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Get Product Version from MSI

 Keywords: ProductVersion Product Version MSI WindowsInstaller.Installer Windows Installer
Here's an easy way to get the file verion (ProductVersion) from an MSI file. You can also change ProductVersion to ProductCode and get the MSI GUID. 
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; Get Product Version from MSI
#DefineFunction GetMSIFileVersion(MSIFile) ; Fully qualified path to MSI file
	msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly = 0 
	installer = CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
	databasePath = MSIFile 
	database = installer.OpenDatabase(FileName,msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly) 
	query = "SELECT `Value` FROM `Property` WHERE `Property` = 'ProductVersion'"
	view = database.OpenView(query) 
	view.Execute 
	record = view.Fetch 
	ProductVersion = record.StringData(1)
	Return ProductVersion
#EndFunction 
















Article ID:   W18204



Filename:   Get Product Version from MSI.txt


File Created: 2008:09:30:07:37:26


Last Updated: 2008:09:30:07:37:26