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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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