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Specifying Registry Keys in the Element
Chapter 8: Organizing Files for Your Installation
Registering COM Servers
If you want to list a key under the element, you must add the key as a registry subelement.
Following is a sample of a properly formatted registry subelement that blocks changes to an
InprocServer32 registry key, all of its values, and all of its subkeys:
Following is a sample of a properly formatted registry subelement that blocks changes to only the default
value of an InprocServer32 registry key:
Following is a sample of a properly formatted registry subelement that blocks changes to only the
ThreadingModel value name for an InprocServer32 registry key:
Table 8-9: Recognized Attributes for the Subelement
Attribute Description
key This attribute must be lowercase. The value of this attribute (for example,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{00000231-0000-0010-
8000-00AA006D2EA4}\InprocServer32 in the above examples) indicates the
name of the registry key that you want to filter.
value This attribute is optional:
• To block changes to an entire registry key, do not include the value
attribute.
• To block changes to the default value of the specified key, set the value of
this attribute to a null value.
• To block changes to the name of a value of the specified key, set the value
of this attribute to the name of that registry value.
Any other attributes for the subelement are optional and are not recognized by the COM
extraction process. You may want to add additional attributes to identify why an item is being excluded.
Important: Ensure that your XML code is well formed; if its not well formed, all of the filters fail. In most cases, you can
identify improperly formed XML code by opening the Filters.xml file in Internet Explorer. You should be able to expand
and contract the , , and elements; if you cannot, check the code for errors.
If you add subelements to the or elements, be sure that you do not place them within the
commented-out section, since InstallShield ignores that area of the Filters.xml file.
The following sample XML code shows the format of the Filters.xml file:
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