Interesting question and I've never noticed or thought about it. By default it looks like you can edit the properties of any data file like that, .exes seem to be blocked. If you digitally sign your MSIs then the signature is broken if these are edited, which is expected. You can make the file read only to stop casual editing of the properties, so I may start doing that in my build process.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: GregS [mailto:gsh...@actuate.com] Sent: 30 April 2013 23:01 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Properties Summary Tab Is Editable I'm new to WiX so apologies if the answer to this question is obvious. I've got my WiX installer working properly, but there's an odd problem with the MSI. When you open the MSI's property tabsheet (by right-clicking on the MSI in the Windows file explorer and selecting "Properties"), all the fields on the Summary tab are editable: Title, Subject, Author, Comments, etc. Actually all the fields on all the tabs are editable, but Summary is the worst because it displays things, like the company name and copyright dates, that users should not be able to edit. I've seen this on Windows 7 and Windows XP. Any idea of what would cause this? Is there an attribute I need to set in the WiX XML to tell it these things should be read-only? Thanks, Greg S. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Properties-Summ ary-Tab-Is-Editable-tp7585523.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
