retry to install the file or abort the installation.

Set custom user permissions

If checked, allows you to configure specific access permissions for the file on the end user's system. Press the Edit button to open the User Permissions dialog.

Companion file

If checked, this file will be a companion child of another file. The installation state of a companion file depends not on its own file versioning information, but on the versioning of its companion parent. If checked, specify the file identifier of the companion parent file in the edit field below. You can right click in the field and select Insert > File ID, or click the Browse button to open the Insert File ID dialog where you can select the file's identifier.

More Information

MSDN Online: File Table

MSDN Online: Companion Files

WiX Help File: File Element

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