So much for a “consulting” business…

Again, Thank you!

///
/// Uses the Windows Installer COM component to retrieve property values (e.g. ProductCode) from an MSI file.
///
/// The path to an MSI file.
/// A dictionary containing the property names whose values need to be retrieved and filled in from the MSI file.
public static void GetMsiProperties(string msiFile, SortedDictionary propertyNames)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(msiFile))
throw new ArgumentException(Resources.ErrBlankMsiFilePath, “msiFile”);

if (propertyNames == null || propertyNames.Count == 0)
throw new ArgumentException(Resources.ErrNullOrEmptyPropertyNamesDictionary, “propertyNames”);

Type classType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID(“WindowsInstaller.Installer”);
Object installerObj = Activator.CreateInstance(classType);
Installer installer = (Installer)installerObj;

// Open the msi file for reading : 0 – Read, 1 – Read/Write
Database database = installer.OpenDatabase(msiFile, 0);
StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder(“SELECT Property, Value FROM Property WHERE “);

foreach (KeyValuePair item in propertyNames)
{
sql.AppendFormat(“Property = ‘{0}’ OR “, item.Key);
}

sql.Remove(sql.Length – 4, 4); // remove last ” OR ”

View view = database.OpenView(sql.ToString());
view.Execute(null);

Record record = view.Fetch();
while (record != null)
{
propertyNames[record.StringData[1]] = record.StringData[2];
record = view.Fetch();
}

view.Close();
}