IWindowsInstallerBackendHelper Interface

Interface provided to help Windows Installer backend extensions.

Methods

Method	Description
CreateFileFacade(file)	Creates a file facade from a `FileSymbol` .
CreateFileFacade(fileRow)	Creates a file facade from a File row.
CreateRow(section, symbol, data, tableDefinition)	Creates a «see T:WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Row» in the specified table.
TryAddSymbolToMatchingTableDefinitions(section, symbol, data, tableDefinitions)	Looks up the registered «see T:WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.TableDefinition» for the given «see T:WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSymbol» and creates a «see T:WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Row» in that table. Goes sequentially through each field in the symbol and assigns the value to the column with the same index as the field. If the symbol’s Id is registered as the primary key then that is used for the first column and the column data is offset by 1.
`WixToolset.Extensibility.dll` version `5.0.0+41e11442b2ca93e444b60213b5ae99dcbab787d8`

CreateFileFacade(file) Method

Creates a file facade from a FileSymbol .

Declaration

public WixToolset.Extensibility.Data.IFileFacade CreateFileFacade(
  WixToolset.Data.Symbols.FileSymbol file
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
file	WixToolset.Data.Symbols.FileSymbol	FileSymbol backing the facade.

CreateFileFacade(fileRow) Method

Creates a file facade from a File row.

Declaration

public WixToolset.Extensibility.Data.IFileFacade CreateFileFacade(
  WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Rows.FileRow fileRow
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fileRow	WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Rows.FileRow	FileRow

Return value

WixToolset.Extensibility.Data.IFileFacade New IFileFacade .

CreateRow(section, symbol, data, tableDefinition) Method

Creates a «see T:WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Row» in the specified table.

Declaration

public WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Row CreateRow(
  WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSection section,
  WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSymbol symbol,
  WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.WindowsInstallerData data,
  WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.TableDefinition tableDefinition
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
section	WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSection	Parent section.
symbol	WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSymbol	Symbol with line information for the row.
data	WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.WindowsInstallerData	Windows Installer data.
tableDefinition	WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.TableDefinition	Table definition for the row.

Return value

WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Row Row created in the data .

TryAddSymbolToMatchingTableDefinitions(section, symbol, data, tableDefinitions) Method

Looks up the registered «see T:WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.TableDefinition» for the given «see T:WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSymbol» and creates a «see T:WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.Row» in that table. Goes sequentially through each field in the symbol and assigns the value to the column with the same index as the field. If the symbol’s Id is registered as the primary key then that is used for the first column and the column data is offset by 1.

Declaration

public bool TryAddSymbolToMatchingTableDefinitions(
  WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSection section,
  WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSymbol symbol,
  WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.WindowsInstallerData data,
  WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.TableDefinitionCollection tableDefinitions
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
section	WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSection	Parent section.
symbol	WixToolset.Data.IntermediateSymbol	Symbol to create the row from.
data	WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.WindowsInstallerData	Windows Installer data.
tableDefinitions	WixToolset.Data.WindowsInstaller.TableDefinitionCollection	Table definitions that have been registered with the binder.

Return value

bool True if a row was created.