Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "If you would like conditions to be re-evaluated during a re-install, you should set the Transitive attribute on the parent component to yes."

A block of code is set as follows:

<Feature Id="MainFeature"
         Title="Main Feature"
         Level="1">
  <ComponentRef Id="CMP_InstallMeTXT" />

  <Condition Level="0">
    < ![CDATA[NOT REMOVE = "ALL" AND MyProperty = "some value"]]>
  </Condition>
</Feature>

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

<Property Id="MyProperty" ...

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