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Vista - C# to open / browse MSI database... possible?

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Old 06-18-2008   #1 (permalink)
JeffMN


 
 

C# to open / browse MSI database... possible?

Hi,

I've been searching and searching for straight C# code to be able to
crack open an MSI file and read the information out of the installer
tables. I see all kinds of VBScript on how to accomplish this. I saw
one example where msi.dll was being referenced and C# the language
being used, but the example was very sparse and incomplete.

So - I figured I would ask here - does anyone know of any way to query
information from the MSI tables using C# / .NET 2.0? I have an
automated installer application I'm working with, and this information
would be quite valuable to get at.

Thanks in advance!

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