3 replies to this topic

[jeff clark]

Since the MSI is a database and Mircosoft's universal database access is based on OLE DB, is there an OLE DB wrapper or driver for the MSI database?

Interfacing to the API of Windows Installer would be simplified by going through an ADO recordset instead of the view - fetch and view - execute, etc.

[sairam06]

Hello,

Is their and ODBC/OLEDB Driver for accessing the MSI Database Table directly from Visual Basic?

I need to write some application which query the msi database and obtain different information for validation/documentation purpose and writes to SQL Database before releasing the product. If any driver is available I can customize it for my requirements (Like Accessing Access database from Visual Basic)

I appreciate any feedback.

Thanks.

[Lindz-]

I'm really interested in this too, but for different reasons, and because of that any solution which fits this critera would be great for me.

I need to basically create a flow diagram or database schema diagram of my install, its a pretty huge install.

If Stefen or anyone else has a tool for this or an OLE DB driver I'd cry for it right now

[Stefan Krueger]

As far as I know such a driver doesn't exist. You'll have to use the MSI API/automation