The Properties tab is divided into two different parts. On the left part of the tab, the name of the package, the version of the package, the publisher of the package and the logo for the package are shown.
On the right side of the tab, the properties of the package can be defined. The three available properties are Identity, Processor architecture, and Description.
Identity
The identity is a globally unique identifier which is used for the package and which is created by combining multiple information. The identity is created by combining the information contained in the following three fields:
•Name: The name for the package that will be used when creating the identifier.
•Publisher: This describes the publisher. The format fits the regular expression of a distinguished name.
•Version: The version number for the package that is used for the identifier. The version string needs to be in quad notation (Major.Minor.Build.Revision).
Processor architecture
This describes the architecture of the code that is contained in the package. The architecture can be selected by using the dropdown box. The following options are available.
•Neutral
•32-bit
•64-bit
•ARM
•ARM 64-bit
Description
This field should contain a user friendly description that can be displayed to users.
Additional options
This area contains further properties of the package.
•Multi-user awareness: This dropdown box can be used to define if the package is for multiple users or for a single user.
•Is framework package: The checkbox defines if the package is a framework package. Framework packages cannot define the Applications node or the Capabilities node.
•File system write virtualization: Defines whether the file system virtualization is enabled for the package.
•Registry write virtualization: Defines whether the registry virtualization is enabled for the package.