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Getting Windows Installer Property in InstallScript

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Sample InstallScript code to retrieve a Windows Installer property

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This article provides sample code that retrieves a Windows Installer property.


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The following is the Installscript code:
function MyFunction(hMSI)
STRING szStringVal;
NUMBER numValue;

begin
  numValue=256;
  MsiGetProperty(hMSI, "MYPROPERTY", szStringVal, numValue);
end;

Related KB Articles

Q105229

Additional Information

For more information on Windows Installer APIs, refer to Windows Installer Help Library topic Database Functions, MsiGetProperty, and MsiSetProperty.

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