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[NeilH]

I must be missing something here, it seams I can create new Releases, build releases, build patches.

But how do I create a PCP file via automation (Programmatically)...via vbscript, powershell.....C# anything.....just give me a clue.

I can create a PCP file with Orca....perhaps even as a template, but then how do I update the PCP file programmatically.

Please would someone point the way.

Neil

[Stefan Krueger]

Quote from the MSI SDK documentation:
"The .pcp file is a binary database file with the same format as a Windows Installer database (.msi file), but with a different database schema. Therefore a .pcp file can be authored by using the same tools used for an installer database."

So the same automation methods should work to modify the tables in the PCP.

[akerl]

... or you can use WIX to create a PCP file.

LG

[NeilH]

Thank you,

What I ended up doing is creating a temple PCP file using Installshield IDE which I will use as a template for all other patches.

For each patch I can use VBscripting and the WindowsInstaller.Installer object update the few tables that need updating.

I was not sucessfull in using Installshield Automation in opening a PCP file.

Neil

Edited by NeilH, 18 January 2010 - 12:05.

[dxue]

This is what I had used for my automation: http://www.contactez...pport/msi7.html

It works.