Action Text attributes (MSI)

Reference information
Project page	Action Texts (MSI)
Related topics	Working with attribute panes
External links	Windows Installer documentation

Introduction

Action texts are localizable strings that describe each installation action. During installation, they are displayed in the progress dialog box and are written to the installation log. The Action Texts project page contains descriptions for all standard MSI actions; if you want to add a description to a custom action, you can do so in the action's Description field instead of in an Action Text.

The Tarma Installer equivalent is Localized String.

Attributes

This pane contains the following attributes and options.

Attribute	Description
Action name	Name of the action that is described by the current text. This must be the name of an MSI standard action, or one of the following: Rollback, RollbackCleanup, or GenerateScript.
Description	Localizable description of the action. The description should be fairly short to fit in the progress dialog box.
Data template	Localizable template used to format the action's parameters. The number and meaning of these parameters depend on the action in question and are documented in the Standard Actions Reference section of the  Windows Installer documentation on the MSDN web site.