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Author Summary property

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The Author Summary property conveys the manufacturer of the installation package, transform, or patch package.

  • Set the Author Summary property in an installation package to the same value as the Manufacturer property.
  • Set the Author Summary property in a transform to the name of the manufacturer of the transform.
  • Set the Author Summary property in a patch package to the name of the manufacturer of the patch package.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
 Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP

See also

Summary Property Descriptions