Package Elements (Windows CE 5.0)

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Package elements describe software packages and provide details about each software package.

The following table shows the software PACKAGE elements of the datastore schema.

Element	Description
PACKAGECONTAINER	Represents a collection of PACKAGE objects.
PACKAGE	Represents PACKAGE attributes such as associated files.
PACKAGETYPECONTAINER	Represents a collection of PACKAGETYPE objects.
PACKAGETYPE	Represents PACKAGETYPE attributes such as the associated files for a specific CPU type.
FILECONTAINER	Represents a collection of FILE objects.
FILE	Represents FILE attributes such as the file name.

Member Elements

• PACKAGECONTAINER
  A PAKAGECONTAINER element can contain only PACKAGE elements. It represents a container of packages.

  <PACKAGECONTAINER>
     <PACKAGE>...</PACKAGE>
     ...
  </PACKAGECONTAINER>
  

• PACKAGE
  A PACKAGE element contains a PACKAGETYPECONTAINER element and a PROPERTYCONTAINER element.

  <PACKAGE>
     <PACKAGETYPECONTAINER>...</PACKAGETYPECONTAINER>
     <PROPERTYCONTAINER>...</PROPERTYCONTAINER>
  </PACKAGE>
  

• PACKAGETYPECONTAINER
  A PACKAGETYPECONTAINER element contains only PACKAGETYPE elements.

  <PACKAGETYPECONTAINER>
     <PACKAGETYPE>...</PACKAGETYPE>
  
  </PACKAGETYPECONTAINER>
  

• PACKAGETYPE
  A PACKAGETYPE element can contain PROPERTYCONTAINER and FILECONTAINER elements to the software package.

  <PACKAGETYPE>
     <PROPERTYCONTAINER>...</PROPERTYCONTAINER>
     <FILECONTAINER>...</FILECONTAINER>
  </PACKAGETYPE>
  

• FILECONTAINER
  A CILECONTAINER element can contain only FILE elements.

  <FILECONTAINER>
     <FILE>...</FILE>
     ...
  </FILECONTAINER>
  

• FILE
  A FILE element can represent a single file or a file collection (such as a zip file, a cab file, and so on). File collections must include a PROPERTY element that identifies the element as a collection.

  <FILE ID = "FILE NAME"/>
  

  - or -

  <FILE ID = "CAB FILE NAME, ETC">
     <PROPERTYCONTAINER>
        <PROPERTY NAME = "_ISFILECOLLECTION">TRUE</PROPERTY>
        ...
     </PROPERTYCONTAINER>
     <FILECONTAINER>
        <FILE/>
        ...
     </FILECONTAINER>
  </FILE>
  

See Also

Datastore Schema

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