Application Details Page
Configure the app delivered by the package.
When adding an "UWP AppX Build" from the Builds Page in regular installer projects, Advanced Installer uses your
existing installer settings to create an AppX package.
With UWP AppX builds, there's the possibility to add several applications:
- using the "Application" ribbon buttton or the "New Application" context menu item
- automatically when adding shortcuts to EXE or to URL from the Files and Folders Page - Installer Project
General
Specify general information about the Windows Store application.
ID
The unique identifier of the application or package-relative app identifier (PRAID).
Display name
A friendly name for the app that can be displayed to users. There are two explicitly reserved words that may not be used as names for apps uploaded to the Windows Store: "NoUIEntryPoints" and "NoUIEntryPoints-DesignMode". These identifiers are reserved for use by development tools and test suites.
Description
The description of the app.
Visual Group
This feature allows grouping applications under a folder in the Start menu. You can specify a name of a folder to be created on the All Apps List, in which the tile for the app should be stored.
This feature is available Windows 10 build 20257 or
newer.
The Visual Group field doesn't support nested
folders. If you include a backslash (\) in the value, an error
occurs.
The VisualGroup field is ignored if there is only only one declared
app.
AppList Entry
Provides the app display information such as name, description, and a method to launch the app.
Multiple Instances
Declare the application as a multi-instanced UWP app.
Console Application
Declare the application as a console UWP app.
Set as Default Application
Set the default application. The default application will be launched after the APPX is installed.
Associate COM objects with this application
Can associate multiple applications with the same COM objects.
Start Point
Configure the way your app starts otherwise select None.
Application is compiled
Executable
Select the default launch batch file for UWP app or executable file for the Windows Store app using C# or VB and XAML. This file must be present in the package.
Entry Point
Specify the ID of the class that is run when the app is activated. (e.g. "Office.Winword.Class").
Parameters
Specify the command line parameters (arguments) for the application. This field is of Formatted Type and can be edited with Smart Edit Control. You can include references to files, folders and properties.
Working directory
The working directory of the launch executable file for the app. This field is of Formatted Type and you can include references to folders and properties.
Run mode
Sets the application main-window mode at start.
"Application Arguments", "Working Directory" and "Run mode" are
not compatible with MSIX packages built for Windows versions earlier
than Windows 10. For more details see this page
"Application Arguments", "Working Directory" and "Run mode" are
not compatible with MSIX packages built for neutral
architecture.
Application is HTML-based
Start Page
The default launch HTML page for the Windows Store app using JavaScript.
Supported Rotations
Select the orientations in which you would prefer the app to be shown for the best user experience. These orientation preference choices apply to both the splash screen and the app UI when a new session is launched for your app.
| Landscape | Landscape-flipped |
|---|---|
| Portrait | Portrait-flipped |
On a device that can be rotated, such as a tablet, the app will not be redrawn for orientations that are not selected here. For instance, if the app specifies only Landscape and Landscape-flipped orientations, and the device is rotated to a Portrait orientation, the app will not rotate.
On devices that can't be rotated, an app might be shown in that device's default orientation and the app's preferred orientation will be ignored. However, on a device with a rotation lock activated, your app's preferred rotation will still be honored.
View
Define how the app is viewed on the screen.
Minimum width
The minimum width for the view of the app on the screen. It can have on of the following values:
- Default
- 320 pixels
- 500 pixels
This section is available only when the schema is set to
Windows 8.1 from the Build Page - Windows Store App Project.
Notifications
Configure lock and splash screen notifications.
Toast capable
This flag indicates that the app is allowed to provide toast notifications.
Apps should not make decisions about whether to send toast
notifications based on this flag.
Lock screen tiles
The type of tile that can be shown for an app on the lock screen. This can either be simply a badge which displays either a number or a glyph to communicate status, or both a badge and text, which can display detailed status.
Tile Updates
Describes how the app tile receives update notifications.
This section is available only when the schema is set to
Windows 8.1 from the Build Page - Windows Store App Project.
Recurrence
The recurrence interval for tile update notifications. It can be set to one of the following values:
- Half hour
- Hour
- Six hours
- Twelve hours
- Daily
URI template
The URI template for tile update notifications, a value URI per RFC 3986. It must be an absolute URI with only schemes of unsecure "http:" sites and secure "https:" sites permitted.