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Product-Specific Properties
Chapter 18: Additional Installation Options
Working with Windows Installer Properties
Information on product-specific properties that can be set in the Property table is listed below.
Examples of these types of properties include technical support numbers, product name, and serial
number.
Table 18-6: Product-Specific Properties
Property Name Description
ARPHELPLINK This property retains the Internet address for technical support.
This value is set in the Add/Remove Programs Support URL property.
You should provide a string table entry to facilitate globalizing your
setup.
ARPHELPTELEPHONE This property retains your technical support telephone numbers.
This value is set in the Add/Remove Programs Support Phone
Number property. You should provide a string table entry to facilitate
globalizing your setup.
ProductCode The ProductCode is the GUID for this particular version of the product.
This ID must be different for different language versions and different
release versions. This property is set in the General Information view.
ProductName This property stores the name of the product—for example,
InstallShield. This property is set in the General Information view.
ProductState The installer sets this property to the installed state of the product. This
property can hold one of four numeric values:
-1—The product has not been installed or advertised.
1—The product has been advertised, but not installed.
2—The product has been installed for another user.
5—The product has been installed and is available to the current user.
ProductVersion The ProductVersion property stores the major, minor, and build
version numbers in the format AA.BB.CCCC. This property is set in the
General Information view.
Manufacturer Stores the name of the product manufacturer.
This value is set in the Add/Remove Programs Publisher property. You
should provide a string table entry to facilitate globalizing your setup.
DiskPrompt This property holds a string which is displayed by a message box
prompting for a disk. You should also include empty text for additional
information printed on the disk label, as in “Disk 1”.
DiskSerial The DiskSerial property should be set to the internal serial number for
this release.
ComponentDownload This property retains the URL for downloading a product by its string
identifier (GUID).
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