1. Appendix A: Actions

<action> - Common Properties

property

default value

allowed values

description

abortOnError

1

0, 1

Whether or not to abort the installation on an error while executing the action.

breakpoint

0

0, 1

Breakpoint

customErrorMessage

string

Show a custom error message.

explanation

text

Additional text to show when the action is displayed on the final page action list.

progressText

string

Text to show on the progress bar or final page action List

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Boolean operator for rule concatenation

run

1

0, 1

Whether or not to run the related action or not

show

1

0, 1

Show or hide the checkbutton in the final page action list

showMessageOnError

1

0, 1

Whether or not to show an error message when an error occurs.

onErrorActionList

<action>

List of actions to execute if the action fails

ruleList

<rule>

List of rules to satisfy in order to evaluate the current element

Dialog Actions

<consoleWrite>

Write text to console

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to write

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showChoiceQuestion>

Prompt a choice question dialog to the user.

property

default value

allowed values

description

defaultValue

string

Default value

text

text

Information message that will be shown

title

Choose an option

string

Dialog title

variable

string

Variable to store choice

optionList

<option>

Predefined list of options that allows the user to select a value

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showInfo>

Prompt an info dialog to the user.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Information message that will be shown

title

${msg(MessageDialog.Info)}

string

Title of the dialog window

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showPasswordQuestion>

Ask the user to enter a password.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Question message that will be shown.

title

string

Dialog window title.

variable

string

Variable name where the password will be stored.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showProgressDialog>

Display an indeterminate progressmeter in a popup window to execute a list of actions.

property

default value

allowed values

description

height

100

positive integer or zero

Popup window height

title

Please wait

string

Title of the progress dialog window

width

300

positive integer or zero

Popup window width

actionList

<action>

Actions to Execute

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showQuestion>

Prompt a question to the user. The result is stored as yes or no in the given variable name.

property

default value

allowed values

description

default

yes

yes, no

Default answer, it can be yes or no.

text

text

Question message that will be shown.

title

${msg(MessageDialog.Question)}

string

Title of the dialog window

variable

string

Variable name where the result will be stored

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showStringQuestion>

Ask the user a question.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

string

Question message that will be shown.

title

string

Dialog window title.

variable

string

Variable name where the answer will be stored.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showText>

Display a read-only text dialog to the user.

property

default value

allowed values

description

height

600

positive integer or zero

Text window height

htmlText

text

HTML text that will be shown in Qt mode. Note that regular text still needs to be provided in case the installer is run in another mode

text

text

Text that will be shown.

title

string

Dialog title.

width

500

positive integer or zero

Text window width

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<showWarning>

Shows a warning dialog with the given text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

Warning message goes here

text

Warning message that will be shown.

title

${msg(MessageDialog.Warning)}

string

Title of the dialog window

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<throwError>

Generate an error inside the installer so the installer will exit. The only exception to this is when abortOnError equals zero or the action is inside a validationActionList, in which case it will prompt an error dialog to the user, but will not exit the installer.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

Unknown Error

text

Error message

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Environment Actions

<addDirectoryToPath>

Add a directory to the system path. This will modify the registry on windows and the appropiate shell initialization files on Unix systems

property

default value

allowed values

description

insertAt

end

beginning, end

Where to insert the new directory in the PATH (currently Unix only)

path

string

Path to the directory

scope

system

system, user

Select user path or system path.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addEnvironmentVariable>

Add a system environment variable.This will modify the registry on windows and the appropiate shell initialization files on Unix systems

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Environment variable name.

scope

system

system, user

Scope.

username

string

User to modify the environment for. If empty, the current user will be used

value

string

Variable name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addFonts>

Add fonts to the Windows system

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addLibraryToPath>

Add a path in which the system will search for shared libraries on Linux

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to add to the system search for dynamic libraries on Linux

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteEnvironmentVariable>

Delete an environment variable from the system.

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Environment variable name.

scope

system

system, user

Scope.

username

string

User to modify the environment for. If empty, the current user will be used

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeDirectoryFromPath>

Remove a directory from the System Path. This will modify the System Path

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the directory

scope

system

system, user

Select user path or system path.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeFonts>

Remove fonts from the Windows system

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<setEnvironmentVariable>

Set the value of a system environment variable. If it does not exist yet, a new one will be created. The variable will not exist once the installer has finished.

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Variable name

value

string

Variable value

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

File Manipulation Actions

<addDirectoriesToUninstaller>

Add directories to the uninstaller.

property

default value

allowed values

description

addContents

0

0, 1

Whether or not to add directory contents to the uninstaller

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addFilesToUninstaller>

Add files to uninstaller.

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addTextToFile>

Append text to a file. If the file does not exist, it will be created.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, default, binary

Encoding of the text file

endOfLineConversion

auto

auto, none, cr, crlf, lf

End Of Line Conversion

file

string

Path to the file

insertAt

end

end, beginning

Whether to insert the text at the beginning or at the end of the file

text

text

Text to append

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<dos2unix>

Convert plain text files in DOS/Mac format to Unix format.

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<iniFileGet>

Extract property values out of a INI file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

file

string

Path to INI file

key

string

Property Key

section

string

INI section

variable

string

Variable name to save property to

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<iniFileSet>

Set property values of a INI file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

file

string

Path to INI file

key

string

Property Key

section

string

INI section

value

string

Property Value

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<propertiesFileGet>

Extract property values out of a properties file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

default

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, default, binary

Encoding of the text file

endOfLineConversion

auto

auto, none, cr, crlf, lf

End Of Line Conversion

file

string

Path to the property file

key

string

Property key

variable

string

Variable name to save property to

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<propertiesFileSet>

Writes out property values to a properties file, creating a new file if it does not exist.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

default

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, default, binary

Encoding of the text file

endOfLineConversion

auto

auto, none, cr, crlf, lf

End Of Line Conversion

file

string

Path to the property file

key

string

Property key

value

string

Value to set the key to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<readFile>

Read the contents of a file and save it in a variable.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, default, binary

Encoding of the text file

endOfLineConversion

auto

auto, none, cr, crlf, lf

End Of Line Conversion

name

string

Variable to which to save the file contents

path

string

Path to the file you wish to read the contents from

removeBOM

0

0, 1

Whether or not to remove or not Byte Order Mark on Unicode files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeFilesFromUninstaller>

Remove files or directories from uninstaller.

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<substitute>

Substitute a value in a file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

binary

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, binary

Encoding of the files to substitute

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

type

regexp

regexp, exact

Type of substitution, regular expression or exact

substitutionList

<substitution>

List of patterns/values for a substitution

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<unix2dos>

Convert plain text files in Unix format to DOS format.

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<writeFile>

Create or replace a file with a certain text content.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

default

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, default, binary

Encoding of the text file

endOfLineConversion

auto

auto, none, cr, crlf, lf

End Of Line Conversion

path

string

Path of the file to be created or replaced

text

text

Text to write

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<xmlFileCommentElement>

Comment entire subtree of an XML file

property

default value

allowed values

description

element

string

XPath expression pointing to the selected element

file

string

Path to XML file

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<xmlFileGet>

Read value of element or attribute from an XML file

property

default value

allowed values

description

attribute

string

If present, the action will refer to the attribute instead of the element

element

string

XPath expression pointing to the selected element

file

string

Path to XML file

variable

string

Variable where to start the result

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<xmlFileSet>

Set the value of an element or attribute in an XML file

property

default value

allowed values

description

attribute

string

If present, the action will refer to the attribute instead of the element

element

string

XPath expression pointing to the selected element

file

string

Path to XML file

value

string

Value to store in element or attribute

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<yamlFileGet>

Read value of element from a YAML file

property

default value

allowed values

description

element

string

Path expression pointing to the selected element

file

string

Path to YAML file

variable

string

Variable where to start the result

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<yamlFileSet>

Set the value of an element in a YAML file

property

default value

allowed values

description

element

string

Path expression pointing to the selected element

file

string

Path to YAML file

value

string

Value to store in element

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

File System Actions

<copyFile>

Create a copy of a file. The destination file will be overwritten if it already exists

property

default value

allowed values

description

destination

string

Path to where the file will be copied.

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

origin

string

Path to the original file.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createBackupFile>

Create a backup of a file or directory. The backup will be named with a .bak extension if no destination is specified. If a backup file already exists, new backups will be named .bak1, .bak2 and so on.

property

default value

allowed values

description

destination

string

Path to the destination backup folder.

path

string

Path to original file you wish to backup.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createDirectory>

Create a new directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the new directory

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createShortcuts>

Creates one or more shortcuts in specified location.

property

default value

allowed values

description

destination

string

Path to the location where you want to create the shortcuts.

shortcutList

<shortcut>

List of shortcuts to create.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteFile>

Delete a file. The action does not throw an error if deleting a file or directory failed.

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

path

string

Path to the file or directory to delete. It accepts patterns

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getFileInfo>

Gets Information About File Or Directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

followSymLinks

0

0, 1

Whether or not to follow or not symbolic links

path

string

Path

type

and

size, type

Type of information to retrieve

variable

string

Variable to store result in

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getSymLinkTarget>

Get the destination path referenced by the given symbolic link. Returns an empty value if the file doesn’t exist or is not a symbolic link.

property

default value

allowed values

description

link

string

Symbolic link path

variable

string

Variable to store result

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<renameFile>

Change the name of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

destination

string

New name of the file.

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

origin

string

Original name of the file.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<touchFile>

Update the access and modification times of a file or directory. If the file does not exist, it can be specified whether to create an empty file or not. It is equivalent to the touch Unix command.

property

default value

allowed values

description

createIfNotExists

1

0, 1

Whether or not to create the file in case it does not exist

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

path

string

Path to the file/directory to be touched

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<unpackDirectory>

Extract a directory from an installer before files are unpacked during the installation phase

property

default value

allowed values

description

component

string

Project component where the directory you want to extract is located.

destination

string

Path to the location where you want to extract the directory.

folder

string

Project folder name where the directory you want to extract is located.

origin

string

Directory name you want to extract.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<unpackFile>

Extract files from an installer before files are unpacked during the installation phase

property

default value

allowed values

description

component

string

Project component where the file you want to extract is located

destination

string

Path to the location where you want to extract the file

folder

string

Project folder name where where the file you want to extract is located

origin

string

File name you want to extract

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<unzip>

Extract content from a zip file to a destination folder.

property

default value

allowed values

description

destinationDirectory

string

Path to the folder where you want the file content to be extracted. The folder must exist and must be writable

zipFile

string

ZIP file that will be uncompressed

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<zip>

Pack one or more files to a zip file, relative to base directory.

property

default value

allowed values

description

baseDirectory

string

Directory that all files will be packed relatively to

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

zipFile

string

ZIP file that will be created

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Flow Control Actions

<break>

Break current loop

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<continue>

Continue current loop

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<foreach>

Iterate over a set of values

property

default value

allowed values

description

values

string

Space-separated values to iterate over

variables

string

Space-separated list of variables that will be assigned a value with each iteration

actionList

<action>

List of actions

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<if>

Conditionally execute a group of actions

property

default value

allowed values

description

conditionRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Condition rule evaluation logic

actionList

<action>

List of actions to execute if condition is true

conditionRuleList

<rule>

List of conditions

elseActionList

<action>

List of actions to execute if condition is false

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<while>

Execute a group of actions as long as conditions are met

property

default value

allowed values

description

conditionRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Condition rule evaluation logic

actionList

<action>

List of actions

conditionRuleList

<rule>

List of conditions

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

HTTP Actions

<httpGet>

Access a URL and save the result into a file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

filename

string

Filename to which to save the result to

password

string

Password for URLs that require authentication

url

string

URL to launch

username

string

Username for URLs that require authentication

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<httpPost>

Access a URL using HTTP POST and save the result into a file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

filename

string

Filename to which to save the result to

password

string

Password for URLs that require authentication

url

string

URL to launch

username

string

Username for URLs that require authentication

queryParameterList

<queryParameter>

List of variables that will be included in the POST query.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<httpProxyInit>

Configure proxy to be used by http actions

property

default value

allowed values

description

exclude

127.0.0.1

string

Space separated list of patters for urls that will be excluded from the proxy configuration

password

string

Proxy server password

port

string

Proxy server port

server

string

Proxy server url

username

string

Proxy server username

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<launchBrowser>

Launch the default web browser with a given URL.

property

default value

allowed values

description

url

string

URL of the page to be shown.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<urlDecode>

Decode a given text using URL formatting specifications and place the result in a variable.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to decode

variable

string

Variable to store the result in

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<urlEncode>

Encode a given text using URL formatting specifications and place the result in a variable.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to encode

variable

string

Variable to store the result in

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Installer Actions

<actionGroup>

Group a set of actions.

property

default value

allowed values

description

actionList

<action>

List of actions to be grouped

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addChoiceOptions>

Add options to an existing choice parameter

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of an existing choice parameter.

optionList

<option>

List of options to give to a choice parameter

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addChoiceOptionsFromText>

Add options to an existing choice parameter from a given text

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of an existing choice parameter.

text

text

Text with the options to give to a choice parameter

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<componentSelection>

Select or deselect components for installation.

property

default value

allowed values

description

deselect

string

Comma separated list of components you wish to deselect for installation.

select

string

Comma separated list of components you wish to select for installation.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<decodeBase64>

Decode a string using base64.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

string

Text to process

variable

string

Variable to save the final result to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<encodeBase64>

Encode a string using base64.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

string

Text to process

variable

string

Variable to save the final result to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<exit>

Exit the installer/uninstaller.

property

default value

allowed values

description

exitCode

0

positive integer or zero

exit code returned by the installer/uninstaller

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<generateRandomValue>

Generate a random value.

property

default value

allowed values

description

length

32

positive integer or zero

Character length for the generated value.

variable

string

Variable to which to save the generated value.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<globalVariables>

Mark a list of variables as global. Global variables defined or modified inside custom actions preserve their values after the execution while regular variables are not visible outside.

property

default value

allowed values

description

names

string

Variable names

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<logMessage>

Write a message to the installation log. Useful for debugging purposes.

property

default value

allowed values

description

enableTimeStamp

1

0, 1

Whether to enable timestamp in the message or not.

text

text

Message to include in log

timeStampFormat

[%H:%M:%S]

string

Format string for the optional timestamp. The string allows a number of field descriptors.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<mathExpression>

Calculate math expression

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

string

variable

string

Variable to save the final result to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<md4>

Generate a MD4 from a given text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to calculate the MD4 on.

useNTLMFormat

1

0, 1

Whether or not to create an NTLM compilant hash

variable

string

Variable to which to save the MD4 to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<md5>

Generate a MD5 from a given text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to calculate the MD5 on.

variable

string

Variable to which to save the MD5 to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeChoiceOptions>

Clear choice values for a parameter

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of an existing choice parameter.

options

string

Options to remove

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<setEncryptionPassword>

Specifies and verifies password to use for copying files from installer

property

default value

allowed values

description

password

string

Password to use; action will throw error if password specified does not match password from build time

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<setInstallerVariable>

Set a installer variable. If the name of the variable matches a parameter name, the value of the parameter will be updated.

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Variable name

persist

0

0, 1

Whether the variable will be available in the uninstaller as well.

value

text

Value to set the variable to

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<setInstallerVariableFromRegEx>

Set a installer variable to the result of a regular expression. If the name of the variable matches a parameter name, the value of the parameter will be updated.

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of the variable to set

pattern

string

Pattern to match

substitution

string

Value to replace matched text with

text

text

Text to match

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<setInstallerVariableFromScriptOutput>

Set a installer variable to the output of a script. If the name of the variable matches a parameter name, the value of the parameter will be updated.

property

default value

allowed values

description

exec

string

Path to the script to run

execArgs

string

Arguments to pass to the script

name

string

Name of the variable to set

workingDirectory

string

Working directory. This is important for scripts that expect to be run from a specific location

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<sha1>

Generate a SHA-1 from a given text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to calculate the SHA-1 on.

variable

string

Variable to which to save the SHA-1 to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<sha256>

Generate a SHA-256 from a given text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

text

Text to calculate the SHA-256 on.

variable

string

Variable to which to save the SHA-256 to.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<stringModify>

Perform one of the allowed transformations in the specified text, storing the result into a variable.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

trim

toupper, tolower, totitle, trimleft, trimright, trim

Transformation to perform.

text

text

Text which will be transformed.

variable

string

Variable name which will store the result.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<wait>

Pause the installation for given time

property

default value

allowed values

description

ms

string

Number of milliseconds to wait

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Java Actions

<autodetectJava>

Autodetects an existing Java (tm) installation in the system and creates corresponding installer variables: java_executable java_vendor java_version java_version_major java_version_full java_bitness. If a valid java version was found, the variable java_autodetected will be set to 1

property

default value

allowed values

description

promptUser

0

0, 1

Prompt user to choose appropriate version

selectionOrder

first

first, oldest, newest

Order of the Java versions detected

validVersionList

<validVersion>

List of supported Java versions

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createJavaLaunchers>

Creates one or more Java launchers in specified location.

property

default value

allowed values

description

destination

string

Path to the location where you want to create the launchers.

javaLauncherList

<javaLauncher>

List of launchers to create.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

OSX-specific actions

<changeOSXAttributes>

Change OSX attributes of a file or directory. Trying to set an attribute on a read only file will result in a failure. Make sure the file is writable before attempting to change any attribute other than, of course, readOnly

property

default value

allowed values

description

creator

string

Creator to set to file or directory

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

hidden

unchanged

1, 0, unchanged

Whether the file is visible or not

readOnly

unchanged

1, 0, unchanged

Whether the file is read only or writable

type

string

Type to set to file or directory

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Registry Actions

<registryDelete>

Delete a registry entry. If the entry to delete is only a registry key and it does not exist, the action will be ignored. Deleting a registry value (key + name combination) that does not exist will trigger a regular error.

property

default value

allowed values

description

key

string

Registry key

name

string

Entry name to delete

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<registryFind>

Retrieve the first registry hive and content matching a certain expression and store it as a list in an installer variable. If no match is found the variable will be created empty.

property

default value

allowed values

description

dataPattern

*

string

Pattern to match in the value

findAll

0

0, 1

Whether to look for the first occurrence or for all

keyPattern

*

string

Pattern to match key name with

namePattern

*

string

Pattern to match entry name with

rootKey

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE

string

Root key from which start the search

searchDepth

0

positive integer or zero

Maximum depth of the search. 0 will look just in the Root Key

variable

string

Variable name to store the results

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<registryGet>

Store the value of a registry key in an installer variable. If the key or name does not exist, then the variable will be created empty.

property

default value

allowed values

description

key

string

Registry key

name

string

Entry name to read value from

variable

string

Variable name to store registry value to

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<registryGetKey>

Store in variable the first registry key that matches the given pattern, or set the variable to empty otherwise. The search is case-sensitive for the whole key provided.

property

default value

allowed values

description

key

string

Registry key

variable

string

Variable to store result

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<registryGetMatch>

Store the value of the first match of a registry key matching a certain expression in an installer variable. If the key or name does not exist, then the variable will be created empty. The name can contain a wildcard expression (using *)

property

default value

allowed values

description

key

string

Registry key

name

string

Entry name to read value from

variable

string

Variable name to store registry value to

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<registrySet>

Create a new registry key or modify the value of an existing registry key.

property

default value

allowed values

description

key

string

Registry key

name

string

Entry name to set or modify value to

type

REG_SZ

REG_BINARY, REG_NONE, REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ, REG_DWORD, REG_BIG_ENDIAN, REG_LINK, REG_MULTI_SZ, REG_RESOURCE_LIST

Type of key to add

value

string

Value to set to the registry key

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Services Actions

<addUnixService>

This action allows you to create a new service in a Linux based system. Note that you will need to run the installer as root to be able to create new services.

property

default value

allowed values

description

description

string

Product description

name

string

Service Name

program

string

Path to the program

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createOSXService>

Create Mac OS X service.

property

default value

allowed values

description

groupname

string

Groupname

keepAlive

0

0, 1

Keep process alive by launchctl

program

string

Path to program

programArguments

string

Arguments to pass to the program

scope

user

user, system

Scope of service

serviceName

string

Identifier for the service name

username

string

Username

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createWindowsService>

Register a program as a Windows service.

property

default value

allowed values

description

account

string

User account under which the service should run. It takes the form domain\username. If the account is a local account, it may be specified as .\username or username. If this option is not specified, the service will run under the LocalSystem account.

dependencies

string

Comma separated list of services that the created service depends on

description

string

Program description

displayName

string

Name displayed in the Windows service control panel

password

string

Password for the user account if one is specified.

program

string

Path to program

programArguments

string

Arguments to pass to the program

serviceName

string

Internal service name

startType

auto

auto, manual, disabled

Specify how the service should be started

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteOSXService>

Delete Mac OS X service.

property

default value

allowed values

description

scope

user

user, system

Scope of service

serviceName

string

Identifier for the service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteWindowsService>

Delete a Windows service

property

default value

allowed values

description

displayName

string

Name displayed in the Windows service control panel

serviceName

string

Internal service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getUniqueWindowsServiceName>

Return a unique service name

property

default value

allowed values

description

displayName

string

Initial display name for the service

selectedDisplayNameVariable

string

Variable to store the service display name

selectedServiceNameVariable

string

Variable to store the Service name

serviceName

string

Initial name for the service

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeUnixService>

This action allows you to remove a service in a Linux based system. Note that you will need to run the installer as root to be able to remove services.

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Service Name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<restartWindowsService>

Restart a Windows service

property

default value

allowed values

description

delay

15000

positive integer or zero

Amount of milliseconds to wait for the service to start / stop.

displayName

string

Name displayed in the Windows service control panel

serviceName

string

Internal service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<startOSXService>

Start Mac OS X service.

property

default value

allowed values

description

serviceName

string

Identifier for the service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<startWindowsService>

Start a Windows service

property

default value

allowed values

description

delay

15000

positive integer or zero

Amount of milliseconds to wait for the service to start.

displayName

string

Name displayed in the Windows service control panel

serviceName

string

Internal service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<stopOSXService>

Stop Mac OS X service.

property

default value

allowed values

description

serviceName

string

Identifier for the service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<stopWindowsService>

Stop a Windows service

property

default value

allowed values

description

delay

15000

positive integer or zero

Amount of milliseconds to wait for the service to stop.

displayName

string

Name displayed in the Windows service control panel

serviceName

string

Internal service name

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

System Actions

<addUnixDesktopStartUpItem>

Adds a program to be executed whenever a window manager session starts (only Linux KDE/Gnome supported).

property

default value

allowed values

description

description

string

The description of the program.

name

string

The name of this startup item.

program

string

Path to the program to be executed when the session starts.

programArguments

string

Arguments to be considered when running the program (only available for GNOME).

username

${system_username}

string

User to add the Startup item for. If empty, the current user will be used

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<createTimeStamp>

This action allows you to create a timestamp using a custom format, storing the result in an installer variable.

property

default value

allowed values

description

format

%Y%m%d

string

Format string for the generated timestamp. The string allows a number of field descriptors.

variable

string

Variable that will store the resulting timestamp.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<dirName>

Returns a name comprised of all of the path components in name excluding the last element. If name is a relative file name and only contains one path element, then returns ".". If name refers to a root directory, then the root directory is returned.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

The path from which the base directory will be retrieved.

variable

string

Variable that will store the directory path.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<findFile>

Search for a file in a directory and all the subdirectories.

property

default value

allowed values

description

baseDirectory

string

Path to the directory in which to search for the file. It will search inside the directory and all of its subdirectories.

followSymLinks

0

0, 1

Whether or not to follow or not symbolic links

pattern

string

Pattern for the file that will be searched. The pattern can contain wildcards (*,?).

variable

string

Variable where the full path to the first matching file will be stored

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getFreeDiskSpace>

Calculate the free disk (KiloBytes) space and save the value in the given variable. Returns -1 if free space cannot be determined.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the folder or disk

units

KB

KB, MB, GB

Size units for the returned value.

variable

string

Variable to which to save the result of the calculation

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getFreePort>

Returns the number of the first available port in a range of port numbers specified by initialPort and finalPort (both inclusive).

property

default value

allowed values

description

finalPort

string

The final port number on the range (inclusive).

initialPort

string

The initial port number on the range (inclusive).

variable

string

Variable that will store the free port number.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getProcessUsingPort>

Gets Name Of Process Using Specified Port

property

default value

allowed values

description

pidVariable

string

Variable to use for storing id of the process using the port

port

string

TCP port to check

variable

string

Variable to use for storing name of the process using the port

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getTotalDiskSpace>

Get the total disk (KiloBytes) space and save the value in the given variable. Returns -1 if total space cannot be determined.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the folder or disk

units

KB

KB, MB, GB

Size units for the returned value.

variable

string

Variable to which to save the result of the calculation

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<kill>

This action allows you to kill a running process that matches one or several conditions. Windows support only.

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of the process, usually the executable filename.

path

string

Path to the executable of the process.

pid

string

ID of the process to be killed.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<locate>

Based on command given, locates binary and creates command that needs to be run.

property

default value

allowed values

description

command

string

Command to locate

variable

string

Variable to store the result in

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<pathManipulation>

Performs change on the path and returns it in variable

property

default value

allowed values

description

action

absolutize

absolutize

Action to perform on the path

path

string

The path to manipulate

variable

string

Variable that will store the new path.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<runProgram>

Run a program or script

property

default value

allowed values

description

program

string

Path to program or script to run

programArguments

string

Program arguments

runAs

string

Run the program or script as a specific user id. It will only take effect on Unix system and when running the installer as root

stdin

text

Text to send to program’s standard input.

useMSDOSPath

1

0, 1

Whether or not to use or not MSDOS program name path on Windows

workingDirectory

string

Working directory. This is important for scripts that expect to be run from a specific location. By default, it will be the directory where the script or program is located

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<waitForPort>

Pause the installation for a maximum timeout until a server process is listening in the specified port

property

default value

allowed values

description

port

string

TCP port to check

state

in_use

free, in_use

Wait for port to be free or in use.

timeout

string

Maximum amount of time to wait (in milliseconds)

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

User and Group Actions

<addGroup>

Add a group to the system. Equal to the Unix groupadd command

property

default value

allowed values

description

groupname

string

Group to add to the system

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addGroupToUser>

Add a supplementary group to a user. This way, the user is also member of that group. Make sure that the group already exists. If no username is given, then the current logged on user is selected.

property

default value

allowed values

description

groupname

string

Groupname

username

string

Username

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addUser>

Add a user to the system.

property

default value

allowed values

description

homedir

Path to the users homedir

password

string

Password for the user account.

username

string

Username to add to the system

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addWindowsAccountRights>

Add rights to user or group on Windows

property

default value

allowed values

description

account

string

User or group name

rights

string

Account rights, separated by spaces; Example value: SeServiceLogonRight. A complete list can be obtained from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375728(v=VS.85).aspx

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<changeOwnerAndGroup>

Change the owner and group of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

group

string

Group to set to file or directory

owner

string

Owner to set to file or directory

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<changePermissions>

Change permissions of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

permissions

string

Permissions to set to file or directory

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteGroup>

Delete a group from the system. Equivalent to the Unix groupdel command

property

default value

allowed values

description

groupname

string

Group name to delete.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteGroupFromUser>

Delete a supplementary group from a user.

property

default value

allowed values

description

groupname

string

Groupname

username

string

Username

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteUser>

Delete a user from the system. Equivalent to the Unix userdel command

property

default value

allowed values

description

username

string

Username

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getPermissions>

Get permissions of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

file

string

File or directory to retrieve permissions

variable

permissions

string

Variable name to save permissions

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeWindowsAccountRights>

Remove rights from user or group on Windows

property

default value

allowed values

description

account

string

User or group name

rights

string

Account rights, separated by spaces; Example value: SeServiceLogonRight. A complete list can be obtained from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375728(v=VS.85).aspx

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

Windows-specific actions

<addScheduledTask>

Create a new task or modify the value of an existing one.

property

default value

allowed values

description

dayOfMonth

1

positive integer or zero

This parameter is used only for Task of MONTHLY type. It specifies the day of the month the task will be executed.

disallowStartIfOnBatteries

1

0, 1

Don’t start the task if the system is running on batteries

duration

positive integer or zero

(minutes) How long the Task is active.

endDate

(year-month-day) Specify the date on which the task becomes inactive.

executionTimeLimit

72

string

Maximum execution time in hours

interval

positive integer or zero

(minutes) How often do you want to execute the given Task in specified duration time.

name

string

Name of the Task

password

string

The user password associated with the account specified in runAs parameter.

period

1

positive integer or zero

This parameter is used only for Task of DAILY/WEEKLY type. It specifies how often (every PERIOD days for type DAILY / every PERIOD weeks for type WEEKLY) the task will be executed.

program

Path to program or script to run.

programArguments

string

Program arguments.

runAs

string

Run the Task as the specified user.

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run with highest privileges.

runOnlyIfLoggedOn

0

0, 1

Run task only if the user specified by runAs parameter is logged on.

startDate

(year-month-day) Specify the date on which the task becomes activated.

startTime

(hours:minutes) The time the Task becomes activated.

type

DAILY

DAILY, WEEKLY, ONCE, ONIDLE, ONSTART, ONLOGON, MONTHLY

Type of the Task.

weekDays

*

string

Specifies days to run the task on (MON, TUE, … SUN) or * for all days of week

workingDirectory

Working directory. This is important for scripts that expect to be run from a specific location. By default, it will be the directory where the script or program is located.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<addSharedDLL>

Increment the reference count for a shared DLL.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the shared DLL

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<associateWindowsFileExtension>

Define the set of actions (commands) that can be performed for the given file types.

property

default value

allowed values

description

extensions

string

Space-separated list of extensions for which the given commands will be available.

friendlyName

string

Friendly Name for the progID.

icon

string

Path to the icon file that contains the icon to display.

mimeType

string

MIME type associated to all the file extensions.

progID

string

Programmatic Identifier to which the extensions are attached, contains the available commands to be invoked on each file type.

scope

system

user, system

Choose between system or user scope when installing the association

commandList

<command>

List of commands that can be invoked on each given file type.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<autodetectDotNetFramework>

Autodetects an existing .NET (tm) installation in the system and creates corresponding installer variables: dotnet_version. If a valid .NET framework version was found, the variable dotnet_autodetected, will be set to 1

property

default value

allowed values

description

validDotNetVersionList

<validDotNetVersion>

List of supported .NET versions

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<changeExecutableResources>

Change resource information of a Windows executable

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the Windows executable to modify

windowsResourceComments

string

Comments for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceCompanyName

string

Company Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileDescription

string

File Description for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileVersion

string

File version for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceInternalName

string

Internal Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalCopyright

string

Legal Copyright for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalTrademarks

string

Legal Trademarks for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceOriginalFilename

string

Original Filename for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceProductName

string

Product Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceProductVersion

string

Product Version for resources embedded in Windows executable

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<changeWindowsAttributes>

Change Windows attributes for a file or directory.

property

default value

allowed values

description

archive

unchanged

1, 0, unchanged

Whether the file has or has not changed since the last backup.

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

hidden

unchanged

1, 0, unchanged

Whether the file is visible or not

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

readOnly

unchanged

1, 0, unchanged

Whether the file is read only or writable

system

unchanged

1, 0, unchanged

Whether the file is a System file or a regular one

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<clearWindowsACL>

Clear Windows ACL permissions of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<deleteScheduledTask>

Delete Windows Scheduled Task

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of the Task

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getWindowsACL>

Get Windows ACL permissions of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

deniedPermissions

denied

string

Variable name to save denied permissions

file

string

File to retrieve ACL

grantedPermissions

granted

string

Variable name to save granted permissions

username

string

User to retrieve ACL

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<getWindowsFileVersionInfo>

Get file information.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the file

type

version

codepage, flags, os, productversion, signature, structversion, type, version

Type of the file info.

variable

string

Variable to save the file info to

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeSharedDLL>

Decrements the reference count for a shared DLL. If it reaches zero, the file will be removed

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

Path to the shared DLL

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<removeWindowsFileAssociation>

Unregisters the associations between the given file types and any set of actions (commands) that may be defined on them.

property

default value

allowed values

description

extensions

string

Space-separated list of extensions to remove.

mimeType

string

MIME type to remove, associated to all the file extensions. It must be specified if you want to delete MIME associations added previously with associateWindowsFileExtension action.

progID

string

Programmatic Identifier to remove, to which the extensions are attached.

scope

system

user, system

Choose between system or user scope when installing the association

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<setWindowsACL>

Change Windows ACL permissions of a file or directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

action

allow

allow, deny

Whether to allow or deny permissions

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

files

string

File patterns to apply action to

matchHiddenFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not to attempt to match Windows hidden files

permissions

generic_all

string

Permissions for matching files or directories

recurseContainers

0

0, 1

Whether to apply recursively or not to container descendant

recurseObjects

0

0, 1

Whether to apply recursively or not to object descendant

recurseOneLevelOnly

0

0, 1

Just one level recursion if applicable

self

1

0, 1

Whether to apply or not to the specified file

users

S-1-1-0

string

Comma separated list of users to modify access permissions for

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<shutdown>

Shut down the machine (Windows only)

property

default value

allowed values

description

delay

positive integer or zero

Delay in seconds before shut down.

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

<wow64FsRedirection>

Modifies the Windows x64 File System Redirection behavior. It mainly redirects %Windir%System32 to %Windir%SysWOW64 for 32-bit processes running on Windows x64 systems. A similar effect is also applied to Program Files

property

default value

allowed values

description

action

disable

enable, disable

Whether to enable or disable the File System Redirection

Common properties:

abortOnError, breakpoint, customErrorMessage, explanation, progressText, ruleEvaluationLogic, run, show, showMessageOnError, onErrorActionList, ruleList

2. Appendix B: Rules

<antivirusTest>

Check whether or not antivirus is set up and running. Only available on Windows platform

property

default value

allowed values

description

product

any

any, windows_defender

Product to test, or any product

type

enabled

enabled, disabled

Type of test

Common properties:

negate

<checkFreeDiskSpace>

Check whether or not enough free disk space is available

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

equals

equals, does_not_equal, greater_or_equal, greater, less, less_or_equal

Comparison type

path

string

Path to the folder or disk

size

0

positive integer or zero

Size of free disk space to check for

units

KB

KB, MB, GB

Size units for the checked value.

Common properties:

negate

<compareText>

Compare a text with a value.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

equals

equals, contains, does_not_contain, does_not_equal

Comparison type

nocase

0

0, 1

Case insensitive comparison

text

string

Text

value

string

Value

Common properties:

negate

<compareTextLength>

Compare the length of a text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

length

string

Length to compare with

logic

equals

equals, does_not_equal, greater_or_equal, greater, less, less_or_equal

Comparison type

text

string

Text to compare the length of

Common properties:

negate

<compareValues>

Compare two values with each other.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

equals

equals, does_not_equal, greater_or_equal, greater, less, less_or_equal

Comparison type

value1

string

First comparison operand

value2

string

Second comparison operand

Common properties:

negate

<compareVersions>

Compare two versions.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

equals

equals, does_not_equal, greater, greater_or_equal, less, less_or_equal

Test type

version1

string

First comparison operand

version2

string

Second comparison operand

Common properties:

negate

<componentTest>

Perform check on a given component.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

exists

exists, does_not_exist, selected, not_selected, hidden, visible, editable, not_editable

Comparison type

name

string

Name of the component

Common properties:

negate

<fileContentTest>

Check whether a file contains or does not contain a text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

encoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode, binary

Encoding of the text file

logic

contains

contains, does_not_contain

Test type

path

string

Path to file that contains text for comparison

text

string

Text to compare with

Common properties:

negate

<fileExists>

Check for the existence of a given directory or file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

File or directory path for the test, accepts wildcards.

Common properties:

negate

<fileIsLocked>

Check if file is locked.

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

File or directory path to check

Common properties:

negate

<fileTest>

Perform test on a given directory or file.

property

default value

allowed values

description

condition

exists

exists, not_exists, writable, not_writable, readable, not_readable, executable, not_executable, is_directory, is_not_directory, is_symlink, is_not_symlink, is_file, is_not_file, is_empty, is_not_empty

Specifies the requirement to test over the given file

path

string

File or directory path for the test

Common properties:

negate

<firewallTest>

Check whether or not a firewall is set up and running. Only available on Windows platform

property

default value

allowed values

description

type

enabled

enabled, disabled

Type of test

Common properties:

negate

<hostValidation>

Validates whether or not a given hostname or IP address meets the given condition

property

default value

allowed values

description

condition

is_valid

is_valid, is_not_valid

A valid host is one that can be resolved to an IP address and a valid IP is one that is syntactically correct

host

string

Hostname or IP address to be checked

type

any

ip, ipv6, hostname, any

Type of host specification

Common properties:

negate

<isFalse>

The rule returns false if value is one of 1, yes or true. Otherwise it evaluates to true.

property

default value

allowed values

description

value

string

String to test if it is false

Common properties:

negate

<isTrue>

The rule returns true if value is one of 1, yes or true. Otherwise it evaluates to false.

property

default value

allowed values

description

value

string

String to test if it is true

Common properties:

negate

<osxServiceTest>

Check whether or not a service exists and whether or not it is running. Checking if service exists requires Mac OS X version 10.4 or later. Checking if service is running requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

property

default value

allowed values

description

condition

exists

exists, not_exists, is_running, is_not_running

Condition to test for

service

string

Name of service

Common properties:

negate

<platformTest>

Compare the system platform with a given platform name.

property

default value

allowed values

description

type

linux

aix, freebsd, freebsd4, freebsd6, freebsd6-x64, freebsd7, freebsd7-x64, hpux, hpux-ia64, hpux-parisc, irix-n32, linux, linux-ia64, linux-ppc, linux-s390, linux-s390x, linux-x64, linux-x86, openbsd, openbsd3, osx, osx-intel, osx-ppc, solaris, solaris-intel, solaris-sparc, unix, windows, windows-2000, windows-2003, windows-2008, windows-2008-r2, windows-2012, windows-2012-r2, windows-7, windows-8, windows-8.1, windows-9x, windows-nt, windows-vista, windows-x64, windows-x86, windows-xp

Type of platform to test for

Common properties:

negate

<portTest>

Allows you to test whether a port is free in the local machine.

property

default value

allowed values

description

condition

can_bind

can_bind, cannot_bind

Condition to test for

port

string

A port number

Common properties:

negate

<processTest>

Check if a particular process exists in the system. Currently only supported in Windows, Linux, OS X.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

is_running

is_running, is_not_running

Check whether or not the process is running.

name

string

Exact process name that will be checked.

Common properties:

negate

<programTest>

Check whether or not a program can be found in the system path.

property

default value

allowed values

description

condition

is_in_path

is_in_path, is_not_in_path

Condition to test for

name

string

Program name

Common properties:

negate

<regExMatch>

Compare a text with a regular expression.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

matches

matches, does_not_match

Whether or not the rule will apply if the regular expression matches.

pattern

string

Regular expression

text

string

Text

Common properties:

negate

<registryTest>

Perform tests over a registry entry. You can provide either a key or a key and a name

property

default value

allowed values

description

key

string

Registry key

logic

exists

exists, does_not_exist, is_empty, is_not_empty, is_type, is_not_type

Comparison type

name

string

Entry name to test for existence

type

REG_SZ

REG_BINARY, REG_NONE, REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ, REG_DWORD, REG_BIG_ENDIAN, REG_LINK, REG_MULTI_SZ, REG_RESOURCE_LIST

Type of the key to check with the is_type or is_not_type logic

wowMode

none

none, 32, 64

Determines whether we want to access a 32-bit or 64-bit view of the Registry

Common properties:

negate

<resourceLimitTest>

Check if resource limit matches requirements.

property

default value

allowed values

description

limitType

hard

hard, soft

Limit type

logic

less

equals, does_not_equal, greater_or_equal, greater, less, less_or_equal, is_unlimited, is_not_unlimited

Comparison type

type

open_files

core_file_size, data_seg_size, file_size, max_locked_memory, max_memory_size, open_files, pipe_size, stack_size, cpu_time, max_user_processes, virtual_memory

Resource Type To Check

value

0

string

Value

Common properties:

negate

<ruleGroup>

Group a set of rules.

property

default value

allowed values

description

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Rule evaluation logic

ruleList

<rule>

List of rules to be grouped

Common properties:

negate

<singleInstanceCheck>

Check if there is another instance of the installer being executed.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

is_running

is_running, is_not_running

Condition to check.

Common properties:

negate

<stringTest>

Check the string type

property

default value

allowed values

description

text

string

Text

type

ascii

ascii, digit, alphanumeric, empty, not_ascii, not_digit, not_alphanumeric, not_empty

Type of string

Common properties:

negate

<userTest>

Check if a particular user exists in the system or has a valid password.

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

exists

exists, not_exists, valid_password, invalid_password, is_windows_admin_account, is_windows_user_account, is_windows_guest_account

Specifies the requirement to test over the given username.

password

string

If test logic is set to verify the password, the password to be checked. Currently only available on the Windows platform

username

string

User name that will be checked. In the case of using Windows domains, it needs to be specified in the form username@DOMAIN

Common properties:

negate

<windowsAccountTest>

Check whether or not a specified account has proper rights

property

default value

allowed values

description

account

string

User or group name to check; if account does not exist, rule always returns false

rights

string

Account rights to test for, separated by spaces; Example value: SeServiceLogonRight. A complete list can be obtained from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375728(v=VS.85).aspx

Common properties:

negate

<windowsServiceTest>

Check whether a service exists and whether is running

property

default value

allowed values

description

condition

exists

exists, not_exists, is_running, is_not_running

Condition to test for

service

string

Name of service

Common properties:

negate

<rule> - Common Properties

property

default value

allowed values

description

negate

0

0, 1

Negate the rule result. This property does not allow variables.

3. Appendix C: Parameters

<booleanParameter>

Request a boolean value from the user.

property

default value

allowed values

description

displayStyle

radiobuttons

radiobuttons, checkbox-left, checkbox-right

Display style in GUI mode

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<booleanParameterGroup>

Allows you to create custom pages

property

default value

allowed values

description

orientation

vertical

vertical, horizontal

Set orientation for objects in the group. It can only be horizontal or vertical. If not specified, defaults to vertical.

validationType

always

always, ifSelected

Validation type

parameterList

<parameter>

List of parameters to group

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<choiceParameter>

Ask the user to select a value among a predefined list.

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowEmptyValue

1

0, 1

Whether or not to allow an empty value. This property does not allow variables.

displayType

combobox, radiobuttons

Choose an entry in a listbox or among a number of radiobuttons.

ordering

default, alphabetical, alphabeticalreverse

Order in which the text of choices will be displayed at runtime

width

string

Width in characters of the corresponding field in the GUI page. If not specified, it defaults to 40.

optionList

<option>

Predefined list of options that allows the user to select a value

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<choiceParameterGroup>

Allows you to create custom pages

property

default value

allowed values

description

orientation

vertical

vertical, horizontal

Set orientation for objects in the group. It can only be horizontal or vertical. If not specified, defaults to vertical.

unselectedOptionsBehavior

disable

disable, none

How unselected options will behave. This property does not allow variables.

parameterList

<parameter>

List of parameters to group

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<directoryParameter>

Ask the user to enter a directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowEmptyValue

0

0, 1

Whether or not to allow an empty value. This property does not allow variables.

mustBeWritable

0

0, 1

Whether or not to require that the directory must be writable.

mustExist

0

0, 1

Whether or not to require that the directory must already exist.

osxBundlesAreFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not OS X bundles (*.app and *.bundle) will be considered files. The setting will just have effect on OS X, in other platforms they will be always considered directories

width

string

Width in characters of the corresponding field in the GUI page. If not specified, it defaults to 40.

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<fileParameter>

Ask the user to enter a file

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowEmptyValue

0

0, 1

Whether or not to allow an empty value. This property does not allow variables.

mustBeWritable

0

0, 1

Whether or not to require that the file must be writable.

mustExist

0

0, 1

Whether or not to require that the file must already exist.

osxBundlesAreFiles

0

0, 1

Whether or not OS X bundles (*.app and *.bundle) will be considered files. The setting will just have effect on OS X, in other platforms they will be always considered directories

width

string

Width in characters of the corresponding field in the GUI page. If not specified, it defaults to 40.

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<infoParameter>

Display a read-only text information page.

property

default value

allowed values

description

htmlValue

text

HTML text that will be shown in Qt mode. Note that regular text still needs to be provided in case the installer is run in another mode

trimMarginNumChars

string

Removes the specified number of characters from the left margin

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<labelParameter>

The label parameter displays a string of read-only text.

property

default value

allowed values

description

image

string

Optional image to display

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<licenseParameter>

Display a license

property

default value

allowed values

description

file

string

File that will be displayed as license

fileEncoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode

File encoding type

htmlFile

string

HTML file that will be displayed as license

wrapText

0

0, 1

Wrap text. This property does not allow variables.

licenseFileList

<licenseFile>

List of licenses

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<linkParameter>

The linkParameter displays an hyperlink-like label or a button, which executes an actionList when clicked.

property

default value

allowed values

description

clickedActionList

<action>

List of actions to execute on click

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<parameterGroup>

Allows you to create custom pages

property

default value

allowed values

description

orientation

vertical

vertical, horizontal

Set orientation for objects in the group. It can only be horizontal or vertical. If not specified, defaults to vertical.

parameterList

<parameter>

List of parameters to group

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<passwordParameter>

Allow the user to input a password.

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowEmptyValue

1

0, 1

Whether or not to allow an empty value. This property does not allow variables.

askForConfirmation

1

0, 1

If set to zero, the retype password field won’t be shown. This property does not allow variables.

descriptionRetype

string

Description of retype field

width

string

Width in characters of the corresponding field in the GUI page. If not specified, it defaults to 40.

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<stringParameter>

The string parameter allows you to request a text string from the user. It accepts all of the common options.

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowEmptyValue

1

0, 1

Whether or not to allow an empty value. This property does not allow variables.

width

string

Width in characters of the corresponding field in the GUI page. If not specified, it defaults to 40.

Common properties:

name, title, description, explanation, value, default, ask, cliOptionName, cliOptionShow, cliOptionText, insertAfter, insertBefore, leftImage, ruleEvaluationLogic, postShowPageActionList, preShowPageActionList, ruleList, validationActionList

<parameter> - Common Properties

Allows you to create custom pages

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Name of the parameter. This will be used to create the corresponding installer environment variable and command line option and because of that, it may only contain alphanumerical characters. This property does not allow variables.

title

string

Title that will be displayed for the corresponding installer page. If none is specified, the description field will be used instead.

description

text

Short description for the parameter

explanation

text

Long description for the parameter

value

string

Value for the parameter.

default

string

Default value, in case one is not specified by the user.

ask

1

0, 1

Whether or not to show or not the page to the end user (it can still be set through the command line interface). This property does not allow variables.

cliOptionName

string

Text to use for setting the value of the parameter through the command line interface. If none is used, it will default to the value of the name field.

cliOptionShow

1

0, 1

Whether or not the command line option will be shown in the command line when the help text is displayed. This property does not allow variables.

cliOptionText

string

Text to use when displaying help options. If none is used, it will default to the value of the description field.

insertAfter

string

Name of the page after the one in which this custom page will be installed

insertBefore

string

Name of the page previous to the one in which this custom page will be installed

leftImage

string

Image to show when displaying GUI installers with custom style

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Rule evaluation logic, by default rules are evaluated with and logic

postShowPageActionList

<action>

List of actions to execute after clicking next

preShowPageActionList

<action>

List of actions to execute before displaying the parameter

ruleList

<rule>

Contains a set of rules or conditions

validationActionList

<action>

List of validation actions to execute after clicking next

4. Appendix D: Project Properties and Lists

Project Properties - Build

property

default value

allowed values

description

buildTag

IB: ${installer_builder_version}-${installer_builder_timestamp}

string

Optional text that will be shown as part of the output of --version and that can be used to distinguish builds

outputDirectory

string

Directory where the installers will be placed once they are built

enableLinuxLegacySupport

0

0, 1

If enabled, the generated Linux installer will support old versions of Linux (prior to Red Hat 9), but it may cause errors on recent versions of Linux with GTK UI mode.

enableTimestamp

1

0, 1

Whether or not to enable or disable generating a timestamp for the installer being built, which is shown on the --version command line option. Disabling this option is useful to guarantee that if all the files of your project remain untouched, the generated installer binaries will be identical for every build.

osxPlatforms

osx-intel

string

Space separated list of platforms that will be supported when generating OSX bundles. Can be osx-intel, osx-ppc and osx-10.2

osxApplicationBundleIdentifier

com.bitrock.appinstaller

string

Identifier used to uniquely identify your application

componentsDirectory

${product_shortname}-${product_version}-components

string

Name of the directory that will contain the component files created by the build process

componentsUrl

string

URL to components; will be appended with component file name

componentsDownloadDirectory

${system_temp_directory}

string

Directory to put downloadable components in

allowAddRemoveComponents

0

0, 1

If enabled, allows adding or removing components by re-running installer or running uninstaller to uninstall parts of application

createOsxBundleZip

0

0, 1

Create a zip archive from OS X bundle to ease shipping of OS X installers

createOsxBundleDmg

0

0, 1

Create a DMG from OS X bundle to ease shipping of OS X installers

Project Properties - CDROM / DVD

property

default value

allowed values

description

cdromDirectory

${product_shortname}-${product_version}-cdrom

string

Name of the directory that will contain the CDROM files created by the build process

cdromPlatforms

string

Space separated list of platforms that will be supported when generating CDROMs. If not specified, launchers will be created for all supported platforms.

cdromDiskSize

700000000

positive integer or zero

Disk CDROM size (bytes)

cdromFirstDiskSize

650000000

positive integer or zero

Size for the first CDROM disk. This is necessary because additional resources such as PDF files may be bundled in that first disk.

compressPackedFiles

0

0, 1

Compress files as they are packed into the installer file or CDROM media

Project Properties - Compression

property

default value

allowed values

description

compressionAlgorithm

zip

zip, lzma, lzma-ultra, lzham, lzham-ultra

Compression algorithm that will be used to pack the files inside the installer. LZMA compression is available only on Linux, Windows and OS X platforms

lzmaUltraBlockSize

80

string

Specifies block size for lzma-ultra compression in MB; the value should be between 50-250

parallelDecompressionCores

8

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Limit maximum number of CPU cores to use for LZMA Ultra decompression ; setting to 1 will disable the parallel decompression

enableUpx

1

0, 1

Only available for Windows installers; if disabled, the generated installer will be larger, but compliant with security best practices

Project Properties - Debugger

property

default value

allowed values

description

enableDebugger

0

0, 1

Allows launching debugger application on installation

debuggerPassword

string

Password required to allow using the debugger

Project Properties - Encryption & SSL

property

default value

allowed values

description

enableSslSupport

0

0, 1

Allows connecting over HTTPS protocol

sslCAFile

string

SSL Certificate Authority file to use for verifying remote peers

enableEncryption

0

0, 1

If enabled, installer payload is encrypted and a password needs to be passed before files can be unpacked and/or installed

encryptionPassword

string

If encryption is enabled, password used for encrypting payload of the installer

requirePasswordOnStartup

1

0, 1

If enabled, installer will require entering correct password at installer startup

Project Properties - Images

property

default value

allowed values

description

logoImage

string

48x48 GIF or PNG logo image that will be placed at the top right corner of the installer. If no image is specified, the default image will be used

leftImage

string

163x314 GIF or PNG image that will be placed at the left side of the installer in the Welcome and Installation Finished pages. If no image is specified, the default image will be used

splashImage

string

The GIF or PNG image that will appear when launching the installer

wmImage

string

48x48 GIF or PNG logo image that will be shown in the window manager task bar on Unix systems. If no image is specified, the default logo image will be used

osxApplicationBundleIcon

string

ICNS file to include in the Application Bundle

osxUninstallerApplicationBundleIcon

string

ICNS file to include in the Uninstaller Application Bundle

osxDmgBackgroundImage

string

OS X DMG Background Image

enableRetinaDisplayImages

0

0, 1

Enable Retina Display Images

windowsExecutableIcon

string

ICO file with an specific format -see below- to set the icon for the installer executable file on Windows systems.

windowsUninstallerExecutableIcon

string

ICO file with an specific format -see below- to set the icon for the uninstaller executable file on Windows systems.

Project Properties - Installation

property

default value

allowed values

description

requireInstallationByRootUser

0

0, 1

Whether or not installation will require super user privileges (root on Linux, Administrator user on Windows and OS X). This setting will prevent the installer from running if the user is not root or Administrator on all operating systems except for OS X. In OS X, the regular authentication dialog window will be shown, asking the user for the administrator password so the installer can be run with root privileges

requestedExecutionLevel

requireAdministrator

requireAdministrator, asInvoker, highestAvailable

UAC execution level of the application on Windows

windows64bitMode

0

0, 1

Access to the 64bit registry and environment variables by default

allowComponentSelection

0

0, 1

Whether or not to allow individual component selection during installation

installationType

normal

normal, upgrade

Installation type. Normal is a regular installation process. Upgrade will not create an uninstaller or Start Menu Group.

rebootRequired

0

0, 1

Determines whether or not to ask the user to reboot after installation is completed (Windows-specific option).

deleteOnExit

0

0, 1

Whether or not to delete the installer binary once the installation has completed

ignoreInvalidOptions

0

0, 1

Ignore invalid options from the command line. Useful to share the same option file across installers.

singleInstanceCheck

0

0, 1

Check that only one installer instance is running. This property does not allow variables.

replaceLockedFilesOnReboot

0

0, 1

If set to true, trying to override a locked file on Windows will create a temporary file and mark it to be renamed after rebooting

showDownloadableComponentsProxyPage

1

0, 1

If enabled, installer will show proxy configuration page if one or more downloadable components will be downloaded

Project Properties - Language

property

default value

allowed values

description

defaultLanguage

en

sq, ar, es_AR, pt_BR, en_GB, bg, fr_CA, ca, hr, cs, da, nl, en, et, fi, fr, de, el, he, hu, it, ja, ko, lv, lt, es_MX, no, pl, pt, ro, ru, sr, zh_CN, sk, sl, es, sv, th, zh_TW, tr, va, cy, auto

Default language for the installer

allowLanguageSelection

0

0, 1

Allow language selection. If this setting is enabled, the user will be required to specify the language for the installation

allowedLanguages

string

Space-separated list of language codes for allowed installer languages

languageSelectionStyle

default

default, onlyNativeNames, onlyEnglishNames

Configures whether to display languages English name, native name or both in the language selection dialog

Project Properties - Logs

property

default value

allowed values

description

installationLogFile

string

Aternate path to store the installation log file.

uninstallationLogFile

string

Alternate path to store the uninstallation log file.

removeLogFile

0

0, 1

This project property controls automatic deletion of the generated log file after installation. It is set to 0 by default. If set to 1, the installer will remove the log file

removeUninstallationLogFile

0

0, 1

This project property controls automatic deletion of the generated log file after uninstallation. It is set to 0 by default. If set to 1, the installer will remove the uninstallation log file

debugLevel

2

0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Sets the execution debug level. Values over the standard provide extra debug in the installationLog when using <runProgram> actions, and values under it prevent arguments to be logged

Project Properties - Look and Feel

property

default value

allowed values

description

defaultInstallationMode

string

Default Installation Mode. Available installation modes can be found by running the installer from command line using the --help option

allowedInstallationModes

string

Available Installation Mode. Available installation modes can be found by running the installer from command line using the --help option

unattendedModeUI

none

none, minimal, minimalWithDialogs

Select which UI mode to show during unattended installations. Selecting "none" shows nothing, performing a silent installation. Selecting "minimal" will show a simple graphical progressbar. Selecting "minimalWithDialogs" is the same as "minimal", but allowing also minimal interaction via dialogs such as showInfo and showWarning

overrideGtkButtonText

0

0, 1

Wizard buttons in GTK mode include wording provided by system settings. Enabling this setting will force the wording to be the same as in other modes (Next instead of Forward) . This property does not allow variables.

enableLinuxXwindowXftSupport

1

0, 1

If enabled, the generated Linux installer will support Xft for xwindow mode on Linux, but its size will increase by 500kB

style

standard

standard, custom

Whether or not to customize the graphical interface. If set to custom, then each screen in the installer will contain a leftImage that can be customized

width

500

string

Width in pixels of the installer window

height

350

string

Height in pixels of the installer window

Project Properties - Main

property

default value

allowed values

description

fullName

string

The full product name, as it will be displayed in the installer

shortName

string

The short version of product name, which will be used for naming certain directories and files. It can only contain alphanumeric characters. This property does not allow variables.

version

string

Product version number, which will be used for naming certain directories and files.

vendor

Name of your company

string

Vendor name that will be used to generate native packages, register the application with the package database or the Windows Add/Remove/Program menu

installerFilename

${product_shortname}-${product_version}-${platform_name}-installer.${platform_exec_suffix}

string

Name of the installer created by the build process.

saveRelativePaths

0

0, 1

Determines whether or not to convert absolute paths to relative when saving project files. This is important if the same project file is used by multiple developers. The path will be relative to the location of the project file. This property does not allow variables.

Project Properties - Native Packages

property

default value

allowed values

description

nativePackageName

string

Name used for the native package. If not present, the shortName project property will be used instead

release

0

string

Release number that will be used to generate native packages or register the application with the package database

description

One-line description of your software

string

Description that will be used to generate native packages or register the application with the package database

summary

Place here a detailed description of your software

string

Detailed description to be used to generate native packages or register the application with the package database

registerWithPackageDatabase

0

0, 1

Whether or not to register the application with the RPM package database on Linux

rpmSpecFileTemplate

string

Create RPM using an external spec file

debianCustomPackageDirectory

string

Path to a directory containing customized control and helper script for creating the DEB package

Project Properties - OS X Signing

property

default value

allowed values

description

osxSigningPkcs12File

string

PKCS#12 File used to look for the signing keys on OS X

osxSigningPkcs12Password

string

Password used for unlocking the OS X PKCS#12 File

osxSigningTimestampServer

http://timestamp.apple.com/ts01

string

Server used to timstamp OS X signatures

osxSigningIdentity

string

Signing Identity

osxSigningKeychainFile

string

Keychain used to look for the signing identity. If not provided, the standard keychain search path will be used

Project Properties - Readme & License

property

default value

allowed values

description

readmeFile

string

Path to the README file that can be shown to the user after installation is completed

readmeFileEncoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode

Encoding of the README file

licenseFile

string

Path to the license file that the user must accept in order to install the software

htmlLicenseFile

string

Path to the HTML license file that the user must accept in order to install the software (only allowed in qt mode)

licenseFileEncoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode

Encoding of the license file

wrapLicenseFileText

1

0, 1

Wrap license file text displayed to the user

Project Properties - Rollback

property

default value

allowed values

description

enableRollback

1

0, 1

Enable temporary backup of existing files that are overwriten by the current installation. They will be restored if the installation fails

rollbackBackupDirectory

string

Path to a directory where existing files will be stored if enableRollback property is enabled

overwritePolicy

always

always, never, onlyIfNewer

Whether or not to overwrite an existing destination file

Project Properties - Slideshow

property

default value

allowed values

description

slideShowTiming

5

string

Seconds for each slide during the installation

slideShowLoop

1

0, 1

Show slides continuously during the file copying step

showFileUnpackingProgress

1

0, 1

Whether or not to show detailed information about the file unpacking progress during GUI installation

Project Properties - Splash Screen

property

default value

allowed values

description

disableSplashScreen

0

0, 1

Disable the initial splash screen.

splashScreenDelay

0

positive integer or zero

Extra display time of the splash screen

Project Properties - Uninstaller

property

default value

allowed values

description

uninstallerName

uninstall

string

Name of uninstaller, without platform prefix (such as .exe)

uninstallerDirectory

${installdir}

string

Directory where the uninstaller will be created

createUninstaller

1

0, 1

Create uninstaller

askForConfirmationOnUninstall

1

0, 1

Ask for confirmation before starting uninstallation

deleteLockedFilesOnReboot

1

0, 1

During uninstallation certain files may not be removed because they are in use. This property controls whether or not they should be removed the next time Windows reboots

Project Properties - Unix

property

default value

allowed values

description

defaultUnixOwner

string

Default Unix owner for files and directories

defaultUnixGroup

string

Default Unix group for files and directories

defaultUnixDirectoryPermissions

755

string

Default Unix directory permissions in octal form

defaultUnixFilePermissions

644

string

Default Unix file permissions in octal form

Project Properties - Windows ARP Menu

property

default value

allowed values

description

windowsARPRegistryPrefix

${project.fullName} ${project.version}

string

Key name in which the application Add/Remove entry information will be stored

createWindowsARPEntry

1

0, 1

Whether or not entries in ARP on Windows should be created

productDisplayName

${product_fullname}

string

Application or Company name that will be shown in Add/Remove Programs on Windows

productDisplayIcon

string

Application Icon (.ico format) that will be shown in Add/Remove Programs on Windows

productUrlInfoAbout

string

Application or Company URL that will be shown in Add/Remove Programs on Windows

productComments

string

Comments for the application that will be shown in Add/Remove Programs on Windows

productContact

string

Contact info for the application that will be shown in Add/Remove Programs on Windows

productUrlHelpLink

string

Application help or support URL that will be shown in Add/Remove Programs on Windows

Project Properties - Windows Registry

property

default value

allowed values

description

installationScope

auto

auto, user, allusers

Whether or not to install Start Menu and Desktop links for All Users or for the current user. If set to auto, it will be installed for All Users if the current user is an administrator or for the current user otherwise.

startMenuGroupName

${product_fullname}

string

Group Name that will appear in the Start Menu Programs folder. If empty, the folder will not be created.

windowsSoftwareRegistryPrefix

${project.vendor}\${product_fullname}

string

Key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software in which application values will be stored

Project Properties - Windows Resources

property

default value

allowed values

description

windowsResourceProductName

${product_fullname}

string

Product Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceProductVersion

${product_version}

string

Product Version for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceOriginalFilename

setup.exe

string

Original Filename for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileDescription

string

File Description for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileVersion

1.0.0.0

string

File version for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceCompanyName

${project.vendor}

string

Company Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceInternalName

string

Internal Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalCopyright

Copyright ${project.vendor}

string

Legal Copyright for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceComments

string

Comments for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalTrademarks

string

Legal Trademarks for resources embedded in Windows executable

Project Properties - Windows Signing

property

default value

allowed values

description

windowsSigningTimestampServer

string

Server used to timstamp Windows signatures

windowsSigningPkcs12File

string

PKCS#12 File used to look for the signing keys on Windows

windowsSigningPkcs12Password

string

Password used for unlocking the Windows PKCS#12 File

Project Lists

list name

description

allowed childs

functionDefinitionList

Define extra actions

<actionDefinition>

componentList

Depending on the complexity of your software, you may need to split your installation files into several components. The ability to enable and disable components allows your installer to provide as many setup combinations as you need.

<component>, <componentGroup>, <include>

preBuildActionList

Actions executed before generating the installer file

<action>

postBuildActionList

Actions executed after the installer has been built

<action>

preInitializationActionList

Actions executed directly after loading the project information

<action>

initializationActionList

Actions executed when the installer has started

<action>

preInstallationActionList

Actions executed before the first page of the installer is displayed

<action>

readyToInstallActionList

Actions executed right before the file copying step starts

<action>

postInstallationActionList

Actions executed after the installation process has taken place, but before the uninstaller is created and the final page is displayed

<action>

postUninstallerCreationActionList

Actions executed after the uninstaller has been created and before the installation complete page is displayed.

<action>

preUninstallationActionList

Actions executed before the uninstallation process takes place

<action>

postUninstallationActionList

Actions executed after the uninstallation process has finished

<action>

customLanguageFileList

Language files for customizing the installer translation

<language>

finalPageActionList

Actions executed after the installation has completed and the final page has been displayed

<action>

installationAbortedActionList

Actions executed if the installation is aborted

<action>

licenseFileList

License files to be accepted by the user during the installation

<licenseFile>

parameterList

Pages that are displayed to the user through the GUI and text interfaces

<parameter>

platformOptionsList

Platform-specific project options

<platformOptions>

preShowHelpActionList

Actions executed before help text for the installer is displayed. Useful to customize the text for specific operating environments.

<action>

readmeFileList

Text files to be displayed after the installation

<readmeFile>

slideShowImageList

Images to be displayed during the installation

<slideShowImage>

5. Appendix E: Component and Folder Properties and Lists

Component Properties

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

newcomponent

string

Name of the Component. This property does not allow variables.

description

New Component

string

Description of the Component

canBeEdited

1

0, 1

Whether or not the component can be edited in the component selection page. This property does not allow variables.

detailedDescription

text

A detailed description of the component

downloadable

0

0, 1

Whether component should be downloadable. This property does not allow variables.

requiredSize

0

string

Required disk space in the target system. If 0, then it will automatically be calculated based on the size of the packed files

selected

1

0, 1

Whether or not the component is selected. This property does not allow variables.

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

show

1

0, 1

Whether or not the component is visible in the component selection page. This property does not allow variables.

url

string

URL to specific component, overrides project’s component URL

Component Lists

list name

description

allowed childs

componentSelectionValidationActionList

Actions executed after the component page, to check that the selected components are a valid combination

<action>

customLanguageFileList

Language files for customizing the installer translation

<language>

desktopShortcutList

Shortcuts to be placed in the Desktop

<shortcut>, <applicationShortcut>, <linkShortcut>, <fileShortcut>

folderList

Destination folders for the installer files

<folder>

initializationActionList

Actions executed when the installer has started

<action>

installationAbortedActionList

Actions executed if the installation is aborted

<action>

onDownloadErrorActionList

Actions executed if a component could not be downloaded and user chose to ignore its installation

<action>

parameterList

Pages that are displayed to the user through the GUI and text interfaces

<parameter>

platformOptionsList

Platform-specific project options

<platformOptions>

postBuildActionList

Actions executed after the installer has been built

<action>

postInstallationActionList

Actions executed after the installation process has taken place, but before the uninstaller is created and the final page is displayed

<action>

postUninstallationActionList

Actions executed after the uninstallation process has finished

<action>

postUninstallerCreationActionList

Actions executed after the uninstaller has been created and before the installation complete page is displayed.

<action>

preBuildActionList

Actions executed before generating the installer file

<action>

preInitializationActionList

Actions executed directly after loading the project information

<action>

preInstallationActionList

Actions executed before the first page of the installer is displayed

<action>

preUninstallationActionList

Actions executed before the uninstallation process takes place

<action>

quickLaunchShortcutList

Shortcuts to be placed in the Windows Quick Launch toolbar

<quickLaunchLinkShortcut>, <quickLaunchFileShortcut>, <quickLaunchShortcut>

readyToInstallActionList

Actions executed right before the file copying step starts

<action>

shouldPackRuleList

Conditions that are evaluated at build time to decide if the component will be packed.

<rule>

startMenuShortcutList

Link to applications, documents or URL for the Windows Start menu

<startMenuLinkShortcut>, <startMenuFileShortcut>, <startMenuShortcut>, <startMenuFolder>

Folder Properties

property

default value

allowed values

description

description

New Folder

string

Folder description

destination

${installdir}/newfolder

string

Path of new folder

name

newfolder

string

Folder name. This property does not allow variables.

platforms

all

all, linux, linux-x64, linux-ia64, windows, osx, solaris-sparc, solaris-intel, linux-ppc, linux-s390, linux-s390x, freebsd, freebsd4, freebsd6, freebsd6-x64, freebsd7, freebsd7-x64, openbsd3, hpux, aix, irix-n32

Platforms in which this folder will be installed

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Rule evaluation logic

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

Folder Lists

list name

description

allowed childs

actionList

List of actions

<action>

distributionFileList

Files to Install

<distributionFile>, <distributionDirectory>

ruleList

Conditions that are evaluated and depending on the result, the action is executed, the page associated with the parameter shown or the folder installed

<rule>

shortcutList

Shortcuts for applications, documents or URLs for Windows

<shortcut>

shouldPackRuleList

Conditions that are evaluated at build time to decide if the component will be packed.

<rule>

Distribution File

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowWildcards

0

0, 1

Whether or not to use wildcards

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

filterEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Filter evaluation logic

includeFiles

*

string

Patterns to include files

origin

string

File to pack

Distribution Directory

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowWildcards

0

0, 1

Whether or not to use wildcards

excludeFiles

string

Patterns to exclude files

filterEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Filter evaluation logic

includeFiles

*

string

Patterns to include files

origin

string

Directory to pack

File Filter

property

default value

allowed values

description

logic

matches

matches, does_not_match

Whether or not the pattern must match to pass the filter.

pattern

string

Pattern to match against the path of the file

patternType

glob

glob, regexp

Whether to use glob or regular expressions matching

6. Appendix F: Shortcuts

Shortcut

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

exec

string

Program to execute, including command line arguments

icon

string

GIF or PNG Image to use for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

path

string

Working directory for the program being executed

platforms

all

all, linux, linux-x64, linux-ia64, windows, osx, solaris-sparc, solaris-intel, linux-ppc, linux-s390, linux-s390x, freebsd, freebsd4, freebsd6, freebsd6-x64, freebsd7, freebsd7-x64, openbsd3, hpux, aix, irix-n32

Platforms in which the shortcut will be created

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

windowsExec

string

Program to execute

windowsExecArgs

string

Command line arguments for Program to Execute

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

windowsPath

string

Working directory for the program being executed

Quick Launch URL

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

url

string

URL

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

Quick Launch File Shortcut

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

filePath

string

Path to file

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

Quick Launch Application

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

windowsExec

string

Program to execute

windowsExecArgs

string

Command line arguments for Program to Execute

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

windowsPath

string

Working directory for the program being executed

Start Menu URL

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

url

string

URL

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

Start Menu File Shortcut

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

filePath

string

Path to file

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

Start Menu Application

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

windowsExec

string

Program to execute

windowsExecArgs

string

Command line arguments for Program to Execute

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

windowsPath

string

Working directory for the program being executed

Start Menu Folder

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

Some Name

string

Folder Name

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Rule evaluation logic

Link

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

icon

string

GIF or PNG Image to use for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

platforms

all

all, linux, linux-x64, linux-ia64, windows, osx, solaris-sparc, solaris-intel, linux-ppc, linux-s390, linux-s390x, freebsd, freebsd4, freebsd6, freebsd6-x64, freebsd7, freebsd7-x64, openbsd3, hpux, aix, irix-n32

Platforms in which the shortcut will be created

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

url

string

URL

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

File Shortcut

property

default value

allowed values

description

comment

Text that will appear on Tooltip

string

Tooltip text for the shortcut

filePath

string

Path to file

icon

string

GIF or PNG Image to use for the shortcut

name

Shortcut text

string

Shortcut text

noPinToStart

1

0, 1

Prevent pinning start screen or show as newly installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8

platforms

all

all, linux, linux-x64, linux-ia64, windows, osx, solaris-sparc, solaris-intel, linux-ppc, linux-s390, linux-s390x, freebsd, freebsd4, freebsd6, freebsd6-x64, freebsd7, freebsd7-x64, openbsd3, hpux, aix, irix-n32

Platforms in which the shortcut will be created

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

string

Rule evaluation logic, by default, rules are evaluated with and logic

runAsAdmin

0

0, 1

Run program as administrator

runInTerminal

0

0, 1

Whether or not to run the program inside a terminal (Unix only)

shouldPackRuleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Packing rules evaluation logic

windowsIcon

string

File containing .ico image

windowsIconIndex

0

string

Index for the icon within the icon file

7. Appendix G: Other Child Elements

<actionDefinition>

Allow defining a new InstallBuilder action based on a number of existing actions

property

default value

allowed values

description

abortOnError

1

0, 1

Whether or not to set the new action to abort on error by default

name

string

Name of the new action

showMessageOnError

1

0, 1

Whether or not to set the new action to show an error message when an error occurs.

actionList

<action>

List of actions for the custom action

parameterList

<parameter>

List of parameters for the custom action

<javaLauncher>

Creates a Java Launcher

property

default value

allowed values

description

allowCommandLineArguments

1

0, 1

Whether to pass arguments that launcher is given through command line.

arguments

string

Arguments to pass to application

binaryName

string

Name of the launcher executable

classpath

string

Classpath to provide to JVM, separated by semi colons

jarFile

string

JAR archive to use; overrides <classpath> and <mainClass>

mainClass

string

Class to run

osxApplicationBundleIcon

string

ICNS file to include in the Application Bundle

osxApplicationBundleIdentifier

com.bitrock.javalauncher

string

Identifier used to uniquely identify this autoupdate package

preferredJavaBinary

string

Path to preferred JRE; if Java runtime is found there, it will be used

requestedExecutionLevel

asInvoker

requireAdministrator, asInvoker, highestAvailable

UAC execution level of the application on Windows

runInBackground

1

0, 1

Whether to run this application in the background and exit launcher immediately

runInConsole

1

0, 1

Whether to run this application as console application in Windows.

selectionOrder

first

first, oldest, newest

Order of the Java versions detected

usePropertiesFile

0

0, 1

Whether to read properties file (named same as binary with .properties or launcher.properties on Mac OS X) to allow overriding certain parameters

vmParameters

string

Additional parameters to pass to JVM

windowsExecutableIcon

string

ICO file with a specific format to set the icon for the autoupdate executable file on Windows systems. The icon file can contain up to three different icons that must match one of the following formats: 16x16 pixels and 256 colors, 32x32 pixels and 256 colors, 48x48 pixels and 256 colors.

windowsResourceComments

string

Comments for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceCompanyName

string

Company Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileDescription

string

File Description for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileVersion

string

File version for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceInternalName

string

Internal Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalCopyright

string

Legal Copyright for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalTrademarks

string

Legal Trademarks for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceOriginalFilename

string

Original Filename for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceProductName

string

Product Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceProductVersion

string

Product Version for resources embedded in Windows executable

workingDirectory

string

Working directory to go to before launching

validVersionList

<validVersion>

List of supported Java versions

<command>

Defines a command executed when an action is invoked on the file

property

default value

allowed values

description

makeDefault

string

Enable this verb as the primary / default action.

runProgram

string

Program that will be executed when the action is invoked.

runProgramArguments

string

Program Arguments.

verb

string

Action that can be invoked on the file.

<validVersion>

Java VM versions to allow

property

default value

allowed values

description

bitness

32, 64,

Whether only 32 or 64 bit version can be used

maxVersion

string

Max. Java version to allow

minVersion

string

Min. Java version to allow

requireJDK

0

0, 1

Whether the Java version is a JDK

vendor

sun, ibm, openjdk, kaffe,

Java VM vendor to allow

<validDotNetVersion>

.NET Framework versions to allow

property

default value

allowed values

description

frameworkType

any

any, client, full

.NET Framework type; currently only valid for .NET FRamework version 4.0

maxVersion

string

Max. .NET Framework version to allow

minVersion

string

Min. .NET Framework version to allow

<queryParameter>

property

default value

allowed values

description

name

string

Query string variable name.

value

string

Query string value.

<substitution>

Replace the specified pattern with a value

property

default value

allowed values

description

pattern

string

Pattern or expression that will be replaced.

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Rule evaluation logic, by default rules are evaluated with and logic

value

string

Value to replace the pattern with.

ruleList

<rule>

Contains a set of rules or conditions

<option>

property

default value

allowed values

description

description

string

image

string

Image that will be shown.

text

string

value

string

This property does not allow variables.

<licenseFile>

property

default value

allowed values

description

code

en

sq, ar, es_AR, pt_BR, en_GB, bg, fr_CA, ca, hr, cs, da, nl, en, et, fi, fr, de, el, he, hu, it, ja, ko, lv, lt, es_MX, no, pl, pt, ro, ru, sr, zh_CN, sk, sl, es, sv, th, zh_TW, tr, va, cy

Language identifier code, i.e. "en" (for english)

encoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode

Text file encoding, i.e. "utf-8"

file

string

Path that points to a license text file.

htmlFile

string

Path that points to a license HTML file (just allowed in qt mode)

resolveUCN

0

0, 1

Whether to resolve or not UCN escaped characters

<include>

property

default value

allowed values

description

file

string

Component file

<platformOptions>

property

default value

allowed values

description

platform

linux, linux-x64, linux-ia64, windows, osx, solaris-sparc, solaris-intel, linux-ppc, linux-s390, linux-s390x, freebsd, freebsd4, freebsd6, freebsd6-x64, freebsd7, freebsd7-x64, openbsd3, hpux, aix, irix-n32, rpm, deb

<language>

property

default value

allowed values

description

code

en

sq, ar, es_AR, pt_BR, en_GB, bg, fr_CA, ca, hr, cs, da, nl, en, et, fi, fr, de, el, he, hu, it, ja, ko, lv, lt, es_MX, no, pl, pt, ro, ru, sr, zh_CN, sk, sl, es, sv, th, zh_TW, tr, va, cy

Language identifier code, i.e. "en" (for english)

encoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode

Text file encoding, i.e. "utf-8"

file

string

resolveUCN

0

0, 1

Whether to resolve or not UCN escaped characters

<readmeFile>

property

default value

allowed values

description

code

en

sq, ar, es_AR, pt_BR, en_GB, bg, fr_CA, ca, hr, cs, da, nl, en, et, fi, fr, de, el, he, hu, it, ja, ko, lv, lt, es_MX, no, pl, pt, ro, ru, sr, zh_CN, sk, sl, es, sv, th, zh_TW, tr, va, cy

Language identifier code, i.e. "en" (for english)

encoding

iso8859-1

iso8859-1, iso8859-2, utf-8, cp1251, cp1252, ascii, macRoman, unicode

Text file encoding, i.e. "utf-8"

file

string

Path that points to a readme text file.

resolveUCN

0

0, 1

Whether to resolve or not UCN escaped characters

<slideShowImage>

property

default value

allowed values

description

path

string

500x222 GIF or PNG logo image to be displayed during installation

ruleEvaluationLogic

and

and, or

Rule evaluation logic

ruleList

<rule>

Contains a set of rules or conditions

8. Appendix H: AutoUpdate

Auto Update Project Properties - Main

property

default value

allowed values

description

fullName

string

The full product name, as it will be displayed in the autoupdater

shortName

string

The short version of product name. It can only contain alphanumeric characters. This property does not allow variables.

version

string

Product version number.

vendor

Name of your company

string

Vendor name

Auto Update Project Properties - Images

property

default value

allowed values

description

logoImage

string

48x48 GIF or PNG logo image that will be placed at the top right corner of the autoupdate wizard. If no image is specified, the default image will be used

leftImage

string

163x314 GIF or PNG image that will be placed at the left side of the autoupdate wizard in the Welcome and Update Finished pages. If no image is specified, the default image will be used

splashImage

string

The GIF or PNG image that will appear when launching the autoupdate wizard.

wmImage

string

48x48 GIF or PNG logo image that will be shown in the window manager task bar on Unix systems. If no image is specified, the default logo image will be used

osxApplicationBundleIcon

string

ICNS file to include in the AutoUpdate Application Bundle

enableRetinaDisplayImages

0

0, 1

Enable Retina Display Images

windowsExecutableIcon

string

ICO file with an specific format to set the icon for the autoupdate executable file on Windows systems.

Auto Update Project Properties - Installation

property

default value

allowed values

description

requireInstallationByRootUser

0

0, 1

Whether or not running the autoupdater will require super user privileges (root on Linux, Administrator user on Windows and OS X). This setting will prevent the autoupdate from running if the user is not root or Administrator on all operating systems except for OS X. In OS X, the regular authentication dialog window will be shown, asking the user for the administrator password so the autoupdate wizard can be run with root privileges

requestedExecutionLevel

requireAdministrator

requireAdministrator, asInvoker, highestAvailable

UAC execution level of the AutoUpdate on Windows

rebootRequired

0

0, 1

Determines whether or not to ask the user to reboot after the AutoUpdate process is completed (Windows-specific option).

singleInstanceCheck

0

0, 1

Check that only one autoupdater instance is running

removeLogFile

0

0, 1

This project property controls automatic deletion of the generated log file after installation. It is set to 0 by default. If set to 1, the installer will remove the log file

removeUninstallationLogFile

0

0, 1

This project property controls automatic deletion of the generated log file after uninstallation. It is set to 0 by default. If set to 1, the installer will remove the uninstallation log file

osxPlatforms

osx-intel

string

Space separated list of platforms that will be supported when generating OSX bundles. Can be osx-intel, osx-ppc and osx-10.2

createOsxBundleZip

0

0, 1

Create a zip archive from OS X bundle to ease shipping of OS X bundles

osxApplicationBundleIdentifier

com.bitrock.autoupdate

string

Identifier used to uniquely identify this autoupdate package

Auto Update Project Properties - Windows Resources

property

default value

allowed values

description

windowsResourceProductName

${product_fullname}

string

Product Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceProductVersion

${product_version}

string

Product Version for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceOriginalFilename

setup.exe

string

Original Filename for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileDescription

string

File Description for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceFileVersion

1.0.0.0

string

File version for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceCompanyName

${project.vendor}

string

Company Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceInternalName

string

Internal Name for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalCopyright

Copyright ${project.vendor}

string

Legal Copyright for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceComments

string

Comments for resources embedded in Windows executable

windowsResourceLegalTrademarks

string

Legal Trademarks for resources embedded in Windows executable

Auto Update Project Properties - Splash Screen

property

default value

allowed values

description

disableSplashScreen

0

0, 1

Disable the initial splash screen.

splashScreenDelay

0

positive integer or zero

Extra display time of the splash screen in milliseconds

Auto Update Project Properties - Look and Feel

property

default value

allowed values

description

overrideGtkButtonText

0

0, 1

Translate buttons to the selected language instead of using system-built values for Unix GTK mode

width

500

positive integer or zero

Autoupdate wizard window width

height

350

positive integer or zero

Autoupdate wizard window height

Auto Update Lists

list name

description

allowed childs

postUpdateDownloadActionList

Actions executed after downloading the update installer.

<action>