

Deployment Tools Foundation
ExtractPatchXmlData Method (patchPath)
Deployment Tools Foundation Namespaces ► Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller ► Installer ► ExtractPatchXmlData(String)
Extracts information from a patch that can be used to determine whether the patch
applies on a target system. The method returns an XML string that can be provided to
DetermineApplicablePatches(String, array<String>[]()[][], InapplicablePatchHandler, String, UserContexts)
instead of the full patch file.

C# | Visual Basic | Visual C++ |
public static string ExtractPatchXmlData( string patchPath )
Public Shared Function ExtractPatchXmlData ( patchPath As String ) As String
public: static String^ ExtractPatchXmlData( String^ patchPath )

- patchPath (String)
- Full path to the patch being queried.

String
XML string containing patch data.
XML string containing patch data.

Win32 MSI API: MsiExtractPatchXMLData
Assembly: Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller (Module: Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll) Version: 3.0.0.0 (3.9.1006.0)