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From just about any log file, you can see:
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********

and later on you'll also notice that some of the Command Line is logged... (een if this isn't what you've put on your command line)

MSI (s) (DC:D0): Command Line: CURRENTDIRECTORY=P:\ CLIENTUILEVEL=3 CLIENTPROCESSID=666

Is there anyway I can use this information in the form of a property? CommandLine isn't recognised in the SDK, yet it "seems" to appear in the log. I'm after a way to track what properties were used at the time of install.

TIA,
James

[luke_s]

This has always puzzled me as well. Its hard to tell if Windows Installer is actually storing this commandline somewhere in a temporary table, or not storing it at all and just grabbing it from the commandline.

Maybe someone else knows?

[Stefan Krueger]

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious: Any properties you pass in on the command line when your launch the installation are available as properties.
I don't know of any way to retrieve the full command line.
The second sample is what the client process (UI secquence) passes to the server process (execute sequence).

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