Summary

Name/value pairs which will be set in the PROPERTY table of the installer database.

The properties element contains within it one to any number of property elements.
Public property names cannot contain lowercase letters.
Private property names must contain some lowercase letters.
Property names prefixed with % represent system and user environment variables. These are never entered into the Property table. The permanent settings of environment variables can only be modified using the Environment Table. More information is available here.

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Description	Required
name	string	A name used to refer to the property.	True
value	string	The value of the property. This value can contain references to other, predefined properties to build a compound property.	True

Examples

Define the required properties.


    <properties>
        <property name="ProductName" value="My Product" />
        <property name="ProductVersion" value="1.0.0" />
        <property name="Manufacturer" value="ACME Inc." />
        <property name="ProductCode" value="{29D8F096-3371-4cba-87E1-A8C6511F7B4C}" />
        <property name="UpgradeCode" value="{69E66919-0DE1-4280-B4C1-94049F76BA1A}" />
    </properties>

Assembly: NAnt.Contrib.dll
Namespace: NAnt.Contrib.Tasks.Msi
Containing Type: InstallerTaskBase

Syntax

[BuildElement("properties", ProcessXml = false)]
public SchemaElement[] InstallerPropertiesElement { get; set; }

Attributes

Type	Description
BuildElement

Value

Type	Description
SchemaElement[]