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[AntonS]

How to populate table at runtime?

Windows Installer proposes a few methods in Automation Interface:

This method is not appropriate, it returns Database objects in read-only mode:

Set oDatabase = Session.Database

Next method is to open database directly from Installer object:

Set oDatabase = oInstaller. OpenDatabase( name , openMode )

Unfortunately, because the OpenDatabase method initiates database access, it cannot be used with a running installation.

Any suggestion will be helpful.

[Glytzhkof]

Any changes you make to the database at runtime are temporary, this is by design.

[RobertDickau]

For the general idea of temporarily modifying an MSI database at run time, anyway, perhaps see this InstallShield newsletter tip: http://www.installsh...s/msiaccess.asp.

[AntonS]

Thanks a lot, Robert!

I find the article comprehensive enough for my purposes.