Setting MSI Properties via vbscript Custom Actions

How to Set/Get a property via a VBScript Custom Action? You can either use the Session object or simply use the ‘Property’ keyword to set a property via  a vbscript custom action: e.g Session.Property(“ARPNOCOMPONENT”)=”1″ Property(“REINSTALL”)=”ALL” To get the value of a property, you can use the following e.g. dim myvar myvar = Property(“INSTALLDIR”) MsgBox(myvar) How to Set ‘INSTALLDIR’ [...]

What’s new in MSI 4.0?

MSI 4.0, the latest version of windows installer service was released with Windows Vista recently. Most of the enhancements in msi 4.0 are in relation to features found in windows vista or Longhorn, e.g. the integration with Restart Manager, ability to communicate with UAC to ensure proper installation on Vista and Longhorn. In addition to [...]